Book Report on David Suzuki's "From Naked Ape to Superspecies"

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The book being reviewed is called, “From Naked Ape to Superspecies” written by David Suzuki. This book is actually a revised and updated version from the last novel, which focuses on the same concepts, but back in the 1990’s. It has been revised and updated because as yeas have passed by many new concepts and ideas have appeared. The author of the book David Suzuki is an award winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster of CBC TV’s “The Nature of things”. David Suzuki is also a well accomplished author and co-author with the completion of more then thirty books. Currently living in Vancouver Canada and has a foundation called the David Suzuki Foundation. Right from the first chapter of the novel the reader is pulled in by the stated facts to do with humanity and the global eco-crisis. Words that are not seen very often in the world’s issues such as globalization and escalation of multinational corporate companies, all lead to interesting conclusion. After reading and reviewing the book “From Naked Ape to Superspecies” written by David Suzuki it is fair to say that this book is definitely worthwhile to take the time to read.

“From Naked Ape to Superspecies” written by David Suzuki starts off with an introduction of the book, the term globalization is brought up, about how it started to be emphasized in 1999 and is now seen as a major issue in the world today. The concept of how in the year 1000 people were just gathers and hunters, that just use to depend there whole basis of life, on weather, climate and anything else nature could give them, has changed today with the need for something new and wanting more. In chapter one called “Sharing each other’s Skin” it starts off by talking about how the idea that resources are...

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...is really happening in the world today. It focuses on the proper values of an individual, the realistic facts about the conditions that the earth is in, how money is not used in the right way to fixing problems and how every human being can make a difference. With the aspect of the style of writing with the book allows the reader to better understand the point that the author is trying to get across. This book is definitely intended for the average citizen above the age of 12 and has extra section in the book to help the reader start on the right pathway and focus on main issues. With the point of the book being humanity and the global eco-crisis, it gets across the message that is needed to be made. If anyone has not read this book, its recommend to take the time pick it up, take the time to read and head down their pathway to helping the now and future generations

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