Today's world holds everything at a standard, a standard which once was held by only half the population. The standard at question is that of equality, equality for religion, gender, and even nature. Females were thought to be lesser than men, they did things only men said they could, no more no less. Religion and faith were constant battles, the pious would judge the the world, while the world judged them. Nature, a battleground for the rich and the poor, was fought over by the righteous wholistic man and the greedy man, but the idealism held by society during that time made the righteous into the wrong. In the book Serena, written by Ron Rash, that natural standard is thrown aside, as gender roles, religious roles, and the roles of people
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Snipes, a philosophical foreman, reflects on things his men talk about, nature being one of those things his crew talked about he states, "Everything in the world has its natural place, and if you take something out or put something in that ought not be out or in, everything gets lopsided and out of sorts” (Rash 158-159). Snipes says this in reference to Serena killing snakes with her hawk, as those snakes were the natural predator of rats that now plague the workers homes. Serena taking the snakes out of natures chain is just one way of unbalancing nature, the Pemberton’s however take it a step farther and remove nature’s soul from the chain, the trees. Kephart sees the battle the Pembertons are waging against nature, casualties on both sides mounting higher each day, he chooses to side with nature, the force that governed the world before greed became a part of human vocabulary. He fights to make national forests, forests that are free of the greed of man, free from antagonization from any force besides those nature creates itself. Rash, using Kephart, a bullet of enlightenment, shows that society has two parts, just as the brain has two parts. Kephart is used as the good part of the brain, fighting for what's right even though he hides behind a wall of alcohol to forget reality, while the Logging industry is the bad part, fighting for greed and taking advantage of that stupor caused by the need to hide oneself from the hardships of
Snipes, a philosophical foreman, reflects on things his men talk about, nature being one of those things his crew talked about he states, "Everything in the world has its natural place, and if you take something out or put something in that ought not be out or in, everything gets lopsided and out of sorts” (Rash 158-159). Snipes says this in reference to Serena killing snakes with her hawk, as those snakes were the natural predator of rats that now plague the workers homes. Serena taking the snakes out of natures chain is just one way of unbalancing nature, the Pemberton’s however take it a step farther and remove nature’s soul from the chain, the trees. Kephart sees the battle the Pembertons are waging against nature, casualties on both sides mounting higher each day, he chooses to side with nature, the force that governed the world before greed became a part of human vocabulary. He fights to make national forests, forests that are free of the greed of man, free from antagonization from any force besides those nature creates itself. Rash, using Kephart, a bullet of enlightenment, shows that society has two parts, just as the brain has two parts. Kephart is used as the good part of the brain, fighting for what's right even though he hides behind a wall of alcohol to forget reality, while the Logging industry is the bad part, fighting for greed and taking advantage of that stupor caused by the need to hide oneself from the hardships of