The Apple : Ishmael

We can safely assume that the main idea is, because we are so self centered, we brought this up on oursleves; by this meaning that we have always considered that the world is ours and we are the key pieces to the world itself.Throughout the novel this is represented in both metaphores and direct examples. More recently, the metaphores have been about a society in which there are 3 groups. The A's, the B's and the C's. The C's eat the B's, the B's eat the A's ,and the A's each the C's therefore creating a chane in which no creature is of higher importance. We are then presented with an explanation and a direct exaple; of how the Lions only kill out of necessity, unlike humans, who kill out of pleasure or desire.
*In chapter 9 Ishmael comes out fron behind the glass demonstrating a great deal of confidence between the 2 characters*
Next, we are lead into a chapter regarding religious history/beliefs. About the genisis and how it is seen in our culture... This made me wonder about the common catholic story of Adam and Eve (interpretation of the creation myth) . This deals with a dilemma of a forbidden apple and Eve's choice of eating it leaving Adam at risk of loosing paradise. While this is commonly thought of as weak character in the face of desire, in which i would assume Ishamel would quickly interpret it as another attempt of mother culture to establish that it is the most competent and ONLY ruler of the world.
Getting into the tenth chapter, we are presented with the inconvenience of the absence of Ishmael. Later on we are talked about how culture and humanity are not two co-existent concepts; they merge into one. When a culture ends, the ideas that came with it end therefore making us (humaity) start again. The singlemost important idea that Mother Cculture carrys on is production. Agriculture being the base of the society. This is also the beggining of law and a form of state proclaming thate there is one right way to everything. In my personal opinion, the beggining of this chapter is greatly influenced on the message it carries. Ishmael's absence forced Alan to find a way to deal on his own. The first days he sat around and did nothing, then he was determined to find his teacher, when he finally completed his goal, thing got "back on track". I believe that this secuece is just a metaphore of how culture has evloved though time represented in one man.