Desperation and Impulsiveness in "We Ate the Children Last"

In the short story “We Ate the Children Last” by Yann Martel, the author demonstrates how the human’s desperation and impulsiveness can cause huge effects on our lives and the society. To begin, the French Medical Team were so desperate to cure cancer that they have been constantly transplanting animal organs into humans such as heart, livers, and bone marrow of baboons and the kidneys of chimpanzees even though most of them turned out as a failure. When they found that the grafting of pigs was a success, they examined the species more. This shows how hopeful and how strong their desire was…