World Population and Ishmael
High School of Engineering and Science Summer Enrichment
Science - Class of 2017 Title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Author: Daniel Quinn
All work should be typed. Number each question/answer. All questions need to be answered in your own complete sentences. ANY plagiarism from the internet or another student will result in a zero! (Plagiarism is the use of words or ideas that are not your own.) Due Date: Monday, September 16, 2013 The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard. It is a story that extends backward and forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth of time to a future there is still time to save. Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to come from within ourselves. Is it man’s destiny to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny possible for him—one more wonderful than he has ever imagined? 1. Introduction to the novel. What is the premise of the story? Who is Ishmael and why is he looking for a student? (1-24) 2. What is the student’s point in the story of Kurt and Hans? (24-29) 3. What is Mother Culture? Who are the Takers and the Leavers? (29-41) 4. What is the point of the jellyfish story? Why does Ishmael refer to our creation story as a myth? (49-58) 5. Summarize the point of this section in 1-2 sentences. Find a print advertisement that illustrates this idea. –Attach the advertisement to your journal. (59-63) 6. What event marks the “birth of our culture”? Why did this change occur? (67-70) 7. According to the Takers, what is the purpose
Science - Class of 2017 Title: Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Author: Daniel Quinn
All work should be typed. Number each question/answer. All questions need to be answered in your own complete sentences. ANY plagiarism from the internet or another student will result in a zero! (Plagiarism is the use of words or ideas that are not your own.) Due Date: Monday, September 16, 2013 The narrator of this extraordinary tale is a man in search for truth. He answers an ad in a local newspaper from a teacher looking for serious pupils, only to find himself alone in an abandoned office with a full-grown gorilla who is nibbling delicately on a slender branch. “You are the teacher?” he asks incredulously. “I am the teacher,” the gorilla replies. Ishmael is a creature of immense wisdom and he has a story to tell, one that no other human being has ever heard. It is a story that extends backward and forward over the lifespan of the earth from the birth of time to a future there is still time to save. Like all great teachers, Ishmael refuses to make the lesson easy; he demands the final illumination to come from within ourselves. Is it man’s destiny to rule the world? Or is it a higher destiny possible for him—one more wonderful than he has ever imagined? 1. Introduction to the novel. What is the premise of the story? Who is Ishmael and why is he looking for a student? (1-24) 2. What is the student’s point in the story of Kurt and Hans? (24-29) 3. What is Mother Culture? Who are the Takers and the Leavers? (29-41) 4. What is the point of the jellyfish story? Why does Ishmael refer to our creation story as a myth? (49-58) 5. Summarize the point of this section in 1-2 sentences. Find a print advertisement that illustrates this idea. –Attach the advertisement to your journal. (59-63) 6. What event marks the “birth of our culture”? Why did this change occur? (67-70) 7. According to the Takers, what is the purpose