Question

1. Read the following text: Ishmael By: Daniel QuinnSummary• The main point of the book is that nobody is quite sure where the world came from or how it was created. There are many religious stories and scientific theories that have been created and spread throughout the world, but the problem is that everybody just believes the stories they are told without wondering about the facts or questioning where the information came from. Ishmael’s idea of humanity is separated into two different categories: The Takers and the Leavers. This is another main point of the book. He describes the Takers as the people who believe that the human race is dominant and describes the Leavers as the people who live by the rules of the Earth without trying to dominate it and make it suitable to them.• The main character of the book is a gorilla named Ishmael. He is a smart gorilla who learned to communicate telepathically and has many ideas as to where the world came from, why it is the way it is, and why people are dominating it.• I noticed many of the ideas the narrator had (especially in the beginning) were often compared to Adolf Hitler and his Nazi’s. For example, Ishmael says that if there was a German who didn’t agree with Hitler’s acts, he could leave Germany and be able to escape it, but now, if you are unhappy with society, leaving for another country wouldn’t save you, the world is the same all around, filled with the same two types of people: The Takers and Leavers.• The book opens with a man (the narrator) reading an ad in a newspaper that is frustrating for him. The ad is written by a “teacher” in search for a student looking to save the world. The narrator goes on to explain that he has spent many years in search for a teacher and is frustrated because he found one, but is sure that the ad is fake. Although he has himself convinced that the ad is phony, he goes to the address listed and finds himself in an empty room. After what seems to be a few minutes, he finds himself staring into the eyes of a gorilla and is at first very startled. The gorilla gives him time to process what is going on and he tells the narrator his story: where he came from, where he’s been, and how he ended up in that very room. Ishmael then categorizes the humans into two different categories: Takers and Leavers. He speaks about how Takers are going to lead the world to its doom by depleting the environment and all of our natural resources. At one point, the narrator is caught up in his own personal life and doesn’t see Ishmael for a few days. When he returns, he cannot find Ishmael anywhere, but eventually tracks him down at a carnival. The narrator visits Ishmael at night so they are able to finish their discussions and he tries to buy Ishmael from the carnival owner, but by the time he has enough money, Ishmael dies from pneumonia. The narrator is the fifth student that Ishmael takes on and is the only student that is able to maintain his desire to make the world a better place. Ishmael wants the narrator to share what he has been taught to the outside world, but the narrator is unsure that he will be able to carry out Ishmaels wishes. Write in 5 sentences the summary of this summary.
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Make a list of the verbs that occur in the present simple, present continuous and past simple form in the text. Faceti o lista cu verbele care apar in text si se afla in timpurile verbale mai sus mentionate​

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