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philosophy talk: the way things are
According to Ishmael , how did things come to be this way? In your opinion, how did things come to be this way? The novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn tells the tale of ‘how things came to be this way’. The narrator sees an ad in the newspaper: “teacher seeks student”. He answers the ad to find the teacher is a gorilla, Ishmael who can communicate telepathically. The narrator learns from Ishmael ‘how things came to be this way’ through Socratic questioning. In this paper, I will explain Daniel Quinn’s writings of ‘how things came to be this way’, as well as elaborate on my own ideas. According to Ishmael, there are two groups, the Takers and the Leavers. He begins with the story of the Takers by asking the narrator to explain his culture’s creation myth. The narrator first insists he does not know of such a thing, until he comes to the realization that there is a story told and accepted by the takers. He starts the story with the big bang and evolution, stating that “s...
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