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The Sea Wolf - Online Term Paper

The Sea Wolf

This is my favorite Jack London novel. It is a straightforward story of action and adventure but is also a book that, when peeled back, has a lot to say about the basic nature of man.

The protagonist, Humphrey Van Weyden, is the ultimate moral/altruistic man. But, he is also an inexperienced man, having lived the sheltered life of an aristocrat in San Francisco. His world view is one of theory only.

The antagonist, Wolf Larson (one of the best villains of all time), is captain of the seal hunting vessel, "Ghost," and is the opposite of Van Weyden. He has lived his entire life at sea. He is brutal but he is also extremely intelligent, his only weakness being debilitating headaches ...

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Added: 3/26/2011 06:55:48 AM
Submitted By: stranger66
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
Words: 196
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