Question

What is the central idea of the of this story? "The Cold Equation"

Answer 1

In the story, "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin, it has central ideas which show restraint or restriction, a battle between choices which something is said to be dangerous or forbidden, whilst a hero tries to reject or disregard the restriction but ultimately the tale comes into a tragic end. The theme of this story is that an individual must be sacrificed so that others would survive.