Where I Lived, and What I Lived For, becomes Where I Went to See Rats and Who Sent Me There. Even the chapter titles are reminiscent of Walden e.g. The reference to Thoreau is echoed throughout the book. I went to the rat-filled alley to see the life of the rat in the city, to describe its habits and its habitat, to know a little about the place where it makes its home and its relationship to the very nearby people. Sullivan summarises his year of ratting and his goal for the year: Why does Sullivan set out on his year of ratting? He gives a number of answers: because of their proximity to humans and the parallels between the story of rats and the story of humans in America because they have typically been excluded from the pantheon of natural wonders because of, as Sullivan puts it, the propensity that I share with rats toward areas where no cruise ships go, areas that have been deemed unenjoyable, aesthetically bankrupt, gross or vile. In the book, Robert Sullivan spends that year watching and getting to know the rats of Edens Alley and learns a lot about rats, humans and New York City. Rats centres around a single New York alley way, called Edens Alley, over the course of one year.
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