Ishmael Analysis [1] The book begins and ends with this double proposition: (a) We hold the world captive, and (b) We are captives also: domesticated animals. (Pg 25) Ishmael is, according to Quinn, the textbook of escape (Pg 26-26) [2] There is some small thing we are all being lied to about, but how can we tell what it is? We are enacting a story, the story told by Mother Culture. (Pg 27-36) [3] “Once you learn to discern …showed first 75 words of 1271 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1271 total…of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now stuck inside that prison. The prison industry, which helps to keep these inmates busy by taking their minds off the boredom and futility of their lives, is that of consuming the world. And crucial to the survival of the race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself. (Pg 251-253) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**