04-05-2012, 02:23 AM
A lot of readers here at Pig, even those who have read
Jack London and know for a fact that Jack turned a dog
into a wolf in The Call of The Wild, and turned a wolf
into a dog in White Fang, carry about the assumption
that in The Sea Wolf, the ship is named the Sea Wolf.
The ship was The Ghost.
The captain was the wolf.
The second assumption is that the remake film version
starring Christopher Reeves is about ship wreak, betrayal,
brutality, and two castaways who don't sleep together--
(people think that because all that stuff is in the novel).
When challenged to a fight, by a bully, yet a well- educated
Man-- who says, " A fight ... between you and I. Choose
your weapon."
Humphrey, the hero of the tale, replies, "I choose gram-
mar. The correct is, "... between you and me." Well, that
grammar scold eased the tension, unlike in most social
settings where grammar corrections cast palls and leads
to the corrector being thought a jerk, at best a grammar
ass.
So, we have the book version and the film version of the
great adventure called The Sea Wolf. The earlier version
starred Edward G Robinson, John Garfield and Ida
Lupino.
Here's our version in sonnet form.
Impressed aboard Wolf Larsen’s ship,
Humphrey soon learned he’d have to be a sailor,
Tie knots, swab decks, swear like Norman Mailer--
Or else he would never survive the trip.
He cast off his cowardly ways, became a fighter
And saved Maud Brewster from a crew-sized raping.
Then, while the two of them were still escaping,
He said he loved her, too—the canny blighter!
Ere they were saved. they battled wind and weather
On a island in the middle of the ocean
Where they had built two, comfy sealskin huts.
One can admire their courage and devotion—
Yet, castaways who do not sleep together
Are either shy, impotent, or just plain nuts.
**
Dear reader-- what do you think?
Were they shy? Impotent? or just plain nuts?
v
Jack London and know for a fact that Jack turned a dog
into a wolf in The Call of The Wild, and turned a wolf
into a dog in White Fang, carry about the assumption
that in The Sea Wolf, the ship is named the Sea Wolf.
The ship was The Ghost.
The captain was the wolf.
The second assumption is that the remake film version
starring Christopher Reeves is about ship wreak, betrayal,
brutality, and two castaways who don't sleep together--
(people think that because all that stuff is in the novel).
When challenged to a fight, by a bully, yet a well- educated
Man-- who says, " A fight ... between you and I. Choose
your weapon."
Humphrey, the hero of the tale, replies, "I choose gram-
mar. The correct is, "... between you and me." Well, that
grammar scold eased the tension, unlike in most social
settings where grammar corrections cast palls and leads
to the corrector being thought a jerk, at best a grammar
ass.
So, we have the book version and the film version of the
great adventure called The Sea Wolf. The earlier version
starred Edward G Robinson, John Garfield and Ida
Lupino.
Here's our version in sonnet form.
Impressed aboard Wolf Larsen’s ship,
Humphrey soon learned he’d have to be a sailor,
Tie knots, swab decks, swear like Norman Mailer--
Or else he would never survive the trip.
He cast off his cowardly ways, became a fighter
And saved Maud Brewster from a crew-sized raping.
Then, while the two of them were still escaping,
He said he loved her, too—the canny blighter!
Ere they were saved. they battled wind and weather
On a island in the middle of the ocean
Where they had built two, comfy sealskin huts.
One can admire their courage and devotion—
Yet, castaways who do not sleep together
Are either shy, impotent, or just plain nuts.
**
Dear reader-- what do you think?
Were they shy? Impotent? or just plain nuts?
v