She Used To Crush On Tarzan

As a young child, Goodall adored books about animals and Africa. The Tarzan series by Edgar Rice Burrough was one of his favorites. The tale of Tarzan served as a major source of her inspiration. When Jane was younger, there weren't any big-budget movies to watch, so she read the novels instead. Tarzan is referred to as the Jungle Lord in the literature. Tarzan, an orphaned child of English nobility abandoned on the west coast of Africa, is raised by apes when his parents pass away. He spends his entire life with them, taking care of them, and going on exciting trips.

Jane first started dreaming of moving to Africa to live among the gorillas when she was a small child and started reading about Tarzan's adventures. Her passion for that untamed continent was awakened by Burrough's tales of the African woodlands. Tarzan started to grow on Jane, and she believed that she would make a much better partner for him than the Jane he ultimately picked. She calls him a "dumb man" and says “He married the wrong Jane.”