Book Arrangement Through a Window contains twenty chapters. The book includes two appendixes:“Some Thoughts on the Exploitation of Non-Human Animals” and “Chimpanzee Conservation and Sanctuaries.” The appendixes are followed by the Acknowledgements and the Index.
Book Content
Chapters 1-5 Through a Window begins in an early morning in Gombe. Jane Goodall takes the reader through her daily routine as she prepares for a full day of research. The audience is exposed to the process of field work. This section is heavily informational, with chapters about the science community, Goodall’s research center in Gombe, and an introduction to the chimpanzees of Tanzania.
Chapters 6-9 This section immerses the audience into the lives of the
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This segment dives deeper into the conflicts between communities. A four-year war is waged between chimpanzee communities between the northern and southern regions of Gombe. The battles are fought for land and power. The chapters are filled with massive bloodshed and even the eradication of an entire community. The baboon communities also have a chapter in the novel. Their volatile relationship with the chimpanzees are investigated. This section also examines the evolution of a male chimpanzee. Goodall inspects their mating patterns, their thirst for power, and their fierce …show more content…
Goodall writes about the chimpanzees in Gombe as if they were human characters in a story. The audience connects with these characters because the experiences that the chimpanzees go through are comparable to milestones in human development. Experiences such as community, family, love, and loss are central themes in the book and further build an emotional connection between the author and the reader.
Although Through a Window reads like story, the book is grounded in scientific research about animal behaviour. The data presented has a strong appeal to logos.
Style/Tone
Goodall’s style can be characterized by her abundant use of sensory language. When describing an expedition, her words recount the sights, smells, and sounds in rich detail. She utilizes periodic sentences to fill her paragraphs with words that paint a living, breathing portrait of Gombe.
Delivery
The cover of Through a Window is divided into two colors, red and dark green. The division of these two colors represent two species: humans and chimpanzees. The two colors are brought together in unity--complementary and opposite colors on the color spectrum--by a picture of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee sitting together in a forest. A sense of peace and friendship emanates from the cover, and represents Goodall’s attempt to bridge the gap between humans and