The Heathen Page #7

"The Heathen" by Jack London is a short story that explores themes of love, morality, and the clash between civilization and primal instincts. The narrative follows the complex relationship between a white man, a Native American woman named Kaviak, and the expectations of their respective cultures. Set against the backdrop of the Alaskan wilderness, the story delves into the challenges they face as they confront societal norms and personal desires. London's vivid descriptions and compelling characters highlight the tension between raw human emotion and the constraints imposed by society, ultimately questioning what it means to be civilized.

								


And so passed Otoo, who saved me and made me a man, and who saved me in
the end. We met in the maw of a hurricane, and parted in the maw of a
shark, with seventeen intervening years of comradeship, the like of
which I dare to assert has never befallen two men, the one brown and the
other white. If Jehovah be from His high place watching every sparrow
fall, not least in His kingdom shall be Otoo, the one heathen of Bora
Bora.


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