Summary Of The Story “If I Forget Thee, O Earth” By Arthur Clarke
IF I FORGET THEE – In this topic, we are going to read the whole summary of the story “If I Forget Thee, O Earth” written by Arthur Clarke.
As mentioned above, this story was written by a British science fiction writer Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, also known as Arthur Clarke.
Here is the summary of the story which was uplifted from the website GradeSaver:
The story starts with the father who took his son Marvin outside the space colony. Marvin is 10 years old and they are from a separated space colony. They went to Marvin’s beloved place called the Colony Farmlands.
He likes the plants and the smell of life since it does not exist in the residential levels. They left the farmlands. Marvin saw the photographs of the land out and watched it on television screen, but now he is to face with it in real time.
As they head off he finds there was a blinding sun, black sky and numerous shining stars; Marvin loves stars but their twinkling for him seems to be a lie, as they shine constantly.
They race swiftly as if they are trying to escape from something. The Colony is left over the horizon, and now they are racing down through valleys and feet of mountains, in which Marvin is afraid of.
After hours of driving among the hills and mountains which seemed not to end, they finally reach the valley which is not covered with dark and the light source is opposite to them.
They stop, but Marvin keeps his eyes closed. In a few minutes he looks through the shine: he sees the lines of continents, the atmosphere, clouds. The planet was beautiful with its sunsets, seas, rains and snow. He knew about it as well as about the Armageddon. But now he still cannot go there since it is contaminated with radiation.
Father told him how the planet was destroyed and their Colony, which is the only one in the world. It is a small oasis that should prevent them from the Nature. Of course it would not function for a long time if they had no any aim. Now Marvin understands the reason and purpose of their pilgrimage. He would never touch this world himself, but he should tell his descendants about it. One day they will use the ships waiting near the colony to return to the Earth and get their heritage back.
He never looked back when leaving the valley.
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