"The Prologue of Nietzsche", by Walter Kuafamn, illustrates Zarathustra's great journey to fine the overman and the overman in himself. This higher man he speaks of is what all men should be, but do not have the ability. The overman is capable of overcoming all aspects of life. He can overcome any challenge, physical and emotional. Relating to Darwin's theory of evolution, Zarathustra explains how man is a "rope" between beast and the overman. The overman's gift to master man's will to power is his key characteristic, which separates him from man and beast. The tightrope of mundane realism is the ultimate challenge to becoming Zarathustra's meaning of the earth. What Zarathustra comes to realize is this overman is one metamorphoses away in the child, his own new creation or innocence.
Mankind is so full of his own self that he cannot see past his mortal flaws. The man is the "rope" between beast and the overman. The man's ability to create a figure above himself keeps him closer to the beast. The overman sperates himself from all others. There is nothing higher than him. Zarathustra says the overman is born an overman. From, birth he is meant to acquire this higher power of being. Throughout his life he must go through a series of struggles and self-overcoming. Zarathustra relates to the overman during the journey of which to find it in himself.
Zarathustra names the three metamorphoses to becoming the overman. The first stage is ?the camel.' The wild Bactrian camel is on the endangered species list. Endangerment provides these creatures with a grasp of reality and a way of becoming self disciplined. They gain knowledge and me ...