tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076146395483880300.post8182040996214414513..comments2022-04-02T17:24:38.568-07:00Comments on Insights into American Literature: "The Law of Life"Jessica Goberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00237310570604315447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076146395483880300.post-27400292144755957132017-01-11T11:02:45.960-08:002017-01-11T11:02:45.960-08:00Hi there. I like your post, and thanks for your ef...Hi there. I like your post, and thanks for your efforts. <br />I would like to add my 2 cents here:<br />There is a parallel comparison drawn between moose and old man, they were both left behind by their tribes, they were both hunted down by pack of wolves. Here I think author draws attention that human being is a part of Nature, we are not separate entities. Nature doesn't care about any flesh, whether it be an animal or human, after all we as humans are animals biologically. There is also point of physical, biological and genetic determinism in life, which overcomes free will. Koskoosh accepts Law of Life, determinism, and waits his death. <br />Author uses Free indirect style/ free indirect speech in this text. It is narrated from 3rd person omniscient point of view. Let's say, it is Editorial omniscience, because author involves in and directs readers' thought in certain ways. Also, I think it is intradiegetic narration, since person is in the story, or let's say it is homodiegetic, narrator himself is protagonist. Well, that would be then "I as a narrator" also, in terms of narrative discourse by Gerard Genette. Zero focalization, since all thoughts and narration of protagonist is revealed to the reader through narrative point of view. Tirkish Baymyradovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05159186536659069358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076146395483880300.post-70506241803201329092012-03-08T12:42:33.221-08:002012-03-08T12:42:33.221-08:00I love your point, and your direct compartision of...I love your point, and your direct compartision of the Moose to Koskoosh.<br />Perhaps Koskoosh's acceptance of death symbolizes that difference between the instincts of animals and the logic of some humans. This theory is of course flawed, because almost anyone would have waited willing for death. But Koskoosh faces the realities of life instead of the emotions attached to a lost life.Ashinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15292759805115173156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076146395483880300.post-49187702585530519192012-03-03T11:21:33.210-08:002012-03-03T11:21:33.210-08:00I liked both your post and AMy's comment, Jess...I liked both your post and AMy's comment, Jessica, and can't add anything to them.D. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053274352075684989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9076146395483880300.post-52718199029071493532012-03-02T15:38:22.012-08:002012-03-02T15:38:22.012-08:00Hi Jessica,
I really liked this story. I think Lo...Hi Jessica,<br />I really liked this story. I think London did a great job in telling the story of how a different culture views life and death. I thought that it was especially important how he not only told of the tale of the moose, but he also told the tale of his friend, Zing-ha or at least part of the tale. I thought that the tale of how he and his friend went out to hunt and then followed the path of the moose and wolves was significant, but I also thought the tale of Zing-ha's death was also important. It was nature reclaiming life, even though that life was taken at a young age. I also really liked that London brought the story full circle with the wolves coming in at the end to stay with the Koskoosh until the end, just like they did in the tale of the moose. It was rather fitting as nature has a tendency to reclaim life.<br />AmynAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15303390926378778320noreply@blogger.com