Man has always longed to build things, and as time goes on, man feels the need to outdo all previous achievements. Arthur C. Clarke's novel, Foundations of Paradise is a good example of this human characteristic. Vannevar Morgan is an engineer living in the twenty second century, and is known by his peers to be one of the greatest engineers in the world. The creation that gave Morgan this title was the Gibraltar Bridge, connecting …showed first 75 words of 710 total…

…showed last 75 words of 710 total…place better. This is a good example of the great lengths that man will go to outdo himself. All in all, Foundations of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke has opened my eyes to the fact that "Even as technology advances, the reason for it stays the same." I hope that I can live to dream big and leave my mark upon the world. I want to make it bigger, better, and faster than ever before.