Essays Tagged: "Takers"

Ishmael (by Daniel Quinn): Synopsis and quotations

being enacted by them today; (2) The other began 10,000 to 12,000 years ago by people Ishmael calls Takers and is heading toward complete catastrophe.Ishmael observes that our culture, that of the Tak ... with others in a productive fashion so they will also understand and spread the word."The story the Takers have been enacting here for the past 10,000 years is not only disastrous for mankind and for ...

(4 pages) 101 0 3.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Ishmael Book

have been lead to believe.Ishmael describes the two distinctive stories between the Leavers and the Takers. Leavers are primitive they live harmoniously with other species and the earth. They hold on ... the earth. They hold on to the traditions and the past, preserving the knowledge of their ancestors Takers are civilized and their objective is to conquer the world. Mother culture would describe the ...

(7 pages) 93 0 4.3 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Title: Concepts of Ishmael Descrition: Written about Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

mmunity would be fragile, highly vulnerable, and collapse under any change in conditions. Each day, Takers (civilized people) destroy species which disappear leaving dwindling numbers could result to ... at should be ignored. Because Mother Culture is so often what man wants to hear, the culture of the Takers will not cease to destroy the world, for they believe that what they are doing may be for the ...

(3 pages) 35 0 0.0 Jun/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ishmael

y analyzing what Taker's are socialized to believe, what Leavers are socialized to believe, and how Takers are destroying the world.The Taker culture nurtures their young from the time they are born. ... orn their culture teaches them that they must live in the laws of the community of life. Unlike the Takers they do not exempt themselves from the rules of competition by trying to take over the world. ...

(5 pages) 24 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers