![]() ![]() Ish, the main character of the story, sees the decline of the rats as a “study in ecology”. But just like the extinct humanity also the rats soon begin to suffer from overpopulation and the fact that the civilization as their provider is gone. It nearly looks like the perfect world for an ecological extremist with all the polluting humankind and its gas-exhausting machines gone in an unpleasant way and green and vivid nature returning to the gray cities.īut for the narrator and the other survivors in the novel the reinvigoration of nature causes acute problems, because it’s not only the increasing growth of plants but also the rising numbers of cattle and especially rats that startles and scares them. ![]() ![]() Stewart has written a novel about "the failure of science" and the power of nature. A main theme of the novel is the irresistible might and power of the reverting nature. If one searches a category in which Earth Abides fits, "eco fiction" yielded by John Stadler, might be the right one. Also I would like to find out which part ecology plays and in which way it influences the characters.įor this examination I found an appropriate book by Fred Waage which deals exactly with the terms I would like to investigate. ![]() This is why I would like to examine the role of natural environment and surroundings in George Stewart’s novel Earth Abides. The theme of nature and ecology is occurring throughout the whole novel. ![]()
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