Perceptions In Jane Goodall's Time After The Chimpanzees

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Register to read the introduction… In fact she describes meticulously and carefully what surrounds her, emphasizing the details that help strengthen her essay's authenticity and ensure that she successfully conveys her message.
Personally I've been really impressed by the description of the moment just after the rainstorm. In only one paragraph the writer expressed all five senses from the herd of the birds to scents of the fruit, wet bark, the damp odor of chimpanzee hair and so on. Through her descriptive writing the view of the morning dew becomes a net of diamonds lit by a "pale watery sun" and the birds' twitter is compared to a feathered symphony.
At first glance Goodall's essay can be interpreted just as a story full of details, but after reading it the second time the reader realizes that these details are fundamental to understand the writer's feelings and somehow live her same emotions. Jane Goodall was able to transform a simply descriptive essay in a clear vision of the chimpanzee’s life. As a reader, now I know how the chimpanzees live, how they think and what they do, even if I never had the chance to see one form

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