Use Of Language In James Marshall's 'Amazon Exploration'

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As James Marshall was left behind on the “Amazon Exploration” tour; he begins to feel a loneliness and grief. The tribe speaks only Portuguese not having an idea of what English is. English was spoken by all on the tour including the tour guides of course; having to be bilingual. As James begins to lose contact with other humans, he becomes less humane and more animal-like. Because of his lack of sanitation and even more so loss of contact from any human that could interact with him; eventually resulted in him becoming/having savage-like features. As a person becomes isolated for a long period of time they become to lose their mind. James being out in the wild for six months allowed for him to have a substantial change mentally

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