Ishmael++vocab+&+study+questions

By Daniel Quinn -**Vocabulary:** incarnation, 5 charlatan, 6 Hamelin, 7 sarsen, 8 Stonehenge, 8 epistimology, 26 misathropic, 28 ambient, 40 divine agency, 59 axiom, 91 coterminious, 91 Malthus, 108 amnesia, 205 meglomaniacal, 213 = One pp. 3-29 = Explain Ishmael’s concept of “captivity.” What is the narrator’s characterization of the 60’s? Explain the paralleled elements of the narrator’s epistemology paper. How are the two Nazi metaphors linked? = Two pp.33-46 = How is the Nazi story like all stories of Mother Culture? = Three pp. 49-63 = Define the terms “story”, “enact,” “culture,” ‘myth” as Ishmael defines them. = Four pp. 67-75 = What is the taker “myth?” What do we commonly call it? What is the moral of that story? = Five pp. 75-91 = Why is it pointless to argue with mythology? What’s the purpose of mythology? Why does Ishmael note the absence of prophets among the leavers? What is the flaw of humans? Look up one of the historical references cited on page 85 Summarize the conversation about “Certain knowledge.” Do you agree or disagree? Explain the phrase, “According to your maps, the world of thought is coterminous with your culture.” Do you think this is so for all cultures? How culture bound is knowledge?? = Six pp. 95-110 = What are the qualities of a scientific law according to the text? What were the gods three “dirty tricks?” Why do you think they’re called “dirty tricks?” Explain the analogy between the laws of aerodynamics and taker society. What’s the effect of this analogy? Is it persuasive? Think of another analogy for human (taker) society. = Seven pp. 113-122 = How did you react to the story of the A’s, B’s and C’s? Why would the Ishmael use symbols instead of characters? = Eight pp. 125-148 = What is the effect of the narrative in the first episode? Why use this break in the story? Find and explain the allusion to the Great Chain of Being. Discuss the concept of extermination as “holy work.” Why is there no settlement without food storage? What is the implication for leaver societies? Part 6- React to the relationship between food production and population. Is it accurate today? Part 7- Explain the difference between Native American cultures and Western cultures. = Nine pp. 151-184 = Why is the story of the fall of man assumed to be a Leaver story? Explain Ishmael’s interpretation of the story of Cain and Abel. = Ten pp. 187-end = What is the definition of “certain knowledge” for Ishmael? What is the purpose of learning the Leaver story? Why does Ishmael use the term “extraordinary belief” (p. 214)? KEY DIALOGUE- p 222-227 find a question..
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