Naturalistic Elements in Percival Everett’s Wounded

This article examines Percival Everett’s 2005 novel Wounded through three applications of the word “naturalistic” in order to show how the work complicates divisions between nature and man and man and animal. First, the article shows how its protagonist, John Hunt, contends with his relationship to nature as both a source of respite and as part of his livelihood as a horse trainer. Next, “naturalistic” elements of Wounded reveal how the mythic West of classic Westerns has influenced perspectives on the “real” West. Finally, the article assesses Wounded as a work of American literary naturalism, particularly in terms of the questions it inspires about free will and determinism. Together, these applications of the word “naturalistic” expose how nature acts as John’s barometer for human morality and individualism, forcing us to question whether man is truly superior over nature

Determinism · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Maslow's hierarchy of needs · Morality · Naturalism · Political science · Sociology · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Law · Modern American Literature Studies · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism · Psychology · Social Psychology

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