Childhood's End By Arthur Charles Clarnn Analysis
Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was a British writer, science writer and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host (Wikipedia, 2016). He was successfully published a novel entitled “Childhood’s End”. A novel has a science fiction theme where the story mainly take a background about the invasion of alien into the world. Clarke try to bring our imagination about how does a world would look alike in the future. In brief, the story begins around the late twentieth century when the alien begin an interaction with a human being in this world. The alien who called as the Overlords come down with their alien spaceship. Since the alien announce their invasion to the world, they become the one who has an authority to control human life. But, a human being never knew the appearance of the Overlords. The Overlords communicate with a human being through a mediator. Fifty years later, all of the words from the Overlords was proved. Human being lives in an excellent condition and it is drastically changes. The world becomes a Utopia where a human being can live prosperously. The Overlords was able to solve any problem in this world.
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Clarke’s novel, I am so excited to analyze the story behind the end of world. In my opinion, Arthur C. Clarke would like to describe how the process towards the end of the world. Perhaps he has a purpose to give an early warning about this process whether a human being will survive or not. My understanding about the process towards the end of world based on what was described in Holy Al-Quran and Sunnah (Hadist). I believe that those processes also described in other religions. There are several signs that indicate the end of the world. One of the signs is the emergence of Dajjal or the false Messiah or Anti-Christ. Childhood’s end illustrates the sign with the invasion of the Overlords. It was started when the Overlord came down to the world with their spaceship. The Overlord is the illustration of
Clarke’s novel, I am so excited to analyze the story behind the end of world. In my opinion, Arthur C. Clarke would like to describe how the process towards the end of the world. Perhaps he has a purpose to give an early warning about this process whether a human being will survive or not. My understanding about the process towards the end of world based on what was described in Holy Al-Quran and Sunnah (Hadist). I believe that those processes also described in other religions. There are several signs that indicate the end of the world. One of the signs is the emergence of Dajjal or the false Messiah or Anti-Christ. Childhood’s end illustrates the sign with the invasion of the Overlords. It was started when the Overlord came down to the world with their spaceship. The Overlord is the illustration of