In my opinion the climax was in the beginning of the book when Edward O. Wilson joined the boy scouts in 1943, he was fourteen years old. That was when he started to appreciate the outdoors/nature, and started to become interested in insects and snakes, especially ants. He has had many experiences handling venomous and nonvenomous snakes. When he finally “graduated” the boy scouts, he arrived to the University of Alabama in 1947. That was when his passion grew for ants and biodiversity. Later in 1951 he started his Ph.D. in Harvard.
