On Friday, in Mr. Schick’s Human Geography class, we started
to watch a movie, which was based off the book Guns, Germs and Steel written by
Jared Diamond. We watched part one and part two of the movie. Jared Diamond has
travelled the world to discover the countries power. His expedition began in
the rain forest of Papa New Guinea. He still makes regular visits to New Guinea
today. Diamond has a love and strong interest in birds. He was also very
interested in the people of New Guinea. He got to know them better by studying
their language. There have been people living in New Guinea for about forty
thousand years. In his research he found that it is a very cultural diverse
country. The people of New Guinea think of cargo as white men’s power. The
white men, who showed up to help, viewed themselves as genetically superior.
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