Read this excerpt from "close encounters of the bear kind."

john grew up in suburban chicago in a family that didn't much like the outdoors. when he was 13, he saw a national geographic television program about bear research. it inspired him to apply to a summer school program at the university of montana, where he met the scientists who were on tv.

john eventually went to college at the university of montana, where he took care of some captive bears for the same scientists. after college, he joined the peace corps and went to cameroon in africa. there he got interested in the conservation of african wildlife and hoped to make that his specialty. but a motorcycle accident cost him his spleen, making it dangerous for him to work in the tropics.

what is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?

john is an unusual person.

to work with bears, attend the university of montana.

john's path toward his current career is quite interesting.

john is foolish for pursuing such dangerous work.

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