Pancake’s novel brings a new light to the horrors of mountaintop removal through her unique characters’ lives. All of which face numerous challenges with strong spirits against the destruction of their home, their lives, and their family. Strange as this Weather Has Been is a descriptive novel explaining not only the physical dangers of mountaintop removal, but also the mental damages it has to the people living on the land.
Generations of the character’s family have survived off the hollow, but soon it will not be an option. The company, Lyon Energy, is gradually destroying the characters home, their mountain, and the nature they have come to love through the company’s inconsiderate actions. For example, in the beginning, Bant goes to the …show more content…
For example, Bant and Cory, while Bant is more conscious what is going around her home, Cory tends to only see the things he wants. Bant took Cory to see the mining site where he thought, “The giant, his body in the gigantic body … inside Big John, Cory can change the shape of the world. Cory can.”(164). While Cory saw this Bant had a different reaction, “What I saw punched my chest … I saw it only as a shade of dead and gray…I let come in the hurt.” (165). Due to these different ideas it puts a strain on their relationship, because Bant sees he will never understand how much losing her home hurts, she will never be close to him as siblings. Similarly, Lace and Jimmy Make are this way. They constantly fight over various things when the real issue is with Lace and her decision. “Sometimes it seems I’ve spent my whole life choosing between bad and bad … Stay here without my kids. Leave the place with them. Or keep my kids here with me and risk losing them altogether.”(313). She is showing that because of what is going around her home she has to make the decision that someone should not have to make. All because one company, they have to separate their family. At the end, the boys go with Jimmy Make, while Bant stays with her
Generations of the character’s family have survived off the hollow, but soon it will not be an option. The company, Lyon Energy, is gradually destroying the characters home, their mountain, and the nature they have come to love through the company’s inconsiderate actions. For example, in the beginning, Bant goes to the …show more content…
For example, Bant and Cory, while Bant is more conscious what is going around her home, Cory tends to only see the things he wants. Bant took Cory to see the mining site where he thought, “The giant, his body in the gigantic body … inside Big John, Cory can change the shape of the world. Cory can.”(164). While Cory saw this Bant had a different reaction, “What I saw punched my chest … I saw it only as a shade of dead and gray…I let come in the hurt.” (165). Due to these different ideas it puts a strain on their relationship, because Bant sees he will never understand how much losing her home hurts, she will never be close to him as siblings. Similarly, Lace and Jimmy Make are this way. They constantly fight over various things when the real issue is with Lace and her decision. “Sometimes it seems I’ve spent my whole life choosing between bad and bad … Stay here without my kids. Leave the place with them. Or keep my kids here with me and risk losing them altogether.”(313). She is showing that because of what is going around her home she has to make the decision that someone should not have to make. All because one company, they have to separate their family. At the end, the boys go with Jimmy Make, while Bant stays with her