Tarzan of the Apes Annotated and Illustrated Edition

Book excerpt: John and Alice Rutherford Clayton II are abandoned on the West Coast of Africa, with their infant son John. John's mother dies and his father is killed by Kerchak, the king ape. John is then taken in by Kala, his ape mother. She raises him as her son and renames him Tarzan. Growing up, Tarzan finds it difficult to be the same as his animal peers, as they are from two different species. He always sees his human differences as being a limitation to being fully accepted. When he comes across his parent's cabin he realizes that there are more people that exist elsewhere and learns of them through the books left behind. However, he cannot speak English.