The Importance Of Humanity In Arthur C. Clarke's The Star

From Arthur C. Clarke’s “The Star”, a tale about an astronaut who questions religion after seeing the work of a destroyed intelligent species, it brought up the question as to whether or not the human race holds the ability to create a safehold for items that represent that which the Earth is comprised of (cultures, art, sciences, etc). Arguably this is incorrect due to the lack of preparedness and prominent self righteousness humanity shares in times of crisis. As the extraterrestrials of Clarke’s short story take notice of an impending supernova, they are able to quickly collect objects which they believe consist of their most valuable and place them into what the astronauts called “the Vault” on a planet far away from the exploding star