Tc Boyle A Friend Of The Earth Analysis

Weather plays the greatest role in T.C. Boyle A Friend of the Earth. The novel jumps back and forward between past and present, allowing readers to see the effect weather change has not only on the environment, but the lifestyle of society. Climate change sets the motions for all future events, bringing Tierwater to his current life purpose, and contributing to his mentality as an environmentalist who witness the destruction of the planet. The ecological changes in weather has dramatically altered life experiences. “And then there are the eye and lung problems associated with all the particulate matter in the air, not to mention allergies nobody had heard of tweet years ago. A lot of people-myself included-wear goggles and a gauze mask during the dry season, when the air is just another kind of dirt. But what can I say? I told you so? This is the world we’ve made. Live in it.” (12). Tierwater being an extreme environmentalist attempted to save the earth from the tragic state of it’s currant existence, but the enviable happened and climate change took it’s tole on wildlife. Criag Welch of National Geographic looks into the truth in risk of extinction in the article entitled What Animals are Likely to go Extinct First Due to Climate Change. Mark Urban, an associate professor of ecology at the University of Connecticut, …show more content…
This species is only able to produce female eggs in cooler climates, with the rise in temperature there is a decline in female tuataras, which can eventually lead to extinction. The climate change isn't effecting the life on the tuatara, but it’s ability to reproduce. It’s scary to see how a slight increase in temperature can potentially wipe out an entire species. Majority of people don’t consider how the change in climate can effect other life sources, because something ‘small’ like a temperature increase doesn't directly effect our species,