PLEASE HELP Explain how your novel or collection of short stories is seeking to address a societal purpose or goal. One critic has said of science fiction that “science fiction, perhaps more than any other modern genre of fiction, is often written with a social purpose or a goal”. Many agree science fiction is a way to look at current social issues [like racism or gender] more comfortably; if it’s aliens—not people—it’s easier to think about for many people. Explain how your novel or collection of short stories is seeking to address a societal purpose or goal. The novel is an illustrated man by Bradbury