Charles Darwin's The Voyage Of The Beagle

The documentary, “Darwin’s Dangerous Idea” tells the story of Charles Darwin’s conception of his theory of natural selection, and how it explains the evolutionary process and species adaptation. The story begins with a brief overview of his 5-year stint on the HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist, during her South American voyage. The film shows how Mr. Darwin collected fossils and many species of animals and birds from many different regions especially the Galapagos Islands. It portrays Mr. Darwin’s return to England and his struggle between the mainstream religious beliefs and his personal beliefs of how different species came to be. Additionally, the documentary covers his presentation of fossils and ideas to the scientific community,

Years ago, Charles Darwin developed a theory of evolution. The strong will readjust and change while the weak die off. This became known as natural selection. The world is ever changing and in order to survive, one must adapt to their surroundings. Without doing so, the chances of survival are slim. Much like society today. Society has the top 1%, who are adjusting just fine to this ever changing world. But what about the other 99% of people? Majority of them are the ones struggling to change their life. Whether it be by going to school to earn a degree and a higher paying job, or cutting back on expenses to afford the necessities of life, one must adapt. Dystopian literature gives people an idea of what could happen in this ever growing, refined world. Most dystopian literatures install a sense of fear in people. A fear that society could be taken over by a select few, an unnatural force, or Mother Nature herself. The movie, In Time¸ and the story by Ray Bradbury, The Murderer, give chilling examples of what could, or could not, become of just Earth, but society as well.

Although Darwin’s (1809-1882) work in evolutionary observation might appear radically different from those focused on other areas, the theories he developed from these observation lead to such groundbreaking publishing’s as The Origin of Species. These intern caused an upset within the then accepted norms of philosophy and religion, had a profound impact on the academia, and further

Darwin was the British naturalist who became famous for his theories of evolution and natural selection. Like several scientists before him, Darwin believed all the life on earth evolved over millions of years from a few common ancestors. From 1831 to 1836 Darwin served as naturalist aboard the H.M.S. Beagle on a British science expedition around the world. In South America Darwin found fossils of extinct animals that were similar to modern species. On the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific Ocean he noticed many variations among plants and animals of the same general type as those in South America. The expedition visited places around the world, and Darwin studied plants and animals everywhere he went, collecting specimens for further study.

In order to engage an audience in a piece of work, an effective beginning must be implemented so that the reader is inclined to continue being invested in the work. In both Francis Bacon’s The Four Idols and Charles Darwin’s Natural Selection, an effective beginning is introduced to grab the attention of the audience. Both authors then use other rhetorical strategies, such as comparison and deductive reasoning to strengthen their argument, enabling the reader to engage in the work.

Darwin claimed the voyage on the “Beagle” was the most important event in his life. This is expressed by him in his “excerpt from Voyage of the Beagle”. “I have always felt that I owe to the voyage the first real training or education of my mind; I was led to attend closely to several branches of natural history, and thus my powers of observation were improved, though they were always fairly developed.” He describes is journey in several ways that make it the most important event in his life. He states that his powers of observation were improved from when he left which is by far the most important thing you need to have deduce information from what you’re studying.

Topic 1: The ways that Darwin’s theory of natural selection was transformative to his society. Charles Darwin grew up as a shy kid who did not show much interest in his studies which led to his father, a prominent English medical doctor, to send him to a medical school in Edinburgh and was later sent to Cambridge for clergy and still showed no interest in either but found interest in nature whilst studying Botany. While studying in Cambridge, he got an offer to embark on a voyage to survey the coast of South America in the British Navy Ship (Pew Research Centre, 2009) His most prominent findings were most notably in the Galapagos Islands. He observed the variety of finches, tortoises in different islands.

Charles Darwin received an exhilarating invitation to be a part of the HMS Beagle for a trip around the world. And on December 27, 1831, Charles Darwin set sail for the purpose of exploring the exotic animal world along the coast of South America because of the fascination it brought to him. Darwin embarked on this journey with high ambition and his mind set on collecting specimens for the study of geology and natural history.

The idea of evolution had undergone several changes in theories/concepts long before Charles Darwin provided his thoughts on the developments in natural selection. By spending several years researching and writing about his findings on the evolution. Darwin knew that his thoughts on evolution would create controversy among the Christian community to the point that he decided to push back the release date of his book and begin to concentrate more on writing about his travels around the world on the Beagle and analyzing how animals and plants are preserved. This process kept him busy for ten years, and another reason for delaying his book was the possibility of him getting arrested due to deception and heresy for publishing his unpopular theory

There are articles written about the themes presented in Dick’s novel. These articles criticize and review the themes and tools used in Dick’s novel. The three articles that will be reviewed are “Speciesism

The storming of the Bastille, is one of the first deadliest battles of the French Revolution that was on July 14,1789. The result of this protesting action, brought 17,500 people fast into their graves. “The Tale of two Cities”, by Charles Darwin gives a good historical backround on this period of time.In the story, the main characters are desperatly fighting for their love , peace and hope over a devastational life in two diffrent cities. Not only men are striving for a happy life, but women too. No one knows the reason why, but is it because a character is in crisis with himself, God or government? Or is it because a human being is in need of love, selfhood, and power in society?

“Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process” Kurt Lewin. Charles Darwin gave birth to his theory of evolution in The Galapagos Islands. Although these islands do not have very many species, these species do have a great deal of diversity. According to Tennessee Consortium For International Studies, “The organisms of the Galápagos inspired Charles Darwin with ideas about how life of Earth has changed over ti“Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process” said Kurt Lewin. According to Tennessee Consortium for International Studies, “In the Galapagos biological diversity has been preserved with minimal impact from human colonization” (TnCIS). The Galapagos Islands are home to

The Galapagos Islands is an archipelago of roughly 19 islands and several smaller islets, covering 620 miles off the Ecuadorian coast in the Pacific Ocean. Both the land and sea are protected, making the island a World Heritage site. The islands are recognized for its unique wildlife, especially because of the lack of predators. Visitors can interact with the friendly wildlife such as playful sea lions and gigantic sea tortoises, up close and personal. The incredible animal species served as the inspiration for Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution after his visit to the islands in 1835. Each of these actively volcanic isolated isles boasts its own set of unique species, but share similar environment, and climate. It is one of the most outstanding marine ecosystems in the world, situated at the confluence of three ocean currents.

Billy Collins and Carol Ann Duffy, in their poems Litany and Mrs Darwin respectively, challenge accepted conventions of love through satire. Collins parodies the convention of Western love poetry to compare the beloved to objects in nature. The title of the poem, Litany, admits to a long, tedious list and the first two lines of the poem, an allusion to Jacques Crickillon’s poem, highlights Litany as a critique of traditional love poetry while Mrs Darwin parodies the structure of a scientific journal. This structure allows Duffy to humour the audience with the thought that it was this offhand mockery that led to the infamous The Origin of Species, published seven years after “7 April 1852,” while the first three rhyming lines that builds up to the punchline, separated by a dash, reminds the reader of the familiar form of a joke. Comparatively, Collin employs end stops to allow the reader to pause between each metaphor, to emphasise his message and to create rhythm in his poem. Collins’ criticises the idealism of love, because while she is “the bread and the knife” he also comments on her deficiencies, telling “there is just no way” she has some of these qualities. Similarly, Duffy satirises Charles Darwin’s scientific observations of animals, as she is similarly observing her husband as she plants the idea of evolution in his head,

Through the work of curious minds before them, Darwin’s inspiration working as a naturalist on the HMS Beagle and traveling to the Galapagos Islands, and Wallace’s promptings for publication in 1856,