Eustace is the last american man

Gilbert constantly emphasizes that she thinks Eustace Conway is the last american man. She believes this because who really does go into the wilderness and wrestles a buck? Nobody, in fact most people would just shoot it, but not Eustace. Eustace is able to survive on his own, away from society. I believe that she does have the evidence to back her statement up, since she does spend a lot of time with Eustace. But, in her eyes he is not the last american man, because he lives in the wilderness off of nature, but that he hold the basic ideals that were instilled in the very first American men. When you look at most modern-day American men, ten you usually think of someone who is similar to a businessman. I think that most people think that Eustace represents what an American man should be, but the problem is that we portray him as what a masculine man should be. I think that Gilbert believes he is the last American man because he is not like the other American men that we see today, and he is one of a kind.