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impacted by these practices are indigenous and poor communities around the world. With an increase in hurricanes, forest fires, and other climate disasters, rich individuals have the ability to rebuild or move. Without help from governments, poor and marginalized people often “suffer first and worst” (Klein, 66). While reading this book, I was shocked and appalled by the actions or lack of actions by governments before, during, and after disasters strike.

I know I am making this book sound like it’s all doom and gloom but it’s not. Klein speaks about many youth activists who are making positive changes in their communities. I feel inspired to become a more active participant in the fight for climate change. I know there are small things that we can each do to reduce our consumption.

to the underworld to save her.

In this retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice’s love story, Hades is an industrialist who has turned the underworld into a giant factory town with a wall surrounding it. Persephone is always too cold or too hot and is meant to represent the earth itself, at odds with the goals of industrialists like Hades.

Some of the standout tracks from this recording are Chant, Why Build the Wall, How Long, and We Raise Our Cups. Why We Build the Wall is a particularly interesting song as it casts Hades in the role of a dictator, and was written prior to Former President Trump’s presidential campaign.

The most interesting song though is definitely

In-Large spaceship that has all the humans on it. There is minimal talking in the movie, with most of the robots communicating with various robot noises or body language. Personally, I love WALL-E as an entire concept, it’s very different and I love the animation, it is so good for 2008 animation. Overall the WALL-E movie is a heartwarming movie about hope and friendship,

As Klein states, “now is the time to rethink how we live, eat, travel, do business and earn our livelihoods” (286). We know that change can happen and will happen. The ending of the book reminds us of the rapid changes and adjustments that had to be made during the COVID-19 pandemic. Klein is hopeful that the creativity used during the COVID-19 pandemic will be used to fuel the fight against the warming climate and ecological injustice. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I am usually not a lover of nonfiction books. I read this voraciously and believe it is a must read for all. It is essential that we all understand the dangers of climate change and the ways we can band together as a global community to prevent additional negative consequences. •

REVIEW BY: JESS SHUFF

We Raise our Cups. We Raise our Cups is the last song of the musical, and Persephone talks about the play we’ve just watched, singing: “Some birds sing when the sun shines bright. Our praise is not for them. But the ones who sing in the dead of night. We raise our cups to them.”

I saw this show at Rochester Broadway Theatre League and the actors for it were amazing. Hades played by Matthew Patrick Quinn was tall and imposing, exactly what I imagine Hades to be, his delivery was amazing and his voice was perfect for the role. I actually liked his voice more than the man who voices Hades on the original broadway cast recording, Patrick Page.

Overall the Album is amazing, and I love the story, it was even better live. •

REVIEW BY: JAMES THORNBURG

and how sometimes good things don’t require a lot of words. •

REVIEW BY: JAMES THORNBURG