The main theme of "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke deals with faith. Clarke defines faith as having belief and trust in God with strong conviction. Clarke believes that one must have faith not only during blissful times, such as during the time of creation, but also during time of anguish, such as when destruction occurs. God "created" when a star flew over Bethlehem, just as God destroyed a star, the Phoenix Nebula, and its …showed first 75 words of 1178 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1178 total…solar system and how God works. The story is authentic for the most part because it makes you feel like you are really in the spaceship five hundred years into the future. However, the story mentions the Mark VI computer; this is a computer that was used in the 1950s. The mentioning of this computer causes the reader to feel that they are flying at light speed in the year 2500, while using a 1950s computer.