What Is Neuroscience In Michael Crichton's Sphere

When reading the book, Sphere, by Michael Crichton, one might catch themselves divulging into the deepest parts of their imaginations. Crichton is such a virtuoso, in that he not just makes readers think, but instead causes readers to create an alternative world in their minds through his suspenseful, horrific and exciting writing. In the book, Sphere, Crichton writes of an anonymous space ship that has sunk to the bottom of the ocean. And as three scientist’s dive down, they meet not only conflicts with outside forces, such as a giant squid, but also conflicts within themselves. The most reoccurring conflict that rips through the character's’ conscience is imagination versus reality. Crichton explains, through intense and suspenseful writing, …show more content…
In the story, a group of scientists led by Norman Johnson descend down in the ocean to explore a mysterious space ship. Towards the end of the novel, Norman Johnson enters the spacecraft and analyzes it as a “Sphere”. The space inside the spacecraft is a large sea of translucent foam. In this foam, he begins having conversations with his thoughts, and what the voice tells him is that the greatest power humans possess is the ability to imagine things. In the end, Johnson ignores the seductive voice and returns to the surface, finding out that the rest of his crew were still in the sphere, divulging in their deepest imagination. Johnson escaped the hard grasp while he descended into his mind and came back to reality, and that is why he survived. The rest of his crew let imagination win; they never saw reality again for they were taken by the …show more content…
Not only does Crichton provide startling and factual themes, but uses real life oppositions like imagination vs. reality to enhance the eerie message: that divulging too far into imagination can release the grip of reality. But, as science allows, imagination can also be a very good thing being that it relieves all kinds of stress and anxiety. Crichton’s stories can sometimes be quite confusing. The rollicking labyrinth of cryptic messages and strange symbols may boggle some readers. But while using the literary theory Deconstruction and establishing a theme, Crichton’s novels can be much simpler to understand and more enjoyable to read. And so, let imagination be the bridge between creativity and greatness as the realities of life emerge through the