Appeal for Biotic Community in Daniel Quinn's Ishmael
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Abstract
An attempt has been made to analyze Daniel Quinn'sIshmaelthrough the
perspective of ecocriticism in which he ignores anthropocentric outlook of the world
and appeals humankind for biotic community. Representing an animal, Quinn speaks
on behalf of preserving andconserving environment, nature and ecosystem of the
earth. Moreover, he seeks for unity among community of different natural entities.
This paper emphasizes on how humans tend to exploit and deteriorate environment
and nature exposing their superiority. But human superiority is going to be more
tragic for human themselves to see their own dooming existence.The theoretical
concept of Aldo Leopold's "The Land Ethic" and Paul W. Taylor's "Respect for
Nature" are drawn in this paper.
Key Words: Biotic community, Ecosystem, Nature, Human superiority, Ecocriticism,
Anthropocentrism.