The Reflecting World

The Reflecting World symbolizes the consequences of the climate crisis. In Little Badger's imagined narrative realm, everything that happens on Earth impacts the life forms in the Reflecting World. Therefore, when the Dallas toads are nearly wiped out after a hurricane, the Dallas toad population in the Reflecting World similarly suffers. The Reflecting World is a representation of a planet void of human life. This world thrives, yet is not untouched by human destruction on Earth. In this way, the Reflecting World might also represent the future: a planet where life might continue existing if humans care for the earth in the present.

The Joined Era

The joined era symbolizes spirituality. The joined era is the period of time during which creatures could travel between Earth and the Reflecting World. There was an open connection between the two realms and thus communion between the...