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Brower's Withdrawal From The Sierra Club

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McPhee uses the principle of narrative coherence in his depiction of Brower’s dismissal from the Sierra Club. Throughout the novel, Brower is portrayed as the spokesperson for the Sierra Club. His whole position and credibility comes from his position as president. Being a part of the Sierra Club is part of Brower’s identity. If Brower did not have the ethos that came with that position, his lack of facts and inconsistent argument would be detrimental to the reader’s perception of Brower. Therefore when readers learn that Brower has been dismissed and that the Sierra Club does not agree with the decisions of Brower, it is shocking and does not fit with the representation of Brower that was previously believed to be true. McPhee’s inclusion …show more content…

Brower’s use of his Sierra Club cup is very indicative of why Brower is not nearly as passionate about conserving the island as he is about conserving the mountain and the river. While on the mountain and the river, Brower is extremely rigid on his position, however, while on the island, Brower seems ambivalent about its development. Brower is passionate about wilderness, and “Brower in wilderness eats from nothing but his Sierra Club cup,” even going so far as to draping a steak over the top of the cup to eat (187). Brower can be seen using his Sierra Club cup to eat blueberries on the mountain and to drink from and eat steak off of on the river, but it is missing from the island (75, 187). The intentional and noticeable lack of the Sierra Club cup in the island indicates that Brower does not see the island as the wilderness that he has devoted his life to trying to save. Because Brower views the island differently than he views the mountain and the river, he is able to compromise on developing the island without going against his philosophy, unlike he would if compromising on mining the mountain or adding dams to the river. McPhee’s use of the principle of narrative completeness with the Sierra Club cup helps to explain to readers why the degree of conservation that Brower is preaching is less on the

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