Anthropomorphism and Personification In Desert Solitaire Edward Abbey is in a pursuit of seeing nature as it is without humanly ascribed qualities 7 Although Abbey does not want to use anthropomorphism or personification he finds that it is impossible to avoid because he sees life in the desert and writes all living things on earth are kindred 25 And if we are all kindred then we share many of the same attributes At first the author defends his position by stating that it is possible for wild a