The Flight of the Finch
I am very excited to begin reading my copy of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of the Species.
So, why not incorporate it into my second ISU in order to give myself a reason to read it right away?
This is what I am planning on doing. My first ISU looks at both philosophy and literature and so my second will look at biology and literature. It creates a nice mix of view points and ideas, and gives you a lot more to draw from then just a book.
Stranger in a strange land focuses a lot of how Mike is an alien, or a stranger as it can be debatable as to whether or not he is a human or a Martian. It draws upon customs from both the human and Martian world and often refers to both species as ‘savage’ depending on the situation. It also provides many situations, which lead the reader to believe that one culture is lesser then, the other. Sure Martians can make things ‘go away’ but they have difficulty tying their shoes, so who is the more advanced here?
Thus, my rough thesis for my second ISU is that the people of mars in their entirety are not a new species at all, but are simply the evolution of the human species. I will add more onto that and go into scientific details, but that’s all I’m telling you for now.
Good day.
