'The Hammer of God' by Arthur C. Clarke as an Eschatological Reading
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- 1. Assistant Lecturer, Department of Languages and Communication Studies, Trincomalee Campus, Eastern University, Sri Lanka
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As human curiosity commenced from the Garden of Eden, it would never stop because every human being is a child of Adam and Eve. By now, this curiosity has come up to the level of exploring other planets. Even the end of this world and its’ living being is doubted now. This concept is called ‘Eschatology’; a part of theology, and talks about the end of the world or the final fate of humankind. Every religion has peeped into Eschatology. In Christianity, the Bible reveals about the End Time. Many literature corpora have been written about the end of this world. Arthur C. Clarke as a Science Fiction writer has begotten seminal trajectories to the literature world. His Science Fiction depicts future events filled with imagination to inspire readers and accompany them where they have never been before. The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke reveals the technological, physical, and intellectual advancements by 2190 (22nd century world). It unfolds the story of an asteroid called ‘Kali’ which can destroy entire Earth and how the crew deflects it using technology with the help of an invisible hand. Wilkinson has denoted that ‘History was pregnant with the future’ (1). This statement can be proved because the Biblical representations are juxtaposed with the Science Fiction ‘The Hammer of God’. This research paper streamlines the chain of biblical prophecies with the human accomplishments, and pathetic situations which can be seen in the 22nd century. This article is a content analysis and primary data was collected from the printed book. Collected data then were analyzed qualitatively with respect to the Eschatological representation of the Science Fiction ‘The Hammer of God’.
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