Carson and the Roller both showed the fear of the Other in this battle that originated with sporadic combats and increased to this final magnitude; Brown explains this by saying “isolated battles between earth patrols and small groups of Outsider spaceships; battles sometimes won and sometimes lost…” (39). Carson killed the Roller out of fear and under the pressure of the entity, but perhaps, both parties could have reached an agreement. At the beginning Carson intended to make peace with the alien, but then he realized it was in vain, as shown on page 45 when he says “peace doesn’t appeal to you” , and “to the death”(45) . The author also adds in page 58 “Farther apart than god and devil, there could never be even a balance between them”. The story reflects that avoiding the fears of the unknown could banish many conflicts as well as protect people’s
Carson and the Roller both showed the fear of the Other in this battle that originated with sporadic combats and increased to this final magnitude; Brown explains this by saying “isolated battles between earth patrols and small groups of Outsider spaceships; battles sometimes won and sometimes lost…” (39). Carson killed the Roller out of fear and under the pressure of the entity, but perhaps, both parties could have reached an agreement. At the beginning Carson intended to make peace with the alien, but then he realized it was in vain, as shown on page 45 when he says “peace doesn’t appeal to you” , and “to the death”(45) . The author also adds in page 58 “Farther apart than god and devil, there could never be even a balance between them”. The story reflects that avoiding the fears of the unknown could banish many conflicts as well as protect people’s