The Planet Of The Apes

In Key Idea 2 I will be talking about what I learned about chimps. The book showed many things about chimpanzees that I did not know before. When someone is talking about any animals, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds is: They will never hurt somebody, they are always nice, and are not as smart as humans. Before I read this book that was my thought process about chimpanzees. I did not look at them any different than other animals. Although, after reading the book I realized chimpanzees are very smart and can be

Despite a lack of scientific academic education, Jane Goodall’s work on the chimpanzees made revolutionary breakthrough in the field of understanding chimpanzee behavior. It was all made possible by her firm belief on her unconventional methods which academics in the field eyed with cynicism and felt was pointless. Such pessimistic outlook on her efforts from established academics did not blight her morale; instead she carried on with her methods of analyzing the chimpanzee population with full enthusiasm and self belief.

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

The movie that I choose to watch is “The Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. In class we learned that primates have different categories. The categories include; movement, reproduction, intelligence and behavior patterns. In the movie, the main ape, Caesar, as well as the other primates in the movie shows examples of these categories. Although, like most modern day movies, some behaviors and characteristics are not true and do not relate to the material that we studied in class.

This book was about the life of apes in their natural habitat that is being destroyed. Stanford highly pushed the idea of extinction and what people are doing to the apes. Stanford explains the threats to the ape's survival and tells us ideas that could help stop or slow down the decline of the ape population. He tells us about the complex cultural, social, economic and

This is incorrect because the theory of evolution is that men evolved from monkey. This means that men took the basics from the monkey, but altogether became more advanced than the animal. So no, if we did evolve from the monkey that does not mean that we need to act exactly like them. I believe that God put man onto this earth, but that does not mean that I act exactly like God. I am a person who has sinned, but God has never sinned therefore I do not act completely like him. Someone in the movie also stated, “man did not evolve from ape, but ape devolved from man.” I don’t know what theory this comes from, or if it even comes from a theory, but I do not agree with it. Does it mean that man came before the monkey and the monkey became less advance than the man? I don’t know how that works.

Planet of the Apes takes the world as we know it and turns it upside down and in so doing questions almost every belief and value system of mankind. Written and produced at a time when America and much of the world was in the midst of a cultural change and people were questioning and protesting everything the screenwriters take make this film a satirical and thought provoking commentary on the big questions of the era. The Vietnam War, the struggle for equal treatment of African Americans and a general mindset of questioning religion and traditional values were the things that made up the American culture of the nineteen sixties. The film grapples with and makes ant attempt to address most of the issues of the period in which it was written. Three thousand years into the future man has devolved into a non-speaking primitive being while apes have evolved into intellectual beings capable of rational thought and speech. Taylor, the captain of the spaceship and tragic hero, speaks his last words before hibernating his way into the distant future, he states that he is leaving the twentieth century and asks a question, “Tell me, though, does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother ... keep his neighbor's children starving?” Taylor, a cynic and skeptic, sees man as violent and destructive. When he arrives in the future to a world where apes are supreme the antagonist of the film, Dr.

Non human primates’ social organization can provide useful information how human social evolution occurs. We will go over main points of how similar and different non human primates such as chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas’ society are compared to ours, humans.

Kavanagh, M. & Morris, D. (1983). Complete guide to monkeys, apes and other primates. London: Viking Press.

Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle tells the story of Ulysse, a space explorer and journalist in the year 2500, who lands on a peculiar planet called Sorer. On this planet, humans are mindless creatures and great apes are intelligent beings, and Ulysse finds himself placed into a biological research facility, where he other “feral” humans are caged and investigated by great apes. In an attempt to convince the great apes of his journey and the notion that on planet Earth, it is the human race that evolved to be civilized, Ulysse embarks on a series of demonstrations to earn his freedom. When Ulysse is situated at the research facility, he carefully observes the three kinds of great apes that inhabit Sorer: the chimpanzees, orangutans, and gorillas. The novel portrays each species to have different characteristics and social behaviors; the chimpanzees being progressive and smart, the gorillas aggressive and ignorant, and the orangutans stubborn and conservative. This paper will thus explore how accurate these depictions are in reality. Additionally, during his attempts to establish his intelligence to the great apes of Sorer, Ulysse’s human companion Nova begins to learn the Simian language. Thus, the evolution of speech and how humans evolved to possess what’s necessary for speech will also be explored.

Apess begins his work by declaring the Indian and the white man are one in the same under God. The opening words, “Having a desire to place a few things before my fellow creatures who are traveling with

The first topic addressed in this book that I will focus on is the social behavior of apes, specifically on courting rituals and mating behavior, such as the love dance performed by the “humans” in the novel. The second topic is the (in)capability of apes to produce human speech. In the novel, the apes all speak human language, but in reality, this is not a likely possibility.

Tarzan of the Apes began it all for Edgar Rice Burroughs, propelling him into the world of literature with no understanding how he happened to succeed in becoming ranked among the finest adventure story authors. His stories set the stage of adventure story-telling through his narrative efficiency in their construction, capturing and keeping the audience’s imagination (Gioia, 2014; Bartlett, 2017). Although from humble beginnings published as a pulp fiction adventure, there is much debate over categorising Tarzan of the Apes into a specific genre, as some argue elements of romance and science fiction. This essay aims to assess the text to determine how it engages in its primary genre of adventure fiction, and how it may fit in and engage

When Planet of the Apes opened in theaters, few people knew what to expect. To most, the idea of a movie with the premise of a planet full of intelligent apes went against everything they had been taught. The initial attraction was the superb cast, spearheaded by Charlton Heston who portrays Taylor, an astronaut who crashes onto the planet. Heston was joined by many popular actors and actress such as, Roddy McDowell as Cornelius, Maurice Evans as Dr. Zaius and Kim Hunter as Zira. Though the cast may have been the initial draw, the content is what has made the movie Planet of the Apes a classic that will continue to be enjoyed for generations to come.

We can see the monkey as a god now, a figure that even has power to give "life that never ends," such a contrast after the total mistreatment, above. We see how the animals determine human characteristics: either overly mistreating, or overly obsessed.