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Nature is always identified with the feminine form and worshipped in the form of rivers, natural vegetation and rain. Women, nowadays, apart from being a caretaker of the family and children, are also involved as environmental activists. Barbara Kingsolver's novels address the modern environmental issues and the quest for identity. Her novels are intertwined with feministic concerns and environmental issues. Her universal themes, concern for ecological changes and feministic perspectiveshave gained her a special place in the recent women's writing. Her female characters are predominantly strong and self-determining women. This novel Flight Behaviour (2012), taken for the study, examines the interaction of woman with nature through the characters. The protagonist Dellarobia, discontented with her marital life and poverty in the Appalachians impetuously attempt to seek out an affair. Instead of pursuing her personal desires, she discovers a terrible marvel of nature, millions of monarch butterflies. Suddenly the world changes around her and she eventually identifies and pursues her passion independently. We see the female protagonist portrayed as a lover of nature in this novel. As generally woman iskind, peaceful and helpful, they mingle with nature easily and are apt to sustain in the natural world. Barbara engages the readers with the details of Dellarobiaalong with the environmental issues that are the need of the hour. The paper studies how women interact with nature andexplores the truths we live by and the complexities lie behind them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
