Ishmael 4

In this reading Ishmael's student talkes about creation and what he believes. He says that he does not believe in the creation story that is told in the book of Genesis in the bible. Instead he tells a creation story of evolution that takes thousands of years. Ishmael also points out that both creations stories, the narrator's one and the Bible one, end with the creation of man. Ishmael says that the creation never ended because of evolution. Animals and man are still eveloving and new forms of life are being created.

Ishmael 3

The third reading was easier to follow and we learned more about Ishmael's life. Ishmael continues to explain to his listener the facts about creation and evolution. He says that creation is a myth and explains that mad, along with every other species had to evolve to become what they are today. Ishmael also says that people are still evolving jsut as other species are still eveolving. In this section we also learn how Ishmael escaped from the zoo.