A Short History Of Nearly Everything By Bill Brryson Analysis

This poem’s main focus is to discuss the topic of natural selection. The author of this poem goes on to discuss how everything in this world is created by randomness, and biological need to change at the same time. That evolving is something that starts from simplicity, and ends in utter complexity. This poem also says that natural selection is something that happens out of necessity, yet it is a process that takes place without being able to control it. Everything in life begins as a simple organism, but changes to better conquer it’s environment and location on the food chain. Environments don’t change to better suit the creature, the creature's change to better suit the environment. An ever-changing domain equals an ever-changing organism; proving that natural selection takes place out of biological need, not want. …show more content…
Bryson went on to discuss how Charles Darwin was the person that discovered natural selection, and it also went on to discuss just how Darwin made these observations. Two of the most famous stories of Darwin are when he observed Finches and the structure of their beaks to determine what their diets consisted of. Also, Darwin observed the Tortoises and the structure of their shells, to determine where their habitats were laid. All of these instances were left out by the poem, making the book a better source of knowledge in regards of natural selection. Both Bryson and the author of the poem discussed a well known topic; however, Bryson did a better job of elaborating on this particular