With this belief Victor is throwing away the idea of natural occurrences being good, and saying that his creation from dead pieces of various bodies can develop an elite being unimagined by GOD. Another place we see humanity distancing themselves from nature, is when Victor locks himself away from society to delve deeper into his scientific studies. He only sees what can be done with science, and because of this GOD whom is natural, became secondary to science. Science is a very common theme in both Brave New World and Frankenstein; the constant obsession with furthering progress and discovering the unknown led both the society in Brave New World and Victor in Frankenstein to leave natural occurrences behind and attempt to better themselves with
Chrysalids - John Wyndham In the Chrysalids book, it mainly talks about these mutants who are not accepted into the world of Waknuk. Physical mutations can be produced by intense doses of radiation and the people of Waknuk have a basis for their fear that physical conformity could break down. Mutants mean people with differences due to something in their body, and causes them to look different. This is portraying people with differences are not 'normal' in our society. I think this is unnecessary for people to be judged and not included into their own world where nobody is perfect.
At first, Victor says no, however, after hearing the monster's explanation of having a companion, he agrees. However, halfway through the second creation process, Victor changes his mind yet again and destroys the second monster before he gets a chance to put life into it. Victor’s reasoning is logical, but this decision doesn't make the situation better. The monster retaliates by saying, “Shall each man find a wife for his bosom, and each beast have his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were
On the other hand, we have “Fail-Safe” that, from a very serious point of view, exposes the problematic of nuclear bombs. This film causes stress and builds tension from the begging to the end. There are no jokes in this film, and it’s “fail point” is not directly a human one, but it a mechanical malfunction in the system that causes the conflict. The characters in this film are educated and knowledgeable people who are experts on the material, but still cannot resolve the problem. Both movies are catalogued under science fiction, and even though it seems improbable that the USA and the USSR could destroy each other, they were absolutely capable of doing it.
There is people committing crimes. That is only natural for people to become desperate and rob each other when it comes to survival and you have basically nothing you are going to fight to survive. There are people moving in groups and crowds to the north looking and hoping for a better life. In Earth 2100, it talks about rich oil companies not wanting to give up their power; in Parable of the Sower she talks about whole cities being run by companies. Natural causes, no active government, shortage of food and supplies due to depleteion of natural resources, are all reasons for society collapse in both Parable of the Sower and Earth
That before we know it our appliances will be smarter than us one day and that’s not how man intended life to be; humans are supposed to be on top. Not being able to use today’s technology rings in Barry’s purpose. Technology has gone wild and he makes it very clear with several examples. His ability to discredit these technologic advances brings credit to his point. One can always refute anything they’d like, but to be effective, one needs to have appropriate facts for back-up and a dominating style that brings it all together.
Humans are so firm in their belief that they themselves have the power to change their lives, but this power is imaginary and they are simply taking the only path they can because we are all “bugs trapped in amber”. Human beings are slaves to predestination. The Tralfamdorians again express their disbelief in free will at the end of Chapter Four, when Billy how he got on the Tralfamadorian saucer. The plunger shaped alien expresses, “It would take another Earthling to explain it to you. Earthlings are great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.
Cosmology as the study of the universe, people have different opinions to explain it in different ways. In Crane’s cosmology, the world is dangerous, unpredictable and humans are regarded unimportant by the universe. People have equal chance to die no matter who is stronger or who is working harder because we are just like lice in front of the nature. Since we are such small in the universe, human’s dying can be just in a minute without any prediction. The world is dangerous because everything could happen around people.
If cloning ever becomes possible, it will be humanity’s decision as to whether or not it is ethical to use them. Like every controversy today, there will never be total agreement. Eejits are another thing that I thought about. The concept of mindless persons used only for slave labor brought to mind the question: What makes a person a person? If a human has their intelligence artificially destroyed and then reprogrammed to only do specific tasks and nothing else, are they still a person, or are they a thing?
It is just that one time in Salem they wanted to appear and now they no longer exist? Are they like dinosaurs and just got extinct? Or maybe there just in hiding ad do all of their magic and curses on the low key of society, hoping no one will notice and that terrible event in history with not occur once more. No, that is just too many ifs, ands, and buts to be true. I do not believe in witches, but that time in history still amazes me.