All these efforts require all society members to be resilient in their contribution towards an environment that is comfortable for all occupants. The only way to survive the hardship is by treating others with respect, remaining civilized, and resolving conflicts peacefully. This book challenges readers to brace themselves for an entirely different world, which will be unbearable due to climate change if nothing is done to prevent this situation.īutler implies that climate will only worsen the challenges the world is currently facing. This young girl’s world has been wretched by climate change, and she needs to be shrewd and kind to survive. The setting of the story is in Los Angeles, where Lauren lives during the mid-2020s. Presently, people are protesting against fossil fuel plants, which emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, leading to climate change. The novel draws the entire world’s attention to the looming climate change, but it was not easy to understand the significance of the book not until the effects of global warming started to be witnessed. She endeavors to create change in a world “where things are so dangerous and crazy” (Butler 7). Through her journal entries, Lauren envisions a world full of global warming effects, 13 years before this issue came to public consciousness. Octavia Butler’s 1993 publication is a science fiction novel, with the main character, a young black girl, Lauren Oya Olamina, predicting the dire environmental consequences which would befall the world due to climate change.
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