Ishmael Ch 1-2

I don't really know where to start when talking about this book. I loved every word Quinn put onto the page. Eaarth made me concerned about the planet and how we physically hurt it. Ishmael focuses on the mentality of the human race and how we all live in captivity. I related to this book on a personal level. I've had days where I feel lost. Days that I just go through the motions. Getting through the day just so I can start the next day.

Quinn wrote "where animals are simply pinned up, they are almost always more thoughtful than their cousins in the wild". This is due to the fact that the animals have more time to contemplate. They may not realize that they're not happy with their lives, but they know there is more to life than just being stuck in a cage. We are like these animals. The only difference is that we cage ourselves. We hold the key to our cage and yet we throw it away. We'd much rather go through the motions, follow the script of our story instead of  improvising. Instead we play the role that we feel was assigned to us. 

When Ismael told the narrator to think back to ancient times of mythology. How we today see mythology as a story. Something that's not real, but feels real in the moment. It truly is how our society works. We live in the moment and look into the past with disbelief. Our ideas of what is real and what is a story is sometimes a very fine line.