


As that population increases, its food supply decreases, and as its food supply decreases, that population decreases,” hence creating what is known as the Population Paradox (Quinn 137). The first issue that is creating problems throughout its course in society comes from the concept of the Population Paradox, which is conveyed throughout the novel when Ishmael the gorilla states that, “in the natural community, whenever a population’s food supply increases, that population increases. He discovers that by learning from this gorilla, he can learn two of the many important issues at stake within society, the Laws of Nature and the Population Paradox, both of which are discovered to be key factors in determining the survival of the human species and its cohabitants. Upon navigating to the location given in the advertisement, the narrator is met with a large gorilla in a glass box who is later discovered to be his teacher, Ishmael. Apply in person.” They are words that provoke interest in this character as it is his desire to make a difference in the world. Must have an earnest desire to save the world.

It then transfers to him answering an advertisement in the local paper that read the following. This book, entitled Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, does well in provoking these educated thoughts from the reader as it questions man’s perception of reality and “how things came to be.” It focuses on the main character, the narrator, as he searches for a teacher to help him change the world (Quinn 1). One that looks at these problems from a different angle through its constant actions of asking questions rather than giving answers in its attempt to engage the reader in a thoughtful discussion. There are many books that regard the world and how its problems have arisen through various amounts of stress and turmoil but there is one unlike the rest.
