Grandpa-Environmentalist Ed Abbey is one grumpy dude. He cusses when he gets upset, which is a lot. But he sure does love that wilderness.
In this work, he talks about wilderness as a "human necessity," just like air and water and love. Abbey just wants us to understand how the cities we've built are slowly driving us insane. Where do you see this urban-born frustration cropping up in The Canon?
How does an antagonistic view of the wild (think Captain Ahab vs. the ocean) affect a character's actions in a novel? Or the whole structure of the plot?