영어로 읽는 고전 _ 제롬 빅스비의 희망이 있는 곳
제롬 빅스비의 "희망이 있는 곳"은 1950년대 초에 쓰인 공상과학 중편소설입니다. 이야기는 죽어가는 지구를 떠난 후 새로 발견된 행성인 신지구에서 안전하고 지속 가능한 식민지를 건설하려고 노력하는 식민지 개척자들의 투쟁을 탐구합니다. 중심 주제는 불안정한 환경에서의 출산의 윤리적 함의와 생존과 미래 세대에 대한 열망 사이의 균형을 맞춰야 할 필요성을 중심으로 전개됩니다.
이 서사에서 최고 의료 책임자인 휴 파렐은 행성의 위험한 조건으로 인한 출산 문제와 관련하여 메리 포르센이 이끄는 식민지 여성들의 저항에 직면하면서 딜레마를 겪습니다. 남성들이 식민지의 미래를 보장하기 위해 아이들의 절실한 필요성을 표현하면서, 그들은 여행과 지구의 방사선으로 인한 건강 악화라는 현실과 씨름합니다. 논란의 여지가 있는 조치로, 파렐과 그의 동료들은 최면술을 사용하여 부부들이 아이를 갖도록 영향을 미치는데, 후손들이 그들의 생존과 궁극적인 식민화 노력에 결정적이라고 믿기 때문입니다. 이야기는 21년 후 식민지의 성공적인 건설에 대한 성찰로 마무리되지만, 거주민들에 의해 검토되지 않은 채로 남아있는 심각한 윤리적 대가가 따르게 됩니다.
Classics Read in English _ Where There's Hope by Jerome Bixby
Jerome Bixby's "Where There's Hope" is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores the struggles of a group of colonists on a newly discovered planet called New Earth, as they attempt to establish a safe and sustainable colony after leaving a dying Earth. The central theme revolves around the ethical implications of reproduction in an unstable environment and the necessity of balancing survival with aspirations for future generations.
In this narrative, Chief Medical Officer Hugh Farrel faces a dilemma when he encounters resistance from the colonist women, led by Mary Pornsen, regarding childbirth due to the planet's dangerous conditions. As the men express an urgent need for children to ensure the colony's future, they grapple with the reality of their deteriorating health from the journey and Earth's radiation exposure. In a controversial decision, Farrel and his colleagues employ hypnosis to influence couples into having children, believing that offspring are crucial for their survival and ultimate colonization efforts. The story concludes twenty-one years later with a reflection on the colony's successful establishment, though it comes with a profound ethical cost that remains unexamined by its inhabitants.
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"If you called me here to tell me to have a child," Mary Pornsen said, "you can just forget about it. We girls have made up our minds."
Hugh Farrel, Chief Medical Officer of the Exodus VII, sighed and leaned back in his chair. He looked at Mary's husband. "And you, Ralph," he said. "How do you feel?"
Ralph Pornsen looked at Mary uncomfortably, started to speak and then hesitated.
Hugh Farrel sighed again and closed his eyes. It was that way with all the boys. The wives had the whip hand. If the husbands put up an argument, they'd simply get turned down flat: no sex at all, children or otherwise. The threat, Farrel thought wryly, made the boys softer than watered putty. His own wife, Alice, was one of the ringleaders of the "no babies" movement, and since he had openly declared warfare on the idea, she wouldn't even let him kiss her good-night.
