Another perspective of the problem.. wait we have one?

Ishmael is a book that tells a great story about a teacher and pupil. This book is not just telling any story, is a story that goes deep in to the understanding of life and society. I liked a lot about the book that the teacher is a gorilla, for me it is a way of saying that our society is so screwed up that we’ve got to the point were as instead of teaching animals, they are teaching us. I think the book represents a call back for humanity to stop destroying the world. It is nothing but a broke society the one that we are living on filled with the self-centered thought about the world made for man.

I made a connection with the theme of the book because, they have told many times about the world having a problem such as global warming but I never understood the graveness of it, since it is just like when your mom tells you not to play with scissors but you ignore it and still do it. Ishmael made me realize how serious the problem is. For me the book is a way of entertaining your self, as it is also a great source of knowledge. Many people in the world do not actually realize that we have a problem so Ishmael not only notes that but also explains why they do not know. It is clear that Ishmael finds a way to tell the reader to start making a change. The beginning of the problems starts with the foundation of the society as quoted by the book. “Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft, but it is a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization.” (Pg. 103) This quotation explains how in the first place we do not realize the problem, since it has been there from the start of society and nothing wrong seems to happen. People cannot seem to see the world from another perspective; which is what precisely the teacher tries to pass on to his student another perspective of the world the side that people ignore.

The book starts with the words “Teacher seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.” In the usual sense, the pupil is the one who seeks teacher not the other way around but here we note that the book is not going to be a normal book. The teacher is so desperate to share his knowledge his gone extremely far to seek a student. This stands for after reading the book that the whole point of it is make people concerned about the world, and about a problem, this book for me can be a start to make people change perspective. To think out of the box, as if not belonging to modern society.