An Eco-Critical Comparison of Environmental Crisis in The Water Knife and New York 2140
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Eco-criticism, climate change, environmental crisis, dystopia, The Water Knife, New York 2140Abstract
This paper compares how The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi and New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson show the effects of climate change and environmental crisis. Using eco-criticism, the study explores how both novels imagine future worlds shaped by water scarcity, rising sea levels, and social inequality. It looks at how people survive in these harsh conditions and how the environment shapes politics, economy, and daily life. The paper shows how both authors use fiction to warn about real-world environmental problems and the urgent need for change.
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