The Cold Equations This short story by Tom Godwin is a very sentimental and lesson learning story. Briefly‚ it is about a ship on a designated mission which encounters a problem because the pilot on the ship encounters a stowaway‚ a young girl‚ and every stowaway found on board must be jettisoned‚ it was the law and there was absolutely no appeal. Marilyn‚ the stowaway’s name‚ was simply a teen and all she wanted was to see her brother whom she hadn’t seen in over 10 years she really meant
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Why It Couldn’t Be The short story Cold Equations by Tom Godwin takes place on a ship called EDS. The space cruiser is piloted by a man named Barton. He has an order of killing the stowaway who snuck onto the ship because the weight on the EDS is too much for the ship to handle. In the process of hunting down the stowaway‚ he realizes it was a young innocent girl named Marilyn. Once Barton understands what kind of person Marilyn is‚ he doesn’t kill her immediately because he knows her reasons were
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Cause and Effect on The Cold Equation In the story "the Cold Equation" by Tom Godwin‚ the author created a cause and effect relationship by having Marilyn decide to stowaway on the emergency dispatch ship that only has enough fuel for one person. Because Marilyn decided to stowaway she ended her own life‚ forced Barton to deal with having to kill a woman‚ negatively affects the results of the mission to Woden‚ and for her parents and brother to deal with her death. Marilyn’s last moments of her life
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1.) What does the pilot want? To save the girl. 2.) Is the pilot likely to succeed? Most likely not because by doing so he would kill others. 3.)What does the sister want? She wants to live. 4.) Is the sister likely to succeed? I doubt it cause of there being a law and there seems theers no other way then her diying. 5.) What does the government want? For the girl to be thrown off the ship. 6.) Is the government likely to succeed? I belive so. 7.) What should happen? The girl should be saved
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theories can try and defend one. In many situations in life‚ both options may be wrong or both options may be right. Metaethics is one theory that identifies the nature of our values while defending what is right and wrong. In the story‚ “The Cold Equations” written by Tom Godwin‚ rights and values is questioned when deciding if Marilyn should be sacrificed. Utilitarianism‚ Metaethics and deontology are used in reasoning why Barton was right to have jettisoned Marilyn off of the ship‚ ending her
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Imagery is the element of description and these two stories display it exceptionally. The Cold Equation by Tom Godwin and The Photograph by Will Weaver‚ descriptive imagery‚ that’s what they draw the reader along with. In The Cold Equation a teenage girl went onto the ship an EDS ship taking supplies to different planets and becomes a stowaway. In The Photograph there was a photo going around of a teacher that Anthony took. Then when they found out about the photo‚ Anthony ends up losing the position
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The Cold Equation In the short story "The Cold Equation" Tom Godwin explains the theme that you don’t always get what you want. The characters are Marilyn Lee Cross‚her brother‚ and the EDS pilot. When the EDS pilot finds her in the ship he had a conversation about how she was going to die. on page. Before she died she had the chance to talk and sends letters to her brother and family. The time had come‚ she would be ejected out of the ship. The story begins with a girl that wants to see her
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In the short story‚ “The Cold Equations‚” written by Tom Godwin‚ is about an emergency supplies ship pilot who finds a stowaway on his ship‚ and must execute her on sight. This story illuminates the theme that sometimes‚ the consequences to one’s actions can be worse than the initial crime itself. First‚ in the beginning of the story‚ The E.D.S pilot sits in the cockpit of his ship‚ reciting the clearly stated law‚ “Any stowaways discovered in an EDS shall be jettisoned immediately following
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Tom Godwin’s short story “ The Cold Equations “ demonstrates temptation vs reality‚ when the reality of something is not what is wanted but the outcome cannot be changed through temptation. A 17-year-old girl‚ Marilyn‚ had made a mistake by sneaking on to and EMS cruiser because she wanted to see her brother‚ that she hadn’t seen in years‚ who was working at the destination of the cruiser. When she got found by the pilot he had thought that the stowaway was like any other man and protocol was said
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or fear of the unknown.” Many conflicts that were presented during these stories triggered fear‚ panic and fright‚ relating back to the “xenophobia” the characters felt during the story. The two stories that I read during this unit were “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin and “War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells. I believe that H.G. Wells’ story contributed and related more to this unit’s theme. Therefore‚ I think there are many solid quotes that would reinforce my argument. During “War of the Worlds”
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