Analogies Of Ishmael
On first impression while reading Ishmael, the fact a gorilla is teaching the reader about the human race is almost insulting. At second glance however, one realizes the primate has a better perspective on human action. Always viewing our civilization from afar, he is able to notice certain aspects of our nature that are so natural to us; we are blind to their destructiveness. Although some of Ishmael's analogies may seem far-fetched, the points he makes with them are frighteningly true. The metaphor that struck me the most was Ishmael's comparison between a freefalling airman and human civilization. The airman believes he is flying just because of his distance above the ground; however, he is actually plummeting towards the earth at an