CaLLs : Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics
Vol 10, No 1 (2024): CaLLs, June 2024

Exploration of The Social Context of The Pandemic in The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton: A Recent Review

Muhammad Ilham Ali (Universitas Negeri Manado)



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Publish Date
25 Jun 2024

Abstract

This study looks at how this novel depicts a society that is both fascinated by science and terrified. This study in the book "The Andromeda Strain" offers a perceptive viewpoint on pandemics and their social repercussions. This research analyzes the social conditions and circumstances during the pandemic in The Andromeda Strain. This research uses the descriptive qualitative method with the Mimetic and sociological approaches.  Based on the research findings and analysis, the result shows the existence of social changes due to the pandemic in this novel. These changes are the actions all the characters involved in the book take. These actions include cases of mass death due to a bacterium called Andromeda and cases of suicide, but there are also prevention efforts such as lockdowns and quarantines or efforts tackling bacteria; research called the wildfire project was also held, and there was also cooperation in dealing with existing cases of andromeda bacteria.Keywords: Pandemic, Social Situation, The Andromeda Strain.

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Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

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CaLLs (Journal of Culture, Arts, Literature, and Linguistics) published by Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Mulawarman and published in June and December. CaLLs welcome articles and research reports utilizing an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture. The object materials of the study ...