![]() When he arrives in the desert, he starts wearing a live gopher snake around his waist and lets it scare away the mice that annoy him. This leads to two conclusions: first, that people should see themselves as merely one part of a greater environmental whole and, as a result, that their attitude toward both fellow human beings and non-human beings should be humbler.Ībbey begins by portraying animals as his equals, suggesting that humans are not the pinnacle of creation as they often arrogantly assume. ![]() But Abbey goes one step further, illustrating his belief that humans are not only kin to animals-they are, in fact, equal in importance to plants and the landscape. As he mediates on Moab’s many creatures, Abbey condemns humans for arrogantly thinking they’re at the top of the food chain. ![]() This is no different in Desert Solitaire, Edward Abbey’s memoir of a summer spent in Utah’s deserts. ![]() Many nature memoirs-especially of the 1960s activism era-show a deep affection for animals. ![]()
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