Physical Attributes and Atmosphere of Galapagos Islands

During the nineteenth century, two prominent writers, Herman Melville and Charles Darwin both voyaged to the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador. Both of these individuals wrote descriptive passages about the physical attributes and atmosphere of the Galapagos Islands. The passages vary in specific content due to the intentions and interests of the respective authors, even though the object described is the same. Charles Darwin, best known for the theory of evolution, wrote for the purpose of science; Herman Mellville, best known for Moby Dick, for the purpose of entertainment. The audience intended, the tone of the author, and the terms used in description-these all vary between the two passages. These passages exemplify that a single subject, under varying conditions, can be seen and portrayed using differing style and rhetoric.…