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The Jellyfish Story Chapter Summary

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1. Ishmael and the narrator of the book both symbolize different things. The most apparent was that the narrator represents mankind. He asks questions and analyzes answers. He also combines the knowledge he possesses with new information to make connections to things he learns about. The reader is never given the narrator’s name, so through this, everyone can relate to narrator. The absence of a name makes it seem that the narrator could be anyone. Also, the relationship between Ishmael and the narrator is very relatable. Teacher-student relationships are based around the teacher sharing their knowledge with the student, and that is the basis of the whole book; Ishmael sharing his knowledge with the narrator on how to save the world from Taker …show more content…

The Jellyfish Story begins with an anthropologist walking around on early Earth. There isn’t really much to see, just water and land and sky. Finally, the anthropologist comes upon a blob of life in the sea. He talks to it and asks the blob to explain his creation myth. The blob was immediately indignant and insisted that there was no creation myth. The anthropologist then asked for the blob’s story of creation, and the jellyfish agreed to tell it upon explaining to the anthropologist that the story was most definitely scientific logic and not a myth. The blob began to explain how the universe, solar system, and planets were born. For a long while, nothing was on the planet, and then life appeared. At this, the anthropologist interrupted and asks where this life started, either on the land or in the sea. The blob, having no idea what land was, explained that the “expanse of rock and dirt” the anthropologist described was simply the edge of the bowl that held the sea. The creature then continued to explain how for millions of years there were only small microorganisms, and then slowly, more and more life appeared. And then, having reached the climax of his story, the blob beamed with pride and said, “And finally, the jellyfish came to …show more content…

The Agricultural Revolution was, to the Takers, a way to prove to the gods that they are fine on their own. Takers had surplus food, which was like saying to the gods that they didn’t control them anymore. The Agricultural Revolution seemed to prove that God couldn’t wipe out Taker civilization, because the Takers found a way to keep sustaining themselves without the help of God. Again, it brings in the element of control, how Takers felt that they must have control over their own lives. Also, the Agricultural Revolution seemed to be the gateway to many improvements to come. It was a way to validate how competent they

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