In the story, “the cold equation” written by Tom Goodwin gives the reader an opposition between formality v.s informality
First, The author, Tom Goodwin shows informality with the feelings with the ESD pilot with a young girl who must die. He shows this on PG 5 paragraph 4. ("She wanted to see her brother. She's only a kid and she didn't know what she was really doing." "I see." All the curtness was gone from the commander's voice. "So you called me in the hope I could do something?") so the pilot obviously had problems with the order to off the girl. It was as if he wanted to defy the law and let her hide until she reached her destination.
Last, the author shows formality by writing how the pilot does his job no matter what. “He pushed the
First, The author, Tom Goodwin shows informality with the feelings with the ESD pilot with a young girl who must die. He shows this on PG 5 paragraph 4. ("She wanted to see her brother. She's only a kid and she didn't know what she was really doing." "I see." All the curtness was gone from the commander's voice. "So you called me in the hope I could do something?") so the pilot obviously had problems with the order to off the girl. It was as if he wanted to defy the law and let her hide until she reached her destination.
Last, the author shows formality by writing how the pilot does his job no matter what. “He pushed the