Blog post 8

The short story Puppet Show asks the question of how deeply the human race is immersed in its pride of itself. When the alien life form comes to the town and tells them of the test for xenophobia, they believe they have passed the test to enter the federation. However, the true test is to see if they are able to except that something that is not human could be smarter than them. when the alien reveals that he is in fact the burro, they fail the true test. Humans greatest sin is pride, and this is what keeps the human race from advancing to its greatest potential.