Jack London's Point of View in 'The Other Animals'

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What is Jack London's point of view in 'The Other Animals'?

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London asserts that he is not a 'nature faker' because he tries to accurately portray a dog's natural instincts in each of his books.

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Which two quotations support the answer to Part A? (Jack London's point of view)

A. “. . . I have been guilty of writing two animal --- two books about dogs.”

B. “Also, I endeavored to make my stories in line with the facts of evolution; I

hewed them to the mark set by scientic research . . .”

C. “Regarding the second count, President Roosevelt was wrong in his eld

observations taken while reading my book.”

D. “Let us test Mr. Burroughs’s test of reason and instinct.”

E. “He chased me and I chased him . . . in the course of the play many

variations arose.”

F. “What you repudiate in them you repudiate in yourself --- a pretty

spectacle, truly, of an exalted animal . . . striving by use of the very reason

that was developed by evolution to deny the processes of evolution that

developed it.”

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B. “Also, I endeavored to make my stories in line with the facts of evolution; I

hewed them to the mark set by scientic research . . .

F. “What you repudiate in them you repudiate in yourself --- a pretty

spectacle, truly, of an exalted animal . . . striving by use of the very reason

that was developed by evolution to deny the processes of evolution that

developed it.”

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Read the excerpt from “The Other Animals” and answer the question that

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Then entered John Burroughs to clinch President Roosevelt’s judgments. In this alliance there is

no difference of opinion . . . And first of all let Mr. Burroughs’s position be stated, and stated in

his words.

“Why impute reason to an animal if its behavior can be explained on the theory of instinct?”

Remember these words, for they will be referred to later. “A goodly number of persons seem to

have persuaded themselves that animals do reason.” “But instinct suffices for the animals . . .

they get along very well without reason.”

What is the meaning of the word suffices as it is used in the text?

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C. is enough

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How does Jack London respond to Burroughs’s point of view?

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A. He agrees with some pieces and disputes other pieces of Burroughs’s

point of view.

B. He provides a personal anecdote to disprove Burroughs’s point of view.

C. He contrasts Burroughs’s point of view with the opinion of another well-

known source.

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Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A? (How London responds to Burrough)

A. “The writing of these two stories, on my part, was in truth a protest

against the ‘humanizing’ of animals, of which it seemed to me several ‘animal

writers’ had been profoundly guilty.”

B. “Then entered John Burroughs to clinch President Roosevelt’s

judgments.”

C. “The preceding quotation is tantamount, on Mr. Burroughs’s part, to a at

denial that animals reason even in a rudimentary way.”

D. “When I was a small boy I had a dog named Rollo . . . But at last he fooled

me . . . He had scored a point.”

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D. “When I was a small boy I had a dog named Rollo . . . But at last he fooled

me . . . He had scored a point.”

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Remember paragraph 5 told the story of

What is one way that paragraph 5 makes London’s argument about not being a “nature

faker” less effective?

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Paragraph 5 includes a personal anecdote, which can be infuenced by

the author’s own experience and interpretation