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Determining the nature of forgiveness in this scenario is of course a complex and largely abstract task, but the actual harm done or forgiveness-requiring character traits would need to be identified before this could be ascertained.

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Toby's primary and only real mentor is his older brother, Geoffrey. Geoffrey acts as something of a father figure to Jack when he can, and is certainly more of a father figure to him than anyone else in the story, including Toby real father and his mother's men (like Dwight). Toby looks to Geoff not just for protection or a means of escaping the abuse he suffers, but also for some compassion and understanding as well as an assurance that it is possible to go somewhere else with his life. In other sense, Jack London is Toby's mentor; it is this author that Toby looked to for a name when he felt he needed a change, and that inspires his sense of adventure.

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Jack London also wrote about being alone in the wilderness, and that is often how Toby seems to feel throughout the various periods of his life.

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If Toby hadn't succeeded in escaping from Chinook, it is very possible that he would have ended up something like Dwught, and possibly even worse due to his greater starting potential. That is, with the obvious potential Toby possessed, had he been frustrated by life's circumstances and essentially forced to settle down in a going-nowhere low-paying job while supporting some children and drinking hard every day, he would likely have turned into an aggressive and controlling person. The other elements of his life would be so out of control, he would attempt to exert control in essentially meaningless….....

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