Adam = Goddall

Carmen Solis
03-04-10
Dr. Hughes

In the book, Carl, Adam, and other “scientists” were heading to Mauritius which is described as being a “war zone.” It does not literally mean that in Mauritius a war is going on, but, nonetheless, it is considered like that because of the high number of extinct species that it has. The ecology is being diminished little by little causing species to die or move somewhere else. The “surgeons working behind the front line” are actually the scientists that are working tremendously to try to protect, defend, flourish the ecology; one of the “surgeons” is Adam. Practically, scientists are the voice of the endangered species as the soldiers are the voice of the whole nation. Like the author says Mauritius was “famous for its abundant beauty now is in desperate trouble.” This shows that Mauritius is in great need for people to help them out to be the place once again where the species can exist peacefully. We need people like Jane Goodall that gives her life for her chimpanzees. As well Adam has given his life for the animals and the wild life in Mauritius. His comparison with the war has made me realize how bad the wildlife in Mauritius is now. At first he says it was a beautiful place and now is like a war field. He compares war with the forest because in a war you see disaster and emptiness. Mauritius is starting to be seen this way as a war field. The war only leaves dead lives and in Mauritius the animals’ life is beginning to be extinct. When something is compare to the war people can only think of sadness. This is why Adam compares the jobs of the scientists with the jobs of a soldier; only to bring conscience to what he is trying to persuade.