Two Degrees

Why does Gratz anthropomorphize natural forces throughout the book? How does giving the natural forces agency change the narrative? In what ways does the anthropomorphizing help or hinder the characters?

How would you convince Lars and other climate change skeptics that the phenomenon is real? Write a persuasive essay with three reasons to support your arguments using passages from the text.

How do humans and animals change the direction of their circumstances in Two Degrees? In what ways are animals both active and passive agents of nature in the story? What does this say about the animals and their environment?

Choose one climate highlighted in the novel, and research its change from before industrialization to the present day. How have things changed? How have things stayed the same? In what ways do the characters in Two Degrees illustrate this change?

How could Two Degrees be categorized as dystopian fiction? How could it be considered realistic fiction? Use quotations from the narrative to support your claims. What would a sequel for Two Degrees focus on in each genre?

Compare two or more characters from the book. How do they change throughout their storyline(s)? What are the change agents in their journeys, and how do they respond to them? In what ways are the changes positive or negative and why?

Research the argument that the climate is two degrees away from destruction. Create a brochure or presentation to represent at least one climate in the novel’s setting, including activists of the region.

In what ways does the story weave the characters’ stories together? How is it foreshadowed that they will all come together, and why? Would their stories still intersect if they were adults? Why or why not?