The last chapter of Ishmael is a closing to the book, but is not just a closing is what it represents, which is a hope for the humans. After all we learned on the book about society many people when they read the words “It was the pneumonia that got him- your friend the ape.”(p.260) they think that maybe without Ishmael the narrator can’t really go on. This goes further than just the end. Ishmael goal of making the narrator a person who can save the world was accomplished, but the narrator will without thinking he did. We can see the change in him; he created a great bond with Ishmael not as a teacher but as a friend.
“With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?”(p.263) this quote creates irony in the novel because if we think Ishmael was a much smarter creature than any human, and when he is gone is there going to be someone like him in this case the narrator. So creates a feeling of desperation because for the narrator Ishmael was the only hope for man and now the world is in hands of those who read the book. The world is now in our hands.
Can we save the world? Is there hope for man? Is the end near? Is there someone like Ishmael who can change the world?
It’s all up to us.
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This is an okay start. It's claer you have read and have thought to some degree about it. In the future I would like to see further development of the connections you make.
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3 - Where is Gilgamesh?
2 - Be sure to proofread your entries before posting them.
Ishmael goal of making the narrator a person who can save the world was accomplished,
So creates a feeling of desperation because for the narrator Ishmael was the only hope for man
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