I have now realized the downfalls of plagiarism. First, you can always get caught, no matter how much you try to cover it up. Second, don't lie about something someone said, because people talk and figure information out. Lastly, just say something in your own words, because it's so much easier to just say it your way than say it the same way an author did, and get in trouble for it. After seeing how much Jane Goodall did and her co-author, I will never plagiaries.
Many of the places that Goodall was caught for her copying was word-for-word. Also, when Goodall said that she interviewed some of the people in her book, many people said that after asking the people who she claims to have interviewed said that they didn't recall of ever even talking to her before in their lives. I personally don't think that this was all Goodall's fault, but the faults of some of her co-authors and publishers. It was not Goodall's main job to cite a detailed bibliography. I think this is a mishap on her co-author's part, since she was probably the main person with the writing expertise. She should have seen and realized that Goodall didn't properly cite her information from websites, or write the information in her own words even. I do think that people should be punished for this, but not Goodall.
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