Elisabeth berg once said, “We are readers probably more than anything else.” Since time is a limited resource, we should carefully choose the articles we give that time to. Frans B.M. de Waal’s article about human connection, titled “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect,” is certainly worth your time. The author’s background contributes to the quality of this article.
De Wall is trained in biology and works as the director of The Living Links Center at Yerkes National Primate Center as well as being a published author. De Waal wrote this article to inform readers on the nature of humans and primates in a social environment. The tone of this article is informal and talks directly to the reader. It also has an additional humorous undertone. This article is accessible, so many people with moderate reading ability will be able to read and understand this easily. But this may not be an article that readers want to use for a research paper, as it is more suited to personal learning due to the only sources being his own professional studies and the Kohler studies. Just as the tone of this paper is informal and entertaining, so is the format.
De Waal wrote an informal paper, which is shown by the fact that there are no section titles and the title of the article is not a direct description, but more of a hint or clue to the content below. The main claim is not stated right away and is indirect. This article is set up and written in an entertaining way in order to connect with the reader. De Waal organized this article very well in that there are clear points that connect in a logical order to prove his main claim. The introduction and conclusion are also good because they do their job well and in a clear and concise manner.
In summary, humans and apes are easily affected by each other's actions and moods, and this can even go so far as to cause laughing epidemics,or even death from laughing too much. They also tend to imitate each other with things like mob mentality, and one in instance, young monkeys walking like an older, dominant male in the same enclosure. This has something to do with the way we as humans learn and connect with each other. All of this supports the main claim that primates impact other primates on all levels.
De Waal is a good and qualified author who is a professional primate researcher, particularly researching primates and their effects on each other. The paper that he wrote, “Monkey See, Monkey Do, Monkey Connect,” is an informal paper with not much but his own work supporting it, so it is not a good paper for research, but it is fine for personal learning. This paper, in a summary, is about how primates are affected by each other, as evidenced by laughing outbreaks and imitation. If you want to know how primates impact other primates on all levels, this article is a good place to start.
Article Review Reflection
1.Examine the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
First, i researched the paper i was reviewing and collected useful information such as their background, etc. Then i wrote my paper using the information i took from the article i was reviewing. Finally it was corrected and printed off.
2.What qualifies this paper as an informative essay? What are the requirements for a review and how did you meet them?
A. This paper is qualified as an informative essay because it informs the reader of what the reviewed paper is about, along with how well it is written and in what format. Some of the requirements for this paper are for it to me in MLA format. I completed this by using 12 pt Times New Roman font and 1 inch margins along with double spacing.
3.What one piece of advice would you give someone writing a review for the first time? Why?
Make sure to use MLA format correctly the first time, because it will most likely be harder to fix later on in the paper.