in the three books i read (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) the only characters i can really observe and really talk about extensively are Hari Seldon and the Mule. Hari Seldon is the scientist who develops the concept of psycohistory. Seldon didnt share his new way of thinking and predicting the future of the universe with anyone. Although he didnt share his work he did of course only teach the basics of pyscohistory which was only enough to know what it was about but not to predict the future. what Seldon had developed was very threatening to the Empire which reigned all the universe. Seldon couldnt predict of see the future of one single person but could predict the future of the whole human race. this didnt of course include the mule which is where the story then makes a drastic change. all the preparation Seldon had left to cut the barbarous way of life for the universe in 1000 years seemed to falll apart in 300 years. my essay will talk about how the preparation and planning of Hari Seldon foreshadowed by itself because the Foundation would always have that one person trying to save them from falling ... and then comes the mule, a mutant with mind control powers.
- how the narrator tells us that psycohistory doesnt deal with predicting the future of an individual person but one individual saves the foundation from a crisis and how that leads to the fall of the first foundation because according to pyscohistory it doesnt matter what an individual does, it wont impact what is suppose to happened.
- how this lead to the mule. pyscohistory only deals with normal individuals but not mutants and how it couldnt for see the mule.
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