Analysis of chapter four in Guns, Germs, and Steel
“why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents” (Diamond 16). A perplexing question that even historians cannot find a definitive answer to. However, in the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond is able to derive an answer to such an elusive question. To answer that question Diamond takes a unique approach to convey his theories on human development by combining his unique writing with a modular chapter structure. Since the chapters are written in a modular approach, each chapter is distinctive and can be analyzed individually to understand Diamond’s methodology. For instance, an analysis of chapter four reveals that it is an accurate representation of Diamond’s quality of writing, because of the coherent arguments, proper use …show more content…
At the beginning of chapter four Diamond start off with a story of his experience in Montana in which he proposes the question, “how did the farmers win out over the famous warriors” (86). Diamond presents this question to serve as a lead in to the topic of the chapter: why food production led to all the advantages that enabled Pizarro to capture Atahualpa. Furthermore, in Diamond’s argument he starts by explaining his ideas broadly than gradually becomes for specific. For example, Diamond explains the advantages of farming opposed to hunter-gatherer societies and how they allowed for things like increased food production, job specialization, and an increased capacity for war. Than he becomes more specific giving individual cases like the war between the Maori and British empire and the expansion of the roman empire. Additionally, Diamond does not pose any objection to his argument in chapter four, unlike in chapter one where he
“why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents” (Diamond 16). A perplexing question that even historians cannot find a definitive answer to. However, in the book Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond is able to derive an answer to such an elusive question. To answer that question Diamond takes a unique approach to convey his theories on human development by combining his unique writing with a modular chapter structure. Since the chapters are written in a modular approach, each chapter is distinctive and can be analyzed individually to understand Diamond’s methodology. For instance, an analysis of chapter four reveals that it is an accurate representation of Diamond’s quality of writing, because of the coherent arguments, proper use …show more content…
At the beginning of chapter four Diamond start off with a story of his experience in Montana in which he proposes the question, “how did the farmers win out over the famous warriors” (86). Diamond presents this question to serve as a lead in to the topic of the chapter: why food production led to all the advantages that enabled Pizarro to capture Atahualpa. Furthermore, in Diamond’s argument he starts by explaining his ideas broadly than gradually becomes for specific. For example, Diamond explains the advantages of farming opposed to hunter-gatherer societies and how they allowed for things like increased food production, job specialization, and an increased capacity for war. Than he becomes more specific giving individual cases like the war between the Maori and British empire and the expansion of the roman empire. Additionally, Diamond does not pose any objection to his argument in chapter four, unlike in chapter one where he