Everyone faces difficult obstacles at some point in their life, whether or not they are able to overcome them can define them as than anyone. Every story has a plot, but a plot is determined by the characters and their actions toward the events that unfold in the story. According to the article "Science Fiction Images of Computers and Robots" written by Patricia S. Warrick, many plots of Asimov's novels depend "on computers and robots [as well as] exploration and development of space” (54). Characters in novels written by Isaac Asimov must discover 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 technological advancements, humans are beginning to fear that technologies such as 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, they have become the most powerful of all. When the structure of organizations and countries begins to collapse around the world, some people are willing to do anything to gain power. In Asimov's eyes, the future world will be enormous, stretching across galaxies, with unlimited technology and billions of people. Asimov is one of the few writers who managed to write 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 of this makes him an i...... middle of paper ..... . Ed. Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg. Np: Taplinger, 1977. 32-58. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. John C. Stine. Flight. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 41-45. Print. Anyway, Sue. "The Measure of a Man? Asimov's Bicentennial Man, Star Trek Data and the Human Being." Extrapolation 44.2 (2003): 209. General OneFile. Internet. March 12, 2014. Warrick, Patricia S. “Science Fiction Images of Computers and Robots.” The cybernetic imagination. Np: MIT, 1980. 53-79. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. John C. Stine. Flight. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 53-56. Print.Watt, Donald. "A Galaxy Full of People: Characterization in Asimov's Major Fiction." Isaac Asimov. Ed. Joseph D. Olander and Martin Harry Greenberg. Np: Taplinger, 1977. 135-73. Rep. in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. John C. Stine. Flight. 26. Detroit: Gale, 1983. 45-50. Print.