Everyone faces difficult obstacles at some point in their lives, whether or not they are able to overcome them can define them as people. Every story has a plot, but the plot is determined by the characters and their actions in relation to the events that take place in the story. According to the article “Science Fiction Images of Computers and Robots” written by Patricia S. Warrick, many of the plots of Asimov's novels depend on “computers and robots [along with] space exploration and development” (54). Characters in novels written by Isaac Asimov must understand the capabilities of new technologies, understand other characters, and find solutions to problems with no end in sight. Characters' actions and responses to problems play an important role in the plot of a story. The characters in Asimov's novels must solve problems that could affect the future of humanity. With such great advances in technology, humans are starting to worry that technologies like robots will take over and become the master race. In Isaac Asimov's novel, Foundation and Empire, one of the themes is deception and some characters use deception to get what they want and, in a world of power, become the most powerful of all. When the structure of organizations and countries around the world begins to crumble, there are people willing to do anything to gain power. In Asimov's eyes, the future world will be a vastly expanding world across galaxies, with unlimited technology and billions of people. Asimov is one of the few writers who has found success writing novels containing science fiction and mystery. Isaac Asimov depicts similar themes of power and deception using plot, characters, and setting, while the use of all these elements makes him an i...... middle of paper ......simov. Ed. Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg. Np: Taplinger, 1977. 32-58. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine. vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 41-45. Print.Brief, Sue. "The Measure of a Man? Asimov's Bicentennial Man, Star Trek Data, and the Human Being." Extrapolation 44.2 (2003): 209. General OneFile. Network. March 12, 2014.Warrick, Patricia S. “Science Fiction Images of Computers and Robots.” The cybernetic imagination. Np: MIT, 1980. 53-79. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine. vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 53-56. Print.Watt, Donald. "A Galaxy Full of People: Characterization in Asimov's Great Fiction." Isaac Asimov. Ed. Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg. Np: Taplinger, 1977. 135-73. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Jean C. Stine. vol. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 45-50. Press.