Ecological Consciousness and Ethical Awakening in The Motorcycle Diaries
Keywords:
Ecology, Ethical Awakening, Green Consciousness, Exploitation, TravelogueAbstract
The devastation of the environment for so-called development endangered the very existence of human beings in the modern age. Natural disasters are one of the outcomes of excess exploitation of natural resources creating the divide not only between nature and human beings but also among the people who control the system and are powerful and those who are powerless, the common masses. Guevara, in his travelogue memoir portrays the picture of the conflict and tries to warn us against the corruption and malpractices that have been undertaken without any concern for the environment. The present paper investigates the multifaceted dimensions of ecology and ethical consciousness of the narrator in his seminal work The Motorcycle Diaries. It also discloses the character of Guevara as an ecologist, which was not explored in the earlier research on Guevara and his works.
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