It poses many questions in one s mind which deal with everyday discussions in our inquiry class dealing with religion, authority, and knowledge. In Contact , religion is the protagonist s, Jodi Foster s, main struggle. She does not believe in religion. She believes there has to be factual information to support all scientific findings, so when she is faced with the situation of having to choose between religion or science, she maintains her beliefs. This action hinders her opportunity to travel in the space transportation devise device.
Authority is also an issue to the protagonist.
The authority in this case is her old boss. He would have done or said anything in order to have gone on the journey. This was the case, and he eventually beat the protagonist to the opportunity. They put her on trial in order to find out the truth. The truth that was found is that she had no way to prove that her extraordinary excursion really occurred.