Summary Of Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior

The book Flight Behavior is an interesting read because it shows how climate change can affect people and humans in such a negative way. Through the story of Dellarobia Barbara Kingsolver shows how large of an impact climate change has on the daily lives of ordinary working people. These people such as Dellarobia are being affected by climate change first hand are experience this while many others of the wealthier classes are still in denial that climate change is a real problem. Dellarobia as uneducated women learns a lot from the scientists that come to her town to study the butterflies. However, along with learning from them she also gives the scientists a new way to look at the butterflies. There is a part in the book were an environmentalist named Mr. Atkins who tells Dellarobia about ways she can reduce her carbon footprint. “Try to reduce the intake of red meat in your diet. Are you crazy? I’m trying to increase our intake of red meat. Why is that? Because Mac and Cheese only gets you so far, is why” (Kingsolver, 326-327). Many of the other pledges Atkins tells Dellarobia to take are not applicable to her because she cannot afford to travel or eat in restaurants. This is one way that …show more content…
Many people just think about how your daily decisions affects the earth, but with her book, Kingsolver shows how everyone is interconnected. She does a great job at showing the connection especially with her chapter titles. She starts with The Measure of a Man, and then goes to larger when she has Circumference of the Earth and then goes down to smaller eventually ending with the Perfect Female. Kingsolver wants us to see that there is an ever-going circle of how we each affect the earth and each other. By taking small steps and getting involved like Dellarobia we can start to make a difference