Title: "The Childhood's End" by Arthur C. Clarke
A world with less creativity
| Subject: | North American | | Date: | October 24, 2004 | | Level: | Unspecified | | Grade: | Unspecified | | Length: | 3 pages (711 words) | | Essay rating: | 8
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(total score: 16) | | Keywords: | overlords, human beings, arthur c clarke, introduction of robotics, human civilization, space creatures, technology medicine, living standards, human history, self interest, spaceship, outer space, achievements, creativity, possession, reveal, interaction, guidance, novel, |
The novel The Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke, introduces a world in the future with inevitable interaction between the outer space creatures, Overlords, and the human beings. With the help and the guidance of the Overlords, human civilization accelerates into a golden age, experiencing the greatest achievements in many areas such like economics, technology, medicine, and science. However, Overlords had also led humans into a world with less creativity because of less competition and self-interest and the lack of pain in their lives. From the first time when the Overlords reveal themselves to the Earth, their flying spaceship has symbolized their possession of powerful knowledge and technology over human beings. People enjoy better and more efficient lives with the help of ... Showed first 120 words of 706 Size (words) ...
... Continuing with another 115 out of 706 Size (words) ...enormous knowledge about universe and nature that humans can't envision themselves to possess; and their minds are so highly developed that humans can never become as smart as they. However, while people no longer experience the pain of wars; the loss of creativity among people is inevitable in this process. Wars are bloody and tragic, yet one cannot disagree that there are many countless war stories that have excited the heart of people. Every cunning war strategy is originated from the creative thinking of every war hero. The more creative the strategy is more likely to win the war. Overlords are positive forces that drive humans into a period with no more tragedy of ...Essay still continues 100 more words...
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