I'd say that the theme of this story encourages us that anyone can be important. Not just lawmakers or rich people or even extroverts, but anyone, whether you're a shy artist or an outgoing sporty-type. Some variation on that is probably what you're looking for, I shouldn't do your work for you! :)
The statistic in this excerpt supports the idea that humans are not the only one responsible for climate change. There is a counter position about the exclusive responsibility of the human being towards this.
According to the excerpt, no scientific body that is considered serious in their investigations, can accept the responsibility from other factors than the human emissions of greenhouse gases.
A report written in the New York Times statrs that
…<em>”The global, long-term warming trend is “unambiguous,” it says, and there is “no convincing alternative explanation” that anything other than humans — the cars we drive, the power plants we operate, the forests we destroy — are to blame….”
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<em>…”Scientists said the report’s findings were clear.
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<em>“This new report simply confirms what we already knew. Human-caused climate change isn’t just a theory, it’s reality,”…
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This means that, there is not a doubt that humans are the responsible for the global warming and its negative effect over the earth.
Im 99% sure that it is metaphor
The genre of science fiction is a form of fiction, and it deals with stories about the future. It explores the imaginary and the advances of techonology and science. The novel Brave New World tells of a society being controled and the use of biological engineering in a different way from that it is applied today. So this context fits in the genre of science fiction.
In Games at Twilight, the children were eager to go outdoors to play because it was 'hot and stuffy' inside the house, and they couldn't really play indoors. In those days, when you play, you play outside
hope this helps
