Jane Goodall Blog 2

What is the ‘great human path’?  Is there one that I can clearly describe?

"Jane if you really want something, and if you work hard, take advantage of the opportunities, and never give up, you will somehow find a way." These are the exact words which were spoken by Janes mom to Jane when she was little. All throughout Janes life she wanted to work with chips and great animals. She wanted to collect information about them and learn about them. As her mom told her "never give up, you will somehow find a way", and Jane did find a way to her success. There isnt just one great human paths. Everyones lives are very different because we are all different people and want different things. However all great human paths consist of the same things. Such as honesty, integrity, kindness and so on. All great people must have all those qualities. Of course everyone has probably done at least one good thing in their lives, however its those who do more that we recognise. So there isn't just one great human path which is the same, they are all different. 

Describe your figure’s early life, family, homeland, and upbringing.

Jane Goodall was born on April third, 1934, in London England. Her dad was Mortimer Herbert Goodall a businessperson and motor-racing enthusiast, and the former Margaret Myfanwe Joseph, who wrote novels under the name Vanne Morris Goodall. She had a sister called Judy Goodall. Goodalls passion for wild animals started at a very early age. When she was free instead of going out she looked at birds and different animals she could find, while taking notes and drawing. She really liked reading about zoology and ethology. From an early age, she could only dream about going to Africa and looking at different and majestic animals in their natural habitat. 

In your opinion, how did these facts (above) reflect/influence your figure?

Jane loved animals ever since she was little. There are some events in her life which made her in love with animals in chimps. For example When she turned one, her father gives her a toy chimpanzee. Friends warned her parents that this toy will cause nightmares for Jane. However, Jane loved the toy and named the chimpanzee Jubilee, and carried it where ever she went, this is how her love for chips started.Another example is that during 1939, Jane hide for hours in a henhouse and discovered where the eggs come from, unaware her family is frantically searching for her. When Jane came back to the house, Jane's mother sees how excited she is and rather than being mad at her, instead she sits down to listen to Janes story. However it weren't only these two events which showed and made Jane in love with animals, it was the atmosphere and the type of people she gee up around and taught her to care for animals and so she did. 

This image shows Jane Goodall and her stuffed animal which she has ever since she was a little girl. 

Title: My Life with the Chimpanzees 

Author: Jane Goodall

Pages: 160

(continuation of last blog post) 

Jane Goodall spent most of her time learning about chimps  Eventually Leakey secured the money and the governmental position to come back to Africa. Just as she arrived some fights broke out near the chimpanzees and they had to delay their trip; Leakey sent Goodall to Lolue Island to observe vervet monkeys until the problem died down. 

On July 16th, 1960, Goodall finally entered Gombe National Park.  The next day Goodall went searching for chimpanzees, hiking only with Adolf, her guide. The first day they saw two chimps but saw none for a week after that. Goodall saw several chimps a few days afterward, but Adolf was very lazy and it was hard to track them. As a result, Goodall started to track chimpanzees with another man named Rashidi who was much better. After several months, the chimps still ran from them; Goodall wanted to move into the forest and got permission from the game ranger.  

Since Goodall started working in Gombe, she has become acquainted with many chimps and gotten to know others quite well, such as old Flo. When Flo died in 1972, Goodall was very sad and Flint never quite recovered. He eventually became sick. But other apes had more positive lives, such as Fifi's children, Freud and Frodo.
Goodall was lucky that these chimps would spend so much time with her, as this was such a rare occurrence for any human being. Goodall spent her childhood without a clear idea of what she would do when she grew up. All she knew is that she would go to Africa. But she asks the reader, probably a young adult, if she knows. Grub was studying anthropology at the time she wrote the book but he still isn't sure about what he wants to do. But if the reader wants to work with animals, Goodall is encouraging. She suggests starting to watch animals and take notes on what they see.