Summary Of Cold Equation By Tom Godwin

It is important for this essay that the definition used for selfishness and for cowardice is clear. Selfishness is the feature of doing that which brings you welfare, luck or even pleasure. This is not the same as taking care of yourself, as selfishness includes others who are a victim of your deeds. Someone who is selfish doesn’t act to others’ feelings or needs.

The Cold Equations, by Tom Godwin, is a dystopian story about how the rules have to stay the way they are to save the many, even if you have to kill a person in the process. Everyone has to follow the rules even if they aren’t moral, or else the punishment is capitol. This is not unlike Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury, where the rules are enforced by the firemen, and they cannot be changed. These rules are supposed to help society become a utopia, but at the end, they only create a dystopia. When Montag disregards the rules, and starts reading, he is chased after, and the government attempts to kill him so they may keep the society in place and the people ignorant. When Marilyn breaks the rules, and boards the shuttle illegally, the government

The short story,“The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin explains the theme of think before you act. To begin with, Tom Godwin portrays the theme of think before you act when Marilyn stowaways in the stardust and unknowingly something has to be done with her so the spaceship to save fuel,”Is that it? she asked at last. Just that the ship doesn't have enough fuel?” on page 5 This quote helps me prove my theme because it shows that she obviously didn’t think before she went into the ship. Second, another reason why the theme of think before you act is shown in the story,” the cold equations” is on page when Barton says ,”These little ships are always given barely enough fuel to reach their destination and if you stay aboard your added weight will cause

Selflessness is the idea that one is able to be more concerned with the needs of others over themselves. The value of selflessness is crucial in the Younger household, and is exemplified by Mama who plans on using the insurance money selflessly to buy a house for her family, rather than taking a vacation. Despite this excellent guide, Walter has a sense of entitlement to the insurance money as he says, “He was my father too.” (Hansberry 38). Due to his poor economic conditions, Walter

In The “Cold Equation” by Tom Godwin, Marilyn starts of the story as a girl who jumps on a ship to go see her brother who is in war. She is quickly haunted by the news that she will have to sacrifice her life to save the lives of other people. Through Marilyn’s actions and words, she could be described as oblivious, loving, and courageous.

Is it possible for a person to be selfless and selfish at the same time? Fred Collins, the main character from “A Mystery of Heroism” by Stephen Crane, is both selfish and selfless. Correspondence to Fred Collins the main character, Peyton Farquhar, from the book “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce shows that he is very selfish. Overall, Fred Collins and Peyton Farquhar were very selfish by only doing things for them and not for others.

Selfishness is the inability to be caring, show consideration for others, as well as be decent towards others. People who are selfish think very little of others, and focus more on themselves and their own needs. In Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, he shows how Chris McCandless is a selfish person, who only cares about himself. Chris demonstrates his selfishness by the way he treats his parents, such as when they try to reach out to him, but chooses to ignore them. He also thinks of only himself by the way he treats and ignores authority and the government. Chris acts selfishly in the way he treats poorly anybody who has ever showed him compassion towards him, such as him asking for the mail to be returned to the sender, showing no interest in

Selfishness is being concerned for oneself or one’s advantage and welfare regardless of others. Selfness is demonstrated when a person leaves and does not tell anyone where they are going. In Into the Wild Jon Krakauer tells the story of Chris McCandless’s selfish quest for “ultimate Freedom”. Chris is selfish because he takes his privileged life for granted. Then, Chris decides to leave and he totally ignores and blocks out his family. Finally Chris builds relationships with people, then leaves when they are no longer needed. Chris taking his life for granted, his ignorance and the fact that he is an absentee is why Chris McCandless’s quest for “ultimate freedom” is selfish.

Selfishness is a disease of the soul that every person experiences several times throughout their life. To say that selfishness has never been experienced would be hypocrisy. To say that selfishness is a beneficial trait would be erroneous. Although as humans we lie to ourselves, there is no question that selfishness can make any person a fool. Being selfish consumes us and changes us into someone we are not. Whether it leads to getting people killed, losing love, or abolishing families, selfishness always leads to destruction.

For myself, the most exciting part to read in the short story "The Cold Equations" was in the very first part when the pilot knew that someone was hiding in the supply closet and he knew he was "not alone" the first two words of the story had me hooked. From here on he continued explaining that a tiny white hand on a gauge let him face the reality that a person who was not supposed to be on the tiny EDS ship was hiding in a supplies closet.At this point, you are as scared as the pilot as to what is in there especially with this line, "There was something in the supplies closet across the room, it was saying, some kind of a body that radiated heat." Consequently, the pilot has a dialogue with himself about the expectations of an EDS pilot and

Short story writes usually use capturing information to grab the reader’s attention. Specifically by changing their mind set with gripping stories. Godwin’s short story takes place where tough decisions had to be made, and they don’t always have to be good ones either. In the short story “The Cold Equations” by Tom Godwin the central theme has to do with sacrifice and it is being shown through irony and foreshadowing.

Selfishness is defined as the act of being someone who lacks concern for others, only caring for personal gain. Often, people are selfish due to a lack of empathy, misinformation, or a lack of information. The ability of literature to have us experience different worlds through different perspectives is fairly useful for combating this. In fact, literature can shock us about the idea of selfishness and give us pause and new insights into it, if not necessarily cause us to realize our own lack of selflessness and shock us out of it.

Would you rather be caught in a situation of you being selfless or selfish? The two passages that I have read which is “ Wesley Harris: An Account of Escaping Slavery” and “ An Account from the Slave Trade : Love Story of Jeffrey and Dorcas” have similarities and differences. I can compare and contrast both of these stories. The characters in these two passages have similarities and differences.

Selfish or Selfless Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness”. In this quote, Martin Luther King Jr. demostrates that every man takes the side of either selfishness, or selflessness. Doing so may be a difficult challenge, but true fortune cannot be determined until a path is chosen. This valid quote can clearly help resemble The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. The past will never leave a person, and every decision made is final.

In the short story “The Cold Equations” by a girl named Marilyn stows away on an EDS ship named . The title of the story comes from the ship's equation of how much fuel it uses based on weight and the cold and harsh consequence if extra weight is added. In the middle of the story, Godwin writes, “ h amount of fuel will power an EDS with a mass of m safely to it's destination”. Marilyn adds weight to the ship messing up the equation creating more mass that the ship can carry.