Naturalist

Not as exciting as they very first part, but interesting in its own right was Wilson’s adventures in classification. It is a great book for anyone who has ever been a curious kid or a passionate worker. Not only do you get to know the character and his hard-working values, but also you understand his passions. The discovery of a new species that will be recognized around the world would be an achievement to be attained over a lifetime, and for Wilson to find it at such an early age shows his skill and determination towards his passion of biology. The mood is broken and the content soon becomes repetitive.

Overall, it was refreshing to find such a unique book.

I found it extremely interesting to be taken through the process and techniques of the capture and classify system of biological classification, and to see the ultimate results of it only vindicates the purpose further. I found it fascinating that he found a new species of ant. The situations that were most intriguing were the incident with the pinfish skewering his eye and the crocodile attack on his inspiration and colleague, Philip Jackson Darlington.

It was obvious, by looking at these childhood memories of Wilson’s, that he would grow up to be a scientist, more specifically a biologist. The complexity of the section was difficult to understand through the repetition leaving only a dull taste for the entire section.