Primate's Memoir Sparknotes

A Book Review of A Primate’s Memoir "I joined the baboon troop during my twenty-first year. I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla". A Primate’s Memoir is an autobiography of a scientist named Robert M. Sapolsky, and the book takes place on a reserve in Kenya. Robert Sapolsky is a brilliant author, American scientist, and he’s practically a member of a baboon tribe. The book is structured around Sapolsky's early years of research as a student in college and as a professor during his time spent in Kenya doing his research. Sapolsky’s stories are witty and hilarious throughout the book, which keeps the reader engaged. A Primate's Memoir is comprised of four main parts, with each part covering an age period of both Sapolsky and his baboons. Part 1, titled The Adolescent Years, explains how Sapolsky first came to Kenya and how he first met his baboon troops and how he adapted to become a researcher and a resident of Kenya. Part 1 is called ‘The …show more content…
I enjoyed the book along with learning an array of interesting facts about the culture of the Masai tribe of Kenya, the baboons, and Sapolsky’s life. The author’s stories triggered my emotions, which resulted in an exciting read. After connecting with the baboons throughout the book, I was devastated when I read about the terrible plague that swept through the tribe. This book was well written. It made me feel what the main character, Sapolsky, truly went through in the book. “Never in my life have I felt closer to drowning in anger, felt more poisoned, more lost in a corrosive sense of betrayal”. When Sapolsky felt betrayed... I felt betrayed as the reader. The only criticism that I could give would be that at times the stories were difficult to understand or his thoughts were hard to follow, but overall I am a big fan of A Primate’s