Beak of the Finch Key Points

There are many key points in the lit circle book, "Beak of the Finch". There is the main idea of evolution, Social Darwinism, and Galapogas Island. The idea of evolution is talked about much throughout the book because of the finches on the island. When Darwin first arrived at the island, he thought that the finches were all different species. But after close examination, just as the family observing the finches in the book did, Darwin soon realized that the finches all evolved from the same parent species, and after a period of time and after going through different adaptations and environmental changes, new finches evolved. (different beaks and eating habits). Another main idea would be the idea of Social Darwinism. Darwinism is basically the idea of survival of the fittest. Whoever or whatever species is able to adapt to the environmental changes and make due with it, will survive and conquer the rest of the organisms. The last idea would be the Galapogas Islands. The whole book centers around the islands and everything happens at the islands. The finches are dominant in those islands. this relates to the curriculum because we learned about evolution of plants and how plants have evolved from a period of time.