The Arc
The Biblical symbolism is evident in this text when the scientists decide to build an arch that can sustain humanity in space. The author borrows a lot from the biblical story of Noah, who built an arch to sustain humanity and other animals from the storm.
The youth (symbol of the future generation)
The author uses the youth to symbolize the preservation of humanity. When scientists build an arc in space that is supposed to sustain humanity for over five thousand years, the global leaders are asked to choose one thousand five hundred people to be sent to space. The world leaders choose the youngest and healthiest people because they represent the future generation.
The destruction of the moon
The moon symbolizes possible global destruction due to human activity. In the text, the author discusses an unpredictable disaster that destroys the moon into several pieces. Scientists are forced to seek alternative solutions to host human life in space. The reader can link the moon's symbolism to what NASA and other scientists aim to seek alternative residing planets such as Mars. For instance, scientists are making endless visits to space to study the possibility of human beings relocating to live there in the future.
Life in space
Life in space symbolizes the ideological and political differences in the globe. Few years after people move to live in space, they disagree on governance and other vital aspects intended to attain an organized society. People break into different groups opposing each other. As a result, the society in space becomes ungovernable. The symbolism of life in space is a true depiction of many nations where leaders have formed different groups to oppose the current authority for selfish gains.
Repopulation of the earth
The repopulation of the earth by the remaining seven fertile women symbolizes the improvement of technology. After the eight remaining women from space come back to earth after the five thousand years in space, seven can repopulate the earth using human hereditary annals present in the ship. Consequently, the current reproductive technology, such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), was predicted in this science fiction as a future possible way of women becoming pregnant without physically having sex with men.
