![]() “Here is the Stillness, which is not still even on a good day.” ( The Fifth Season, p. Earthquakes in this world are constantly happening even if stills cannot feel most of them. Jemisin gives the reader background information about the Stillness or continent that this series takes place on, and Yumenes a government city where the end of the world begins. Jemisin begins The Fifth Season with the story of the beginning of the end of the world, continuing throughout The Obelisk Gate, and The Stone Sky. Seasons are times when natural disasters caused by Father Earth lead to an apocalyptic environment and abundant death for those to live in it. Orogenes are helpful because of their skills in quelling the shakes of the earth, helping prevent a new “Season” of death. Orogenes are people that have the innate ability to control and quell earthquakes which makes them both helpful and dangerous to “stills” or people that cannot control the earth. This is a world of oppression, control, and racism that is constantly one disaster away from a Season. ![]() Jemisin begins world-building by showing readers symptoms of the society our main characters Essun, Damaya, and Syenite exist in. ![]() Jemisin’s use of earthquakes or “shakes” and the node stations in The Fifth Season. ![]()
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