Interconnected Lives in The Overstory: The Relationship Between Humans and Trees

The Overstory by Richard Powers’ is a Pulitzer Prize winning novel that weaves together the lives of nine characters whose destinies become entwined with the natural world.All the characters of the novel show urgent action are required to protect the environment. Thus,thispaper aims to establish a relationship between sustainability and trees which symbolize life. Trees play an important role for human survival. Because they are more tied to technology than to the natural world, people still do not care to preserve or protect forests. The nine different characters mingled with different kinds of trees. This paper conveys the idea to save nature and trees. The main theme is on the trees and their timeless beauty. The notion is to save nature