The Star

Today in class we read a short story called The Star. I found this to be somewhat hard to understand but finally came to understand what they were talking about. It was about a group of space explorers from earth who traveled to this destroyed civilization in a place that was far away from our sun. It was pretty interesting once i actually knew what was going on. What i want to know is how did they know about this other civilization? And why did they blame God? One of the main points of the story was how this civilization got destroyed. It was wiped out by the sun when it went supernova. This story makes you think could there really be life somewhere else besides earth? What i also found interesting was how this stories characters were realistic even though it was in the future. I found this interesting because when you think of science fiction you think of creatures and aliens but when i read this it was the total opposite. I also was wondering what the two latin phrases meant in this story. What i also really enjoyed about this story was how it was based around an event that could maybe even happen one day.

A brief summary so far

So far my book is about a guy named Ransom who is on a walking- tour and he comes across a women as he is walking who thinks he is her son returning home from work. When she realizes itisnt her son she gets frantic and explains to ransom that her son should of been home already and she was worried. So the women asks Ransom to go over to The Rise where her son was at and check on him. Ransom agrees to do so and goes on his way. He reaches the rise and gets in and finds some boys fighting with her son. Ransom ends up knowing the two boys and they offer him a drink and a place to sleep. They take him inside and end up drugging him so they can do their experiment. Then he wakes up in a dark place and doesnt know where he is at comming to realize that he is on a spaceship heading away from earth. I find this book to be pretty easy to understand so far and find it interesting as well. some parts are hard to understand but all in all i like it.