Briefly contextualize this quotation: “The father will tell…

Briefly contextualize this quotation: “The father will tell the boy’s mother afterward. How he was plucked up and dropped back down in the infant world, before the rise of people. The misty air and slant, tropical light confusing him. The tan of the sand and azure sea, the dry mountains ringing them in. He squints at the vegetation, so lavish. He has never paid much attention to plants. He never had time, in his life, to learn them. And now he never will. They walk down a path alongside trunks that open into giant gnarled parasols against the sun.”