Jared Diamond isn't the most interesting writer, he doesn't give any amazing metaphors or similes. He doesn't give us a cliffhanger or something to think about while we read the book. But Diamond uses anecdotes to show us how everything happened, and how it connects to why certain things happened in place of others. For example, in the prologue of Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond recalls how he first became interested of the subject. In New Guinea, Diamond comes across Yali, a local politician. Yali eventually questions why "white" people were able to bring cargo, "but we black people had little cargo of our own". Diamond didn't have an answer, and soon he was off to find out why so much of history happened instead of alternate ones. The writing style is usually simplistic, making it much easier to understand and analyze. Diamond also asks us a lot of questions, making us think along the way to possible changes in history. Even though I can't write a huge book and elaborate on all of the details, it's still a good example of how Diamond writes.

Pokemon, we've all seen them, why was/is it a big hit in society? Even though there had always been trendy video games, such as Mario, Yugioh, to the more recent Halo series, none has had the wide success of Pokemon. Pokemon has successfully been made into books, cards, cartoons, dolls, as well as the infamous gaming series. When I was younger, I remember going to many Chinese parties and seeing all of my comrades getting worked up about this thing known as Pokemon. When I finally got my hands on a gameboy, I was so excited to have my first Pokemon duel with someone.

"HA, my awesome Pikachu beats your pathetic Squirtle."

"Well, obviously electric beats water."

"You're just jealous that I won."

I was so disappointed that I had lost, I remembered that strange urgency to train my Pokemon and to make them stronger so that I could brag among my friends that I was better than them. The original concept of fighting with your own little pets, and then making stronger so you could kick butt was an amazing new kind of motivation. It definitely made children fantasize about having real life Pokemon and then being able to use them.

For the future however, Pokemon will probably become less and less successful as time goes by, old concepts become boring, and new ideas always spring up. We might never know why Pokemon was so successful, but we do know that it has made a huge impact in society.