ENG237H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: A Martian Odyssey, Terraforming, Terraria
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Terraformation is a new world created and designed inside an extraterrestrial planet. Venus, for instance, there is cause for celebration when the terraformaing is successful, an indication of human ingenuity, and indicate a extra-human ability to act god-like. Significance is the appreciation of things on earth while it is still inhabitable by humans with too much hubris. We are able to breathe on an earth which, unlike in the story, is not a dystopia. It warns us about the impending danger of climate change while wishing for life on another plannet. Terraria can be considered ascensions since they indicate a realm higher than the normal world, which perfected, devoid of unwanted parts, created by god-like figures, and both a sense of new hope and utopian attitude are formed. Whileaway is an all-female utopia that we see on the brink of transformation.
