Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart, is based on a tragedy to mankind. Most of the world seems to have been wiped out with a deadly disease, but a few people had survived. This deadly disease didn't affect a man named Ish, the main character. Ish was a bright man, and well educated. As the novel continues, Ish find others like him. Ish brings all these people together called "The Tribe." He tries to do …showed first 75 words of 1064 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1064 total…weren't for education. Ish has always been the one who believed education is the key to life. Without education you can't go any where in life. Ish even thought himself many things by studying books from the library. Without education there is no future. The world that we live in wouldn't be as advanced in technology if it weren't for education. Children are the future, thus we must give them all the knowledge we could.