Allison Kim

 For my second book, I read "The Wayfinders" by Wade Davis. This book followed many different cultures. Davis analyzed each culture and wrote about their unique perspectives to find the fundamental likeness of humans and answer the question: what does it mean to be human and alive?  At first, it was hard to read. I felt like I was reading a history book because he included an enormous amount of detail about everything. It felt like he described every thought process he experienced during his analysis of every culture. Also, it was a hard read for me because his diction is very different from mine. It did not feel like we were having a conversation. Instead, I had to think more to understand what he was trying to convey. As I kept reading though, it got better. I understood why he explained his thought process so meticulously. He had to explain because the reader would get lost without guidance. For example, he described how you can learn a lot about a culture through analyzin...

I started reading The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World  by Wade Davis This book is about answering the fundamental question: What does it mean to be human and alive? Wade Davis answers this by examining different cultures and perspectives of life. It is a unique approach, but one that makes sense after reading his explanations. It finds similarities between different cultures.   I chose this book because I thought it would be interesting to learn about different cultures and how they lived. This book reads like a history book. It gives the facts and reasonings which I appreciate. The formal organization of the book defines a clear direction and helps me understand what Davis is trying to portray. I have already learned about new cultures that I was unaware of. For example, he talks about the first group of humans on earth who he refers to as the trunk of humanity and the different races are like different branches. Learning about them helps explai...