THE STRENGTH OF THE STRONG by JACK LONDON
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 21 November 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The Strength of the Strong is a short story allegory meant to complement London's upcoming 1912 book "The Scarlet Plague", in which a plague in 2012 depopulates the planet and a survivor of that plague tries to impart wisdom to his grandsons in order that they can survive in the years following the plague. We are considering this now for 1001 Stories for the Road. Its a fascinating tale and one which draws many similarities to our current NIH-Wuhan plague.
Todays short story "The Strength of the Strong" uses a grandfather in a primitive tribe trying to describe to his grandsons how the only way they can survive in the future is to band together and not have an 'every man for himself' attitude.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales. |
| 0:33.5 | This is your host John Hagenhorn. |
| 0:35.5 | Today, another story from one of my favorite authors, |
| 0:38.3 | Jack London, The Strength of the Strong. |
| 0:42.3 | Old Longbeard paused in his narrative. The Strength of the Strong. |
| 0:43.2 | Old Longbeard paused in his narrative, |
| 0:45.3 | Licked his greasy fingers, and wiped them on his naked sides |
| 0:48.4 | where his one piece of ragged bear skin failed to cover him. |
| 0:52.0 | Grouched around him on their hams were three young men, his |
| 0:55.4 | grandsons, deer runner, yellowhead, and afraid of the dark. |
| 1:00.9 | In appearance they were much the same. |
| 1:03.0 | Skins of wild animals partly cover them. |
| 1:05.0 | They were lean and meager of build, narrow-hipped and crooked leg, |
| 1:10.0 | and at the same time deep-chested with heavy arms and enormous hands. |
| 1:14.8 | There was much hair on their chest and shoulders and on the outsides of their arms and legs. |
| 1:19.5 | Their heads were matted with uncut hair, long locks of which often strayed before their eyes, |
| 1:25.1 | beady and black and glittering like the eyes of birds. |
| 1:28.6 | They were narrow between the eyes and broad between the cheeks, |
| 1:31.7 | while their lower jaws were projecting and massive. |
| 1:36.0 | It was the night of clear starlight, and below them, stretching away remotely, lay range on range |
| 1:41.4 | of forest-covered hills. |
| 1:43.0 | In the distance, the heavens were red from the glow of a volcano. |
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