The Controversy of "The Cold Equations" (By Tom Goldwin)
Title: The Controversy of "The Cold Equations" (By Tom Goldwin)
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 280 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Controversy of "The Cold Equations" (By Tom Goldwin)
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 280 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
After reading "The Cold Equations", one realizes that it will not end happily. It presented a horrifying yet realistic universe and stuck with it. The point of the whole story was to show the cruelness of nature and the universe. The story emphasized that the universe is not fair; it simply does not care.
However, the story's thesis is somewhat questionable. The girl's death does not seem to be the fault of nature, but is …showed first 75 words of 280 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 280 total…easily placed guards at that door or somehow made it difficult to enter. Either the civilization was neglectful or simply did not care about the lives of individuals. Another haunting detail that made the story seem unreasonable was the coldness that the EDS pilots "needed" to maintain. It was cruel that every EDS pilot was to kill any stowaway on sight. The civilization should have and could made an emergency plan for predicaments like these.