It is an exact reflection of denial, whether or not the reader has been the Zoe or the Trudy in the situation. It would be easy to convey each person in the novel as caring about climate change as a way to influence readers, but instead, Wendig portrays human reality. By empathising with Zoe, Wendig encourages the readers to be the one who brings up climate change even when no one wants to talk about it. How they shut down Zoe forces the readers to empathise with her because she is shut down and labeled a ‘bummer’ for being concerned about the world around them. In that, denial continues within groups of adults, and over time, climate change only escalates while they remain trapped in this loop of denial. And the “Not again” of Fig suggests they’ve been in this boat of denial before. The use of ‘bummer’ cheapens climate change to a depressing topic, rather than an ongoing event. It is a common interaction with people around us, where some want to open a dialogue while others simply want to shut it down. The conversation is fairly bland, but it tells so much more. “Oh, gods,” Trudy said, “let’s talk about something a little less of a bummer please.”’ “I say we’ve angered the earth,” Zoe said. Pleased as peaches, he said, ‘I dare say we’ve angered the spirits of Ramble Rocks.’ “Jed, meanwhile, wore a cheeky face, as if this surge in bad weather was all part of the plan. In a conversation at a Halloween party, the adults in The Book of Accidents talk about the storm ravaging the town: Often, it isn’t out of malice but with wanting to talk about something ‘nicer.’ Whether it is the perspectives of government, unfounded claims of scaremongering, or complete disregard for anything that will affect people beyond that individual’s lifetime, denial runs rampant throughout the world. One of the unfortunately common perspectives toward climate change is denial. Rather than embracing the theme at the core of the novel, Wendig perfectly represents the undertone of worry in modern society in how we tackle the climate, in the backdrop of a family dealing with their own horrors. The mention of climate change was one of the novel’s underlying themes.Įco-horror has become a genre in its own right, but for The Book of Accidents, it isn’t a core theme delved into throughout the novel, but it is mentioned, either in dialogue, descriptions of the turning weather, or in the character’s exposition. It tackles multi-world theories, magic, and generational trauma in one 540-page book through the lens of wonderfully complex characters. A variety of themes are explored in Chuck Wendig’s Bram Stoker Award-nominated The Book of Accidents.
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