Analysis Of Ishmael

Anna Adamian

Period 5

9/23/15

Analysis of Ishmael

In the quote above, Ishmael is saying that the culture of the Takers is not so much lazy in its execution of civilization, but it is actually at war with the world. I agree with this statement because in the human culture, everything becomes competition to the point where extermination is the solution. Quinn writes, “Diversity is exactly what’s under attack here. Everyday dozens of species disappear as a direct result of the way the Takers compete outside the law” (Quinn 130). Due to mankind’s lust for competition, takers have abused the peacekeeping law which has inevitably decreased the amount of diversity among the community of life. This then causes a world where everyone is for themselves which then leads to an economically fragile society. Moreover, the author uses a

The peacekeeping law is “the law that keeps the community from turning into the howling chaos the Takers imagine it to be” (118). This law promotes and protects life for all living things to grow and prosper in a community and is extremely important to a community 's stability. One branch of the family of Homo sapiens sapiens, specifically the Takers, believe that they are exempt from this law and are purposely breaking it which is dangerous to species within the community and the survival of them. Man’s excuse for breaking this law is that there is fundamentally something wrong with people and human nature itself.

6. I think the first statement of, “With Man Gone, Will There Be Hope For Gorilla?” (262), the author is taunting readers of the huge impact man has on life, especially with the use of environmental resources. However, when the novel ends with, “With Gorilla Gone Will There Be Hope For Man?” (263), the author is being more literal. Now that Ishmael has died, Quinn challenges readers to carry on the message and wise words of Ishmael. He hopes that this message is not lost and uses this statement to question this