I feel as if the subject of Charles Darwin and his work has been the most controversial issue, especially in the classrooms, because people do not believe his theories to be probable. Also the subject of religion comes into the subject as well. Darwin had an idea that everything had to evolve over time and therefore everything is connected in a way. Darwin is considered a scientist and all scientists theories started out as a metaphor (pg 146).
Darwin was able to prove his theory of natural selection to be true and then came up the issue of Darwin avoiding talking about the humans and how they are related to other species and therefore came to the theory of ‘Social Darwinism.’ This also brought him to discover the theory of the ‘missing link’ or as we know ‘Big Foot.’ That is most likely unreal so maybe that’s why people are so controversial over his theories.
Darwin was a brilliant man and had a lot of logical theories in science but became a part of literary and cultural texts by influencing them by using his theories (pg 147). So why is his theories so criticized and controversial today if he made such a difference in not only science but literary subjects as well?