Similarities Between Frankenstein And The Last Man

‘‘Frankenstein’’ and ‘‘The Last Man’’ was a famous novel published during the early 19th century by Mary Shelley. These books were recognized as the first as science fiction novels. For years people have been asking ‘‘What is science fiction?’’. Science fiction isn’t tied down to one definition, there are many definitions for science fiction. The reason for that would be the perspective. Everybody see’s science fiction in a different perspective. For an example, people who don’t really think all that much about science fiction would have a different definition, than others who are really interested in science fiction. Well, let me tell you one thing. Science fiction is more than just aliens, spaceships, and lasers. It’s true science fiction
Science fiction isn’t like other genres, it’s so different and unique. This genre expresses our imagination, while being guided by logic. For an example, if a story were to say cows had the potential to produce diamonds. Why? How did they possess this ability? Science fiction would explain why they did this, what were that causes. In other word science fiction helps the story make sense. In order to understand the definition of science fiction we are going to need to look at some story examples.
The first story we will be looking at would be ‘‘The Cold Equation’’ written by Tom Godwin. The theme of the story would be sacrificed. The story takes place aboard the ‘‘Stardust’’. The Stardust is an advance transportation used to travel all around the galaxy. The story begins on a Emergency Dispatch Ship (EDS) that was heading to a planet in desperate need for medical aid. The pilot discovers a stowaway: an eighteen year old girl. She had suncked on the EDS to reunite with her brother, but she snuck on without knowing the consequences. By EDS laws stowaway were to be kicked out because EDS carry no more fuel than is needed for a safe
Dick. The theme for this story would be not everything could be trust worthy. The story is about a advanced search team scouting the planet ‘‘Blue’’ to see if it was habitable. At first the planet seemed like the perfect planet no germs or pest, but soon thing start to change when they get on the ship. Inanimate objects started attacking the crew. They soon discover that some new lifeform that had the ability to mimic inorganic objects. Soon they decided to board the ship naked just to be safe from the objects. They contacted for rescue. So, when the rescuer came they crew was never found because earlier the spaceship the boarded was another one of the shapeshifter specie. ‘That’s my rug. I bought if from Terra. My wife game it to me. I-I trusted it completely’’. The quote helps support the theme because it showed us to never let our guard down. The captain trusted his rug and that was his biggest mistake. The rug nearly killed him because he was too comfortable around his surrounding, but to be fair you wouldn't expect something like that from an inanimate object. Another, quote from the beginning of the story ‘‘ Interesting isn’t it? Three weeks on the planet and we’ve yet to find a harmful life-form’’. Look at how naive the crew is on this planet. This is another good quote the help supports the theme. The crew was too naive and gullible on planet Blue. Nothing is perfect and they should've realize that