Foundation versus the Mule
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Foundation versus the Mule is the climactic struggle in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series between the predictive power of psychohistory and a mutant conqueror whose unpredictable abilities threaten to derail the Seldon Plan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Foundation versus the Mule canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional conflict
ⓘ
plot arc ⓘ storyline ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Foundation and Empire
ⓘ
Second Foundation ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
conflict between psychohistory and individual agency
ⓘ
limits of scientific prediction ⓘ unpredictability in historical processes ⓘ |
| conflictType |
ideological conflict
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bayta Darell
ⓘ
Ebling Mis ⓘ Hari Seldon ⓘ Second Foundation ⓘ Toran Darell ⓘ The Mule ⓘ
surface form:
the Mule
|
| featuresConcept |
Seldon Plan
ⓘ
mutant mentalic powers ⓘ psychohistory ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAntagonist |
The Mule
ⓘ
surface form:
the Mule
|
| hasAuthor | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| hasMedium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| hasOpposingGroup | Second Foundation ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistGroup | First Foundation ⓘ |
| importanceInSeries | major turning point in the Foundation narrative arc ⓘ |
| involvesPower |
emotional manipulation
ⓘ
mind control ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
reveals existence of the Second Foundation
ⓘ
serves as turning point in Foundation series ⓘ tests robustness of the Seldon Plan ⓘ |
| partOf |
Foundation series (early stories)
ⓘ
surface form:
Foundation series
|
| portrays |
failure of psychohistory to predict unique mutants
ⓘ
vulnerability of large-scale plans to outliers ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Foundation
ⓘ
Foundation and Empire ⓘ Second Foundation ⓘ |
| resolutionInvolves |
Bayta Darell stopping Ebling Mis
ⓘ
intervention by the Second Foundation ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | interregnum after the fall of the Galactic Empire ⓘ |
| setInUniverse |
Galactic Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Galactic Empire (Foundation universe)
|
| subgenre | space opera ⓘ |
| threatens | continuation of the Seldon Plan ⓘ |
| underlyingPhilosophy | determinism versus free will ⓘ |
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