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After being discharged from the Air Force, Douglas Pavlicek works tending a horse ranch in Idaho and living entirely alone except for the horses. He mostly spends his days reading and thinking, and he comes to the conclusion described here during this time.
This passage builds on the previous quote about human psychology from Adam Appich’s perspective. Using a technique called free indirect discourse, Richard Powers as narrator mixes his own voice with Douggie’s, describing his thoughts in the third person but using more informal language that Douggie himself might use (like “shit-faced”). This also enables Powers to essentially make…