The Point of No Return

Squarzoni begins the chapter by reminiscing about his past. As the reader I get a sense of nostalgia. I find myself thinking about my own childhood, and how I got the opportunity to play outside, and be active. As I think about this I realize that the future generation may never have this opportunity.

Towards the middle of the chapter I begin to feel hopeless and I want to cling on to the past. Knowing that things will only get worse from here, I have an urgency to try to stay in the past. The way I see it, the past is definitely not as bad as the present, but in the future our “present” may be where we want to be because things will be so catastrophic later on.

Continuing the chapter, Squarzoni begins to bombard the readers with facts, again, and I find myself zoning out and hoping that he will get back to the interesting dialogue with his wife.

Also, throughout the chapter everyone is wondering exactly what the threshold will be, or the point of no return. We will continue pushing the boundaries until the climate finally reacts.