According To The Forests Of Gombe, By Sherry Turkle

The relationship between human to the different surroundings
Technology are developed fast in the modern society. People depend on the technological benefits and keep an intimate relationships with it. However for a long time, human seek for the harmony between the human and the nature and a society.
In the article “In the Forests of Gombe”, Jane Goodall talks about the relationship between people and nature. After her husband died, she goes to the forests of Gombe and stays with the chimpanzees to get understanding of human and nature. She mentions that human and nature need to keep a harmonic relationship which is difficult to achieve in the modern society of the “robot moment”. Sherry Turkle, in the article “ Alone together”, argues
In Turkle’s article, she talks about children’s reaction of robot turtle and the real turtle. They prefer to have a fake turtle rather than the real one. Turkle mentions “But the point is that they are real.That’s the whole point”(Turkle 266). Even though the robot toys would never die and always be energetic, they are all fake. Robots provide the perfect work to human beings. They still not real and only exist in the virtual world. Robots have no demands which is different to the real animals. They are setting by human beings. Humans create robots and make them functional for the whole society. In other words, technology makes society lose authenticity which is totally different to Goodall and nature. Goodall chose to face the fact veritably about her husband’s death. She stays in the forest to feel the nature. Nature makes her have a better understanding of the balance relationship of human beings to their inner heart. “I felt very much in tune with the chimpanzees, for I was spending time with them not to observe but simply because I needed their company, undemanding and free of pity”(Goodall 146). Chimps accompany Goodall as the best “ listener” in a silent way. She wants to be alone to think for the nature but she does not want to be lonely. In addition, turtle and chimpanzees are animals and both of
Individuals are specialized in the society, thus they have different identities. “After an evening of avatar-to-avatar talk in a networked game, we feel, at one moment, in possession of a full social life and, in the next, curiously isolated, in tenuous complicity with strangers.” ( Turkle 273). People would get satisfy in the online world. They would be ebullient and energetic in the virtual world. However, in realistic, they still feel lonely when they are alone. Individuals do not have virtually connected in the real world and they need to face the truth or problems around them. Thus, it is easily to lose identity and only stay in the fake world. They begin to cater others and change their identities. Individuals increase the virtual intimacy in online world but may get further in the real interpersonal network. They need to recreate their identities and find their way when they lose themselves. In Goodall’s essay, after her husband’s death, she feels disappointed to the life and feel dark to the world. When she in the forest, she feels that “ I and the chimpanzees, the earth and trees and air, seemed to merge, to become one with the spirit power of life itself”(Goodall 147). Goodall lost her self lone time ago, however at that moment, she feels like she is the part of nature. She finds her spiritual belong and identities. She gets inner peace at that