From the Ashes

Outline for From the Ashes

Thesis: With the advent of Man’s demise, both Deucalion and Pyrra, from the Greek myth, and Chuck and George, from the story “The Nine Billion Names of God,” experience a discovery of the impending doom, an escape of their circumstances, and a realization of the end.
I. As a first comparison, both Deucalion and Pyrra and Chuck and George experience a discovery of the impending doom.
A. Explain Deucalion and Pyrra’s discovery of the impending doom
1. Narrate the god’s decision to destroy the earth (Rouse 147)
2. Narrate how the gods decide to flood the earth (Rouse 147)
3. Narrate Prometheus’s warning (Baldwin 1)
B. Explain Chuck and George’s discovery of the impending doom
1. Narrate the monk’s request (Clarke 163)
2. Narrate the monk’s belief (Clarke 166)
3. Narrate how Chuck finds out about the end of the world (Clarke 166)
C. Show how Deucalion and Pyrra’s discovery of the impending doom parallels Chuck and George’s discovery of the impending doom
1. Explain how the god’s decision to flood the earth parallels the monk’s belief of man’s purpose on earth
2. Explain how Prometheus’s warning parallels the high lama’s explanation
II. As a second comparison, both Deucalion and Pyrra and Chuck and George experience an escape of their circumstances.
A. Explain Deucalion and Pyrra’s escape of their circumstances
1. Narrate their survival in a chest (Baldwin 1)
2. Narrate their voyage (Baldwin 1), (Rouse 147)
B. Explain Chuck and George’s escape of their circumstances
1. Narrate their conclusions about the monk’s intentions (Clarke 167)
2. Narrate their decision to stall the computer (Clarke 167)
3. Narrate their escape down the mountain (Clarke 168)
C. Show how Deucalion and Pyrra’s escape of their circumstances parallels Chuck and George’s escape of their circumstances
1. Explain how Deucalion and Pyrra’s idea to survive in a chest parallels Chuck and George’s decision...