8th+grade+-+Golden+Age+of+SF+-+Human+Nature

The explanation of human nature as seen in the stories of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Science fiction was considered a way to “uncover” the facts about human nature. It’s a way of telling people the wrongs done by people everyday, without ever knowing why…though every author has their own opinion on human nature, they usually end up being the same, unless taken from a different point of view. For instance, one story may take it form the point of view of a person, such as John W. Campbell in his story "Who Goes There?", someone realizing something about their own nature, and another story would take the point of view of a new, intelligent creature studying human nature. Most of the time one such human nature that light is shed upon is the fear that all people hold, the fear of a life far more intelligent than our own. No one ever knows they fear it, until one such story is read. Others can include the hate there is in everyday human nature and how it’s impossible to avoid, in stories that bring in a new creature that is hated or feared by all except maybe one or two people. Still other stories hold more…uplifting messages, about a better future where technology is so advanced that it’s actually able to solve all problems that people face.
 * CrazeSus142011:** Just about every science fiction novel, short story, or novella usually hold one thing or another over human nature, uncovering hidden things about oneself that may not even be realized until one reads the story containing this information. Not all of them hold hidden “mysteries” about human nature, some merely say the more obvious parts to human nature. And few ever mention any human nature, while some are just as bad in restating what one already knows, such as a newer novel practically quoting something about human nature from a much earlier novel.

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