Chapter Summary Of Fevered By Linda Marsa

Overview

Climate change and global warming seem to be in the discussions of everyone today, but based on Linda Marsa, the author of Fevered, little is being done to fully cover the subject by the media and other relevant institutions such as governments. Marsa in this book wants to enlighten the readers about the impact of deteriorating climatic conditions on people’s lives. She argues that people will suffer a great deal of misfortunes, sickness, hunger, and starvation if the levels of pollution and cutting down of trees are not tamed. Marsa’s message is clear in the book; human lives are at stake because of continued climate change and pollution of the environment. She states that human beings are unable to see the environmental warning signs, which are

This explains the reason the author sets the stage for every chapter by introducing a human character. For instance, in the introduction, Marsa starts by quoting Bernice Jackson, a character in the book on a fateful Palm Sunday. Jackson had lived a time when land was cultivatable, with enough rain, cool winds, and favorable temperatures working as young woman in a farm. Half a century later, things changed, drought crept in, the winds were now full dust, and temperatures hotter than before, said Jackson in Oklahoma during an oral history interview in 1935. Another example, in the first chapter, she uses Susan Fisher-Hoch as a point of reference to show the impact of high temperature on microbial activities. The author introduces different characters in every chapter to help send out the messages. Interestingly, these stories breath life to the book, it shows the Author’s ability to prove her argument using real life situations that readers can relate to throughout the chapters. She uses this style across all the chapters in the