The Star | Themes and Characters
In this story, as in many of Clarke's stories and novels, it seems almost a given, a manifest destiny, that humans will travel to distant places in the galaxy. Other writers have used this theme to speak of technology or of natural wonders. In this story, Clarke writes about people: identities, beliefs, motives, and actions are really the important elements of the story. Places, even astronomical wonders, are to Clarke places to which people go to learn and work. The marvels of technology are ingenious tools, used with care.
Only one character figures prominently in this story....
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