The Last Question Of The Egg Essay

A final question of mankind: the universe? Or the egg?

The Egg, by Andy Weir takes place in second and first person pronouns - it is a dialogue between “I” and “You”, with the reader being “you” in this short anecdote. It starts off with the “I” speaker, of the story, talking to us - the reader, that we have died in a car accident. A dialogue then ensues, explaining to us that we have died, and subsequently, we ask the speaker if they are god, to which they confirm. The dialogue continues, revealing that we will be reincarnated - more interestingly, as a person who seemingly lived in a prior point in time (going backwards in time). The dialogue then reveals that we are, have, and will be reincarnated as every person who has and will exist …show more content…
Both tackle question on the creation of the universe, mankind's place in it, and what happens to the universe in time and what we are all here for. It is important to know while the struct, presentation of content and content itself is very similar in both of the works, the style in which it is presented has differences, that may even be subtle, that lead to a different effect on the reader by the end of each story, by using differences in tone, inflection, voice and progression of the piece. The Egg and The Last Question have very similar overarching themes when answering to the question of how the universe exists and what is the role of humans in it. Throughout the dialogues in each, almost in a parallel fashion, each slowly reveals that humans are one part of a “greater mankind”, where a person, in the broader picture of things, is not an individual, but rather a small portion of the collective knowledge of all humanity throughout universe and …show more content…
The reasons for these authors using dialogue to convey big philosophical ideas about the universe, creation thereof, and mankind's place in it, is implemented for reasons even utilized by Plato. Dialogue imparts a dramatic flair. Observing, or taking part of a dialogue is far more intimate to the audience or reader in a piece of writing rather than ideas simply being talked “at” the reader from the third-party narrator’s perspective. Dialogue ends up being more captivating this regard, and rather than the moral of work or essay being directly argued for, such a moral presented in this anecdotal form allows the reader to realize the moral. Dialogue is an indirect transmission of ideas to the audience, where the reader ends up conceiving the ideas conveyed in the anecdote from their own subconscious. This has more of a resonating, dramatic impact on the reader rather than simply being told the