Ishmael has finally given his final lesson. It is all up to our narrator to take action upon what has been given to him. What is more important is what was actually given to him. In this second to last chapter we see a set of teachings that require a very deep analysis.
The chapter starts off with our narrator trying to buy Ishmael. This might have been of some significance in terms of symbolism. In a certain way the fact that he was unable to buy Ishmael said something. Maybe although it’s not said directly the wisdom that Ishmael teaches had no price and therefore can’t be bought. ““Uh huh, I could probably raise fifteen hundred.” “Don’t see how I could go below twenty-two, that’s a fact”” (p.234) Here we can see a little of the narrator bargaining skills yet he didn’t buy Ishmael. His wisdom couldn’t be bought but most importantly it would go against all that which Ishmael taught him. By doing this he would be choosing what the right way for Ishmael to live was. This is where we can see how deeply mother culture had influenced him. Although he had been taught another way of living, he still tried to follow it like an instinct put in him by our culture.
Another very important point made by Ishmael was what happened to people who were in the hands of the gods. Not only were they happy but also they evolved. In our current state everyone can survive with medicine although this goes against natural selection. Also these people that might have a problem get to reproduce in some cases and because of this they make the next generation suffer their problem or at least carry it to the next. This may be a reason why it is harder for us to evolve in these conditions. It is no longer the survival of the fittest for everyone has the right to live even if this harms the specie’s evolution. Here we see that although there might be a huge epidemic we will find a cure before it kills us all and in the case that only a very small amount of population will survive which is immune to the disease a great amount of non immune people will keep on going. This is a reason why evolution in our life style is very hard. ““So now what happens to people who live in the hands of the gods. “Yes. They evolve.” “Because they’re in a position to evolve. Because that’s where evolution takes place. Pre-man evolved into early man because he was out there competing with all the rest. Pre-man evolved into early man because he didn’t take himself out of the competition, because he was still in the place where natural selection was going on.”” (p.238) this here is contradictory to what we believe. Because if this were to happen we would have to go back in to the cycle we believe we are out of and by doing this everyday would be at some point dangerous. Man didn’t evolve to be sitting down in front of a computer for hours for work. In some way we evolved for the wild yet we deny this and this can kill us.
Finally what man is as the intelligent creature it evolved in to our job is to make this world a better place. To improve it or at least help it in some way maintain the balance its had for billions of years. We are the ones who are to open the way for other species that will become as smart as we are. The greater question here that needs to be answered is if we will be able to teach those who follow us. Will they want to learn from us? Or will they try to destroy us and attempt to replace us with the same believe we takers have. In the end is it possible for us to become the leavers?
The chapter starts off with our narrator trying to buy Ishmael. This might have been of some significance in terms of symbolism. In a certain way the fact that he was unable to buy Ishmael said something. Maybe although it’s not said directly the wisdom that Ishmael teaches had no price and therefore can’t be bought. ““Uh huh, I could probably raise fifteen hundred.” “Don’t see how I could go below twenty-two, that’s a fact”” (p.234) Here we can see a little of the narrator bargaining skills yet he didn’t buy Ishmael. His wisdom couldn’t be bought but most importantly it would go against all that which Ishmael taught him. By doing this he would be choosing what the right way for Ishmael to live was. This is where we can see how deeply mother culture had influenced him. Although he had been taught another way of living, he still tried to follow it like an instinct put in him by our culture.
Another very important point made by Ishmael was what happened to people who were in the hands of the gods. Not only were they happy but also they evolved. In our current state everyone can survive with medicine although this goes against natural selection. Also these people that might have a problem get to reproduce in some cases and because of this they make the next generation suffer their problem or at least carry it to the next. This may be a reason why it is harder for us to evolve in these conditions. It is no longer the survival of the fittest for everyone has the right to live even if this harms the specie’s evolution. Here we see that although there might be a huge epidemic we will find a cure before it kills us all and in the case that only a very small amount of population will survive which is immune to the disease a great amount of non immune people will keep on going. This is a reason why evolution in our life style is very hard. ““So now what happens to people who live in the hands of the gods. “Yes. They evolve.” “Because they’re in a position to evolve. Because that’s where evolution takes place. Pre-man evolved into early man because he was out there competing with all the rest. Pre-man evolved into early man because he didn’t take himself out of the competition, because he was still in the place where natural selection was going on.”” (p.238) this here is contradictory to what we believe. Because if this were to happen we would have to go back in to the cycle we believe we are out of and by doing this everyday would be at some point dangerous. Man didn’t evolve to be sitting down in front of a computer for hours for work. In some way we evolved for the wild yet we deny this and this can kill us.
Finally what man is as the intelligent creature it evolved in to our job is to make this world a better place. To improve it or at least help it in some way maintain the balance its had for billions of years. We are the ones who are to open the way for other species that will become as smart as we are. The greater question here that needs to be answered is if we will be able to teach those who follow us. Will they want to learn from us? Or will they try to destroy us and attempt to replace us with the same believe we takers have. In the end is it possible for us to become the leavers?
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