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... Forward provided his perspective of life elsewhere in the universe. ... Many of these works involve the idea of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. ... Forward indirectly presents his thoughts on the probability of life in the universe, as well as an interesting look at the evolution of a species. The way Forward presents Dragon’s Egg, he seems to think that life is very possible elsewhere in the universe. ...
Even though Forward might think it is probable for life to exist elsewhere in the universe, he does not mention it ever occurring during the time span of the trip to Dragon’s Egg, which occurred in the year 2050. ... But Forward, being an astronomer, realizes that since the universe is so enormous, even if there were billions of civilizations dispersed throughout, the probability is small that scientists would ever detect another civilization. In addition, the universe is so ancient, that many civilizations could have already evolved, flourished, and died out undetected by us on Earth. ...
The correspondence of human life to cheela life leads to another theme of Forward’s book: all civilized life forms develop and evolve in a parallel manner. ...
Cheela lifestyles and beliefs were also parallel to that of humans. ... He is very successful in persuading the reader as to the existence of life elsewhere in the universe. ... This can be interpreted to show that he believes life exists in many areas of the universe because it can survive on a star with a harsh environment. ... This point is not as strong throughout the book as the commonality of life, and therefore the reader could conclude that Forward believes life is a frequent occurrence in the universe. ... At the conclusion, the reader is left to contemplate his or her personal thoughts on the existence of life elsewhere in the universe.
Approximate Word count = 1893
Approximate Pages = 7.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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