Genre
Novel
Setting and Context
The book is written in the context of climate change.
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Radical, passionate, enlightening
Protagonist and Antagonist
James Watt is the protagonist
Major Conflict
The major conflict is that capitalism has enhanced unfair competition fueled by greed and profit maximization, which negatively impacts the environment. Little regard to environmental conservation has pushed industrialists to engage in unfair manufacturing competition, which pollutes the environment.
Climax
The scientific awareness of the causes of environmental degradation is the climax of this book. For instance, organizations and individuals know the evils of capitalism, and efforts are being put in place to push capitalists to account regarding climate change.
Foreshadowing
The initiation of a capitalist economy foreshadowed doom in the conservation of the environment.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The story alludes to the evils of industrial capitalism.
Imagery
The images of Richard Branson when launching the Virgin Earth Challenge depict the imagery of sight.
Paradox
The entire book is paradoxical. For instance, pro-capitalists object to scientific findings on environmental pollution, while climate change crusaders blame the industrial capitalistic economy.
Parallelism
The story of Nigeria natural gas parallels that of industrial capitalistic activities.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The phrase 'The brutal heat waves that can kill' means that industrial emissions can destroy the whole world in few years if not regulated and controlled.
Personification
The waves are brutalized to mean that they can kill.
