Sales Pitch

In the reading "Sales Pitch", the reader gets a glimps into the author's interpretation of the distant future. In those days, the solar system is no longer a mystery to mankind, but society as we know it. Business is everything to the people of this century, and people are somewhat hypmotized by the way of the world. In this reading, there is one man that is being driven crazy by the ads and way of life, he is willing to leave everything he knows to start over beyond the solar system. At one point in the story, a stranger comes to his house to sell himself and drives him to leave the solar system to start a new life. Though he travels until death, the robot follows him all the way until the end. Going back and using our definition of science fiction, we see ourselves in a life of misery because of what we have created for ourselves. We see extrapolation to the point where we cannot handle what we thought we wanted. I did enjoy this piece, but I also thought it sad that we may be that in a hundred years; we may be a world without wildlife, without peace, without independence of technology, and even without freedom.