Essay Questions

Is ‘Sevenese’ futuristic? Show evidence to support your conclusion.

The ‘Sevenese' novel is among the few science fictions that is futuristic to show what is likely to happen in the future. The author predicts what is likely to happen in the future in the event of a calamity that may intend to finish humanity. The reader is not surprised to understand that most discoveries we are enjoying today are; as a result, scientific predictions that were made many years ago. In this novel, the author predicts the moon's shuttering in the future, which will destroy the world. However, the author illustrates that all is not lost because the remaining human beings will use scientific engineering to reproduce. Towards the end of the novel, only seven women are left after all other people are killed in the predicted disaster. Out of the seven women, one cannot reproduce because of her advancing age. There remain women who must hurry to reproduce using genetic engineering before time runs out.

What is the symbolic meaning of the novel ‘Sevenese’?

The book talks about the remaining seven women representing seven tribes living in hostility. However, the leaders of these seven tribes come together to find an amicable solution, and they live in harmony afterward. Therefore, this novel symbolizes the possibility of living in harmony despite coming up from different tribes and backgrounds. The author must have been thinking about the political instabilities in various countries fueled by tribal animosities. According to the author, if leaders of tribes and races can come together, they will be peaceful and stable.

Why are the surviving people finding it hard to organize their new societies in space?

After the earth is destroyed, the surviving people live in space, but their life has become more unbearable because of incongruity and treachery. Every group wants to dominate other groups, and people decide to go different ways. Unfortunately, life becomes extremely difficult because there is no food and people end up eating one another. The author illustrates that a disorganized society cannot attain any success because every person will be looking for ways of dominating others, and the ending is tragic.