s now and then at the orders of Harry. On the other hand, two animals have names. As Haraway writes, "The naming of nonhuman primate subjects" is a way of "bestowing . . . individuality" and "selfhood" (Haraway 146). Animals in Tarzan, then, are given individuality where Africans are not. The Africans are, however, treated as animals. They are whipped once for refusing to go forward at a dangerous part of the journey to the graveyard, and again when they are too tired to go forward. This shows that the whites see Africans as the equivalent of animals who must be treated--or mistreated--in order to get them to do what the whites want when the whites want.
The first encounter between Africans and whites takes place as the Jane, her father and Harry study different tribes as they stand about, as if the whites are inspecting the Africans like animals in a zoo. Jane makes comments about the Africans, their quaint, exotic dancing and singing, and about the innocence of one young man. Harry tells her the "boy" is not innocent, for the markings on his shield indica
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