# Jack Clayton — The Son of Tarzan character guide

> Jack Clayton in The Son of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Jack, John Clayton

**First appearance:** 0001-the-son-of-tarzan

## Who they are

Tarzan's human name, used occasionally in the narrative.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_tarzan_se/chapters/ii)

Defies his parents to see the ape Ajax, overpowers his tutor Mr. Moore, and escapes through the window.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iii)

Secretly visits Paulvitch and Akut, defying his parents; plans to accompany Akut to Dover.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_tarzan_se/chapters/iv)

The boy traveling with his 'grandmother' (Akut in disguise); decides to return to England but is attacked by Condon and flees into the jungle after the killing.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vi)

Spends a sleepless, guilt-ridden first night in the jungle; learns survival skills from Akut; adapts physically and mentally, losing his clothes and reveling in freedom; kills a native warrior in self-defense and feels a primal urge to cry out but remains silent.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_tarzan_se/chapters/vii)

Referred to as 'the boy' or 'Jack'; his encounter with brutal white slavers challenges his earlier idealization of white men.

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