The essay is on (preface and part one) of Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies ISBN: 1314
The Essay (NOT A SUMMARY) should contain:
1) Diamond?s thesis/ main idea(s)
2) Diamond?s organization/style (e.g. chronological, topical, geographical,)
3) Diamond?s sources/methodology (e.g. literary, archaeological, philology, comparative analysis, etc.)
4) Your analysis of the section (Do you agree/disagree with Diamond? What do you think Diamondgot right/wrong? What would improve Diamond?s argument(s)?)
ALSO while writing the essay consider this phrase “ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM.”


