In these modern times, almose anything is possible, nothing seems to be beyond the reach of science.
在这个现代社会里,几乎所有的事情都有可能会发生,似乎没有任何事情是科学解决不了的。
in short, the individual in conflict with himself and his frontier environment.
总之,主人公是一个自相矛盾,又与他的拓荒环境相矛盾的人物。