Climate change has become an increasingly urgent and complex issue, causing authors to wrestle with its diverse implications through narrative fiction. In Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower and the short story "On Darwin Tides" from the anthology Everything Change: An Anthology of Climate Fiction, the authors explore the narrative challenge of depicting humans as villains amidst environmental crises. Parable of the Sower paints a dystopian picture of a future America destroyed by climate change, while "On Darwin Tides" challenges faced by a community concerned with illegal citizenship and environmental degradation. Despite their very different settings and narrative forms, both works confront the role of humanity in intensifying climate change and its devastating effects on the environment. …show more content…
Discussions about the authenticity of goods shed light on deeper issues of illegal citizenship and environmental degradation, highlighting the complexities faced by the community. Against the backdrop of covert arrests and social unrest, the story underscores the consequences of human actions leading to the deterioration of the environment. Urbanization, unchecked industrialization, and pollution are depicted as factors contributing to environmental degradation, exacerbating the challenges posed by climate change. The relentless pursuit of economic growth comes at the expense of ecological balance, illustrating the detrimental impact of human activities on the environment. Throughout the narrative, characters confront the role of humanity in exacerbating climate change and grapple with moral dilemmas as a result. They are forced to confront their complicity in sustaining harmful practices that contribute to environmental degradation, prompting self-reflection and