“Do not believe that because you are a revolutionary you must feel sad.”
Living in modern times comes with the constant existential dread that is brought on by looming political threats and natural disasters. The narrative explores the climate change crisis and the politics and terror that surrounds the doomsday predictions. Lizzie the protagonist has to grapple with these debates on a daily basis while also taking care of her entire family both nuclear and extended. She tries to make a difference universally through her discourse and ensure the functionality of her domestic life. Thus in the assertion, she is self-aware that the gloom that comes with her vocation does not have to be her state of mind or emotion.
“Funny how when you’re married all you want is to be anonymous to each other again, but when you’re anonymous all you want is to be married and reading together in bed.”
Lizzie strains to be up to date with the climate change crisis while balancing it with family life and marriage. Therefore, the narrative also delves into the dynamics of marriage life and how it transitions and grows. Careers and vocations are the main things that disrupt the stability of marriages and the desire to be unmarried due to the pressures. But on the other hand, the unattached life also comes with a yearning for marital life. Essentially bringing up the concept of the grass is greener on the other side but the right balance is what is needed to appreciate marriage.
“These people long for immortality but can’t wait ten minutes for a cup of coffee.”
The climate change crisis is the chief problem in the 21st century as its effects are gradually becoming visible and negatively impacting the earth. Therefore, different factions have different schools of thought on the future that is in the hands of the current generation. In the narrative, Sylvia and Lizzie encounter these opinions even ideas in the lines of trans-humanism. Sylvia being upfront critiques those harboring the ideology of humans becoming a singularity in the future without physical bodies. In that, people in the current society hold strong philosophies but are innately flawed to make them viable.
