 What is the central theme of February Strawberries?
FEBRUARY STRAWBERRIES By JIM HARMON How much is the impossible worth? [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass. "The man who isn't Snead is leaving," Linton said, describing the scene over Howell's shoulder. A thick-bodied man at the next table leaned his groaning chair back intimately against Linton's own chair. Howell breathed in deeply and sucked back Linton's attention. "Oh, well, 'dead,'" Howell replied. He's not Sherlock Holmes or the Frankenstein Monster—there's no doubt or semantic leeway to the thing." He had buried his wife, or rather he had watched the two workmen scoop and shove dirt in on the sawdust-fresh pine box that held the coffin. Even after they had let him out of the asylum as cured, he still secretly believed he had known a genuine affection for her. "I don't know, mind you," Howell said, puffing out tobacco smoke, "but I suppose he might have been resurrected." Linton asked, thinking: God? But by saying something so patently ridiculous, Linton hoped to bring the contradicting truth to the surface immediately. I guess that's how it is," Howell agreed. "But it's wonderful," Linton said, thinking his immediate thoughts.
 Just because technology has the means to accomplish great feats does not mean it should cross certain lines
 Death, while tragic, should be permanent  Just because technology has the means to accomplish great feats does not mean it should cross certain lines  It is better to have all the details before making a life-changing and costly decision  The value of a human life cannot transfer once one is resurrected