Barbara Kingsolver Reflection

I think Barbara Kingsolver did a nice job at ending the book. Sometimes you have authors that leave parts hanging or leave you with unanswered questions. With Flight Behavior, it was interesting to see how she finished the story. To me Kingsolver ended the book by showing that no matter the hardships in life you can always find a way to survive and make it through those tough times. I think that is what she wants us to realize from the book is that in order to make a difference and be happy you have to go out there and make a difference. “Yes way. We’re getting an apartment in Cleary with Aunt Dovey” (pg. 425). Dellarobia realized she is not happy with her marriage and feels like her and Cub only got married because of the first baby but when she lost the baby and they still got married that did not make sense to her. Just like climate change and environmental problems if we go out and work to fix the problems or at least make an effort to work towards a solution we might end up being happier than we were. …show more content…
It shows that everyone is the world is interconnected and is affected by how other people live their lives. Kingsolver starts the chapter titles with “The Measure of a Man” and ends with the “Perfect Female”. To me I think she did this because she wants you to realize that every individual man affects the ecosystems, and all the parts of the world by decisions he makes and how he is connected to the female who is affected the decisions of the men. It is hard to explain, but I think Kingsolver was trying to show the straight line of how people and the world are affected by our everyday decisions. Our decisions affect the plants, animals, the ecosystems, affects people nationally and it all in the end affects another human. It is an endless