Do we need science fiction? Yes! Science fiction is important and something that society needs because science fiction helps society see the different possibilities of the future, helps society imagine different scenarios and science fiction helps address current world problems. So why do we need science fiction? let me break it down. 

First, science fiction is something that we need because it helps society see the different possibilities of the future, whether it would be weather, disease, or technology. For example, I read and watched a short story/film called “Harrison Bergeron”. “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in a society where everyone is equal by being handicapped, things that cover up their face if they are too beautiful, and these aids that stop them from thinking to deeply of something if you were a very smart person. This story gives us a glimpse of what it would be like if our technology made us equal and what the consequences would be if we lived in a society where we were handicapped to be equal. In my opinion I do think that some of the stories of science fiction gives us a glimpse of how things would be if things were different now or in the later in the future. Therefore, this is one of the reasons why we need science fiction in our lives.

Second, science fiction helps society imagine different scenarios such as watching movies like “The Hunger Games” and the “Maze Runner”. Both movies also showed us what a different world they lived in and their technology compared to now. For example, watching these movies myself, I imagined if we lived in a world like that and what it would be like if we were set up for obstacles such as fending for yourself to be the last man standing in the end (The Hunger Games). So, this is one of the second reasons why society needs science fiction since it helps us imagine different scenarios in our world. 

Lastly and most important, society needs science fiction because it helps address our current world problems such as climate change, equality, and things like disease. For example, “Harrison Bergeron” again. This story is about equality and shows us what it would be like in a world if we were all equal and that being equal is not always good. Next, the short story “The Lottery” is about

a yearly ritual where one person dies every year, but they live in a society that is a perfect world, and the only consequence is that one person dies every year. Therefore, this is why society needs science fiction. 

In conclusion, these were the reasons why society needs science fiction because it helps us in so many ways. But one of the important reasons is that it helps address many of the problems that we have in our current society, or it addresses problems that could happen in the future such as climate change and such.