“The Iks” by Lewis Thomas, is a reflective essay on the book on the Iks. The Iks are a small tribe found in the mountain valleys of northern Uganda. Due to the fact that the government wanted to build a national park, the Ik were forced to move to the poor hilly terrain and became farmers. This migration leads to the loss of land and work area. Therefore they do not know how to live without hunting and their life becomes miserable. As a result, they transformed into brutal and aloof creatures. Each of the Iks becomes an autonomous constituency and treats others badly to survive. According to the anthropologist who wrote the book on Ik, the personalities that Ik have are the same as compared to human ones, that we are bad in our inner self. However, Thomas does not agree with this idea. He thinks that the Ik are not the representatives of humanity in its essence. Human beings were not born to be evil. He states that IksParris is the minister of the city; therefore, he wants to maintain a good reputation to be admired by more people. In the first act of the play, people pressure Parris to answer if there is witchcraft afoot. He doesn't want to tell other people what he saw because his daughter Betty Parris and his granddaughter Abigail Williams are the members of the witchcraft. It would ruin Parris' reputation if people knew his family members practiced witchcraft. Parris says "they just thought she was a witch, and I'm sure there was no element of witchcraft (143)." He lies to the people of the town to maintain his reputation. Parris's living conditions have changed and he doesn't need to worry about living. To satisfy his desire to have a good reputation, he lies to people. Like the Ik, when his surroundings change, Parris tends to have a different desire and thus his negative personality