This chapter was the perfect way to end the book, in my opinion. Because in the end, everything gets old, wears down, and disappears. We saw it happen with great grassy plains becoming urban centers and forests and marshes being cut down and drained. This, however, is different, because nature is wearing itself out too.
There’s that little thing called global warming. People have been ignoring the melting poles and the starving animals there who struggle in an environment that’s changing too quickly for them to even have a chance of adapting. Temperatures have risen and the melting ice has contributed to sea levels rising. This is some pretty scary stuff happening. Just think of how the sea erodes our beaches when there are storms. It can be dangerous.
No matter how many levees we build or sand walls we pile up on our shores, nature will always overpower it. McCully gave us an example of that island that literally disappeared, totally got swallowed by the sea. I feel like that’s what the end of the world will be like – nature taking back what’s rightfully theirs. It’s as inevitable as anything I’v ever seen. And we kind of deserve it. We build houses on cliffs and beaches without really thinking that not everything is our playground.
