There is No Doubt About it Now.

Reading this chapter of Squarzoni actually made me think. At the beginning of the chapter, Squarzoni just asks questions. It’s not as though he’s talking to his readers but it’s as though his character is just thinking about them, and we can hear what he is thinking about. I love that he said “We only realize it’s there when we see it the second time.” because that is so true to me. Often times when we are reading, or even watching a movie we may miss significant clues, or details implanted by the artist, writer, or director to make us understand the plot.

Also at the beginning of the chapter Squarzoni just has a series of pictures. I think he does this to make the readers see the beauty in the world. He stops for a moment to allow us to catch our breath, but get a view of the scenery. Even though the pictures aren’t captioned the reader can fully understand what’s happening, and even appreciate the beauty that they are portraying. (76-77)  Perhaps Squarzoni has put this in to make sure that his readers don’t forget how captivating earth is.

When he continues on Squarzoni asks very good questions, that I have never thought about, and now I want to answer them. On pages 80-82 he builds my anticipation with his back to back questions. I believe his questions relate to exactly how he will begin, and end the book.

Later on in the memoir Squarzoni begins to talk about the climate facts again. He talked about the difficult tasks associated with writing reports on climate change. This got me wondering: when the reports are finally over and published, will things be even worse, than when it was when the reports were written? (I hope that makes sense) It also got me thinking does climate change really have to be major for it to be taken seriously? after all if we wait until it is right in front of our faces it will definitely be too late.

Near the end of the chapter Squarzoni raises an interesting question: ” are we already living in a world where we have irrevocably changed the climate?” This is such a thought provoking question. And my answer to that question is definitely YES. When Squarzoni does get to the end of the chapter, he ends it in  such a sobering and morose way: “There is no doubt about it now. Not anymore.” This just confirms that it is time to take action about climate change rather than denying it.