Daniel Quinns Ishmael - Transformation of Will Weston from Taker to Le

Daniel Quinns pariah - Transformation of pull up stakes Weston from Taker to LeaverThe seceded Ecotopian nation and the country it came from can be categorized into two groups, Takers and Leavers. These terms are derived from Daniel Quinns novel, Ishmael. Good. So henceforth Im termination to chit-chat the people of your American culture Takers and the people of all other cultures Leavers. You call your self civilized and all the rest primitive. Upon entering Ecotopia, Will Weston is impressed, appal and overwhelmed by the practices of Ecotopians. Can things be as weird as they become and will he be able to keep his sanity among the fierceness he encounters? What Will does not know is that the longer he waistband in Ecotopia, this Leaver society is going to challenge his Taker beliefs and mindset and ultimately change them for good. Will is truly cautious and defensive upon going into Ecotopia. Hes an American Taker traveling off into unknown Leaver territory and he is very suspicious of the Ecotopians. Something peculiar is going on in this place. Cant yet only locate the source of the feeling. The way people deal with each other -with me- keeps reminding me of roundthing - nevertheless I dont know what. Always takes me off guard, makes me feel I was confronted with some fine personal opportunity -a friendship, learning somethings important, love -which by and so has just passed Wills first impression of the Ecotopians is mixed. On one hand he thinks that they have very novel ideas in regards to the way they live and when he thinks of them as savages because of m both of their different practices. Woke up sweating, hands clutched tight on dream spear. Wished I was home safe in New York. Savages many an(prenominal) experiences wit... ... and live out in these past six weeks. He sees the portentous person that he used to be and instantly wants to part of it any more. He knows now that his place is right here in Ecotopia. For the past coup le weeks he knew deep down that he should stay here, but couldnt bring himself to contain it openly. Not until he is shown is former self, does he admit his true feelings and decide to stay in Ecotopia. The one thing Will Weston never expected to happen as he went on grant in Ecotopia did happen. He was influenced and changed by these so- called savages. He was changed from a typical American Taker into an Ecotopian Leaver. His ideas about love, life and friendship were all changed in a matter of six weeks. He learned what it meant to live in symmetry with nature and to be one with your fellow Ecotopians. We should only hope that Americans could do the same.