In "We'll Never Conquer Space," Clarke convinces the modern
reader that humans will never be able to overpower space or choose space as
their habitat for a number reasons. Clarke presents his reasons using an
argumentative essay.
Clarke focuses throughout the essay on 2 main reasons why we will never
conquer space. The first reason is that space is too vast to be ever conquered
(if we could even explore it all) and that there is not enough time (time
barrier) to conquer space again due to its vastness. Clarke utilizes predictions,
analogies, facts, and a well-structured, focused writing style to emphasize his
point.
One of his analogies compares space to an ocean and the planets as
islands. He mentions that just like how the vastness of the ocean poses a time
barrier so does the vastness of space; humans will only be able to explore
space but never conquer it.
In addition, throughout the essay Clarke uses charged words to
illustrate his point and uses an argumentative writing style that is convincing
and straight to the point.
Clarke, for the most part, manages to convince his readers that we, in
fact, will never conquer space. Although there are a few errors in his
predictions, the rest of his argument is accurate, well-defined, and
persuasive.
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