The Law of Life by Jack London | An Audiobook Narration

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I don't have time for "The Call of the Wild". Thanks for a good story. This one struck a bit close to home. I am getting to be of an age where keeping up with the tribe has become increasingly challenging. There is a part of me that takes comfort in our modern society and loving children who will drag me along with them at great cost, even when my task in life is finished. But there is also a part of me who is attracted to just letting nature be nature and letting go of the struggle. Here in Japan there used to be a custom of taking the old ones, who could no longer contribute, up into the mountains and leaving them there. I wonder what went on in the minds of these elders. Nature truly only favors the species and not the individual. But that is how the species survive.

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I guess 'survival of the fittest' was going through the elders' minds. But at the same time, it is such a harsh concept. The parts where Koshkoosh is talking about how he wishes his son would come back or that his grand daughter would have left more wood... but that he didn't do those things for his father really highlights that idea of the circularity of nature. This one hit too close to home for me for a whole different reason but I enjoyed it nonetheless. Thanks for listening!