![]() ![]() Ishmael, having spent his life in captivity, has learned to question captivity.Through Ishmael’s studies on human history he discovers that “humans too are captive to a destructive way of life in their pursuit of domination over the rest of the world.” He tries to teach his humans what he’s learned about them through his studies and tries to what he believes humans must learn to survive. Ishmael becomes a teacher who is all about how to save the world and challenges his students in several ways including with his intellect and his hope for the human race, despite all the challenges facing it. ![]() While in Walter’s care, Walter encourages Ishmael’s intellectual growth through their telepathic communication.īut why does this matter? Because of Ishmael’s past he develops his view about life and the human race. Because of the experiences he obtains from his various captivities he grows more and more self-aware of the world around him. He spent most of his adult life in different forms of captivity including becoming in the care of a man named Walter Sokolow. Ishmael is a gorilla who was captured in the wild while he was still very young. ![]()
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