#sumervaid creativeassignment week 10

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Creative Assignment - Week 10

Sumer S. Vaid, Week 10

Here are two more extracts/snippets from my novel. The feedback I was given last time chiefly concerned how best I could weave in the metaphor of light pollution and sustainable science. As a result, I have included a chapter here that discusses how radiation from space slowly blinds the travelers on their multi-century journey (a scientific fact). In other snippets, I further explore how the search for truth and knowledge literally and figuratively blinds the travelers. 

 In my story, the creation of the mission and the execution of the interstellar journey project has taken a significant toll on the Earth’s natural resources, which is why the protagonist is always talking about how home is distant and different from how it was when they left. Furthermore, the smoke trail left behind the ship in the universe is indicative of how humans have now begun to pollute the universe for their personal gain of “knowledge” about the universe. All in all, the story is finished and I am giving the final piece some stylistic touches (ergo my reluctancy to submit the whole project here now). 

Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B29bWEyKUbUtM2Fsd3NSZ3VxejQ/view?usp=sharing