What kind of person is Pete, the narrator of "S ucker"? What theme is expressed by the changes in Pete from the beginning to the end of the story? Include examples from the story to support your response.

Pete

Explanation:

This thesis addresses the sociocultural dimensions of the ongoing debate over the

management of the Klamath River in southern Oregon and northern California. I used a

social constructionist approach to qualitatively analyze discourse from 165 comments

submitted to the Department of Interior in 2011 regarding the proposed removal of four dams

on the Klamath River to develop typologies based on ideas of nature and preferred

management outcomes. Analysis was informed by literature spanning environmental history,

political ecology, historical geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and

sociology. My analysis indicates that commenters drew on diverse and divergent ideas of

nature, used competing problem framings, claimed science supported their preferred

management outcome, and drew on larger cultural narratives. These ideas and narratives are

both culturally embedded and meaningful. In defining nature and what it is good for,

commenters invoked ideas of the democratic individual, virtuous pristine nature, deserving

yeoman farmer, precisely managed resources, and sacred family heritage. These narratives

help to shape the terrain upon which management actions are perceived, valued, and

contested, and make management actions symbolic and meaningful beyond their immediate

spatial and temporal context. Ultimately, the conflict in the Klamath Basin can be understood

as a contest for social power to enact a particular vision for the landscape. I also argue that an

appeal to scientific knowledge alone is inadequate to address complex socioecological

controversies where factual and normative claims are entangled and management actions are

understood not as true or false, but right or wrong.

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