Ishmael, a gorilla that can somehow telepathically communicate with people, is mentoring a middle-aged, no-named writer who isn't exactly the brightest person on Earth. Ishmael helps the writer understand how most of mankind is playing out a story that will eventually destroy the world, while a small minority of people live in communion with the community of life and can lead to an eventually brighter future. Ishmael teaches about captivity, identity, and evolution in the forms of “takers” and “leavers” (140), as well as “mother culture” (20) and “civilized peoples”(22).
The first name that was given to Ishmael was Goliath, which makes him more self-aware of his personal identity, but a name is only a name, and not one's whole identity like names so often force onto someone. He teaches that we do not need to accept the identity that we were born with, but can make our own destiny. Names are just another way for “mother culture” to imprison people in her game.
Ishmael was raised in captivity and it is what he considered to be his “area of educational expertise” and …show more content…
When the government makes a law protecting something, it often ends up taking that thing away from you. For your own good, of course. We think the government’s real intention is to keep all U.S. money in the banking system. There, it can be traced, tracked, and most importantly, taxed(Tucker, 2016).
The government control most of our lives in countless ways like how much money you make, your health and quality of care, your driving, your marriage, if you go to jail or not,if you can carry a gun/concealed weapon, getting a job, your retirement, your ability to travel, how many children you can have, how much land you can own,what kind of television you can watch, your chances of being a victim of a crime,they regulate your bank accounts and where you can travel to and how and