Science fiction stories illustrate the need for people to come up with transitory solutions for problems such as overpopulation, lack of resources, and pollution that are causing Earth to become unlivable. Even though eventually Earth, no matter what is done will no longer be able to accommodate human life causing the need to expand beyond. Science fiction stories such as “2BRØ2B” by Kurt Vonnegut in which humans have tried to created a utopia by controlling the population to the point where someone must volunteer to die in order for someone else to live. Also “Air Raid” by John Varley which tells the story of people from the future who are snatching humans from the past to live on a faraway planet in order for the human race to continue. As
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Firstly the Mandy the main character states, “I opened the drawer and started preliminary work on my face... I looked like death. The right ear was completely gone now. I could no longer close my lips; the gums were permanently bared. A week earlier, a finger had fallen off in my sleep.” while disguising herself in order to make a trip to the past. This quotes shows that effect pollution has had on the future by illustrating how pollution has literally caused the decomposition of future humans bodies. Moreover at the end of the story a briefing officer says, “You cannot breathe our air. If you remain on Earth, you can never leave this building.” when explaining the options of the humans from the past. This quote exhibits the extent to which humans have caused the Earth to become unlivable due to the impurity caused by pollution. Additionally the briefing officer also says, “Centauri 3 is hospitable, with an Earth-like climate. By that, I mean your Earth, not what it has become.” while talking to the past humans. Proving how throughout the years the lack of solution for pollution caused such irreversible damage to the earth that it has become unable to sustain human life. Also near the end of the story Mandy thinks, “Someone was beating on the sterile glass wall of the pen... It was Mary Sondergard...She thought she had problems. God, was she pretty. I hated her guts.” while watching the humans rescued from the past. This is an example of how the decomposition caused by pollution has affected the future humans to the point that they are jealous of the perfectly intact humans of the past. To summarize all of these points demonstrate how pollution in “Air Raid” affects the Earth and why it must be resolved before expansion can
Firstly the Mandy the main character states, “I opened the drawer and started preliminary work on my face... I looked like death. The right ear was completely gone now. I could no longer close my lips; the gums were permanently bared. A week earlier, a finger had fallen off in my sleep.” while disguising herself in order to make a trip to the past. This quotes shows that effect pollution has had on the future by illustrating how pollution has literally caused the decomposition of future humans bodies. Moreover at the end of the story a briefing officer says, “You cannot breathe our air. If you remain on Earth, you can never leave this building.” when explaining the options of the humans from the past. This quote exhibits the extent to which humans have caused the Earth to become unlivable due to the impurity caused by pollution. Additionally the briefing officer also says, “Centauri 3 is hospitable, with an Earth-like climate. By that, I mean your Earth, not what it has become.” while talking to the past humans. Proving how throughout the years the lack of solution for pollution caused such irreversible damage to the earth that it has become unable to sustain human life. Also near the end of the story Mandy thinks, “Someone was beating on the sterile glass wall of the pen... It was Mary Sondergard...She thought she had problems. God, was she pretty. I hated her guts.” while watching the humans rescued from the past. This is an example of how the decomposition caused by pollution has affected the future humans to the point that they are jealous of the perfectly intact humans of the past. To summarize all of these points demonstrate how pollution in “Air Raid” affects the Earth and why it must be resolved before expansion can