This essay about Children of the Dust by Louise Lawrence will discuss reasons why the novel's ending could be viewed as both optimistic and pessimistic. Point one; life is sustained approximately forty years after the radioactive fallout in Great Britain. Point two; Simon accepts Laura even if she is a mutant. Point three; the mutants have a decreased quality of life due to the radioactive fallout. Point four; The Author may be suggesting that radioactive …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…and to cause this mutation. This is a pessimistic outlook because it shows that the mutants are different to all humans which they are physically but not mentally. Therefore, I suggest that the ending of "Children of the Dust" by Louise Lawrence is pessimistic on the terms that the mutants have a decreased quality of life since they wouldn't be able to live the same lifestyle as a person who lived 50 - 100 years before them.