Can you tell 10 most important themes of Roadside Picnic and explain the 2 of them, in a couple of sentences, giving specific examples from the book?

Some of the themes the book deals with
are:

1. The human fascination with the
   unknown


2. The cosmos as a mystic source of
   power


3. The existence of a higher thinking
   civilization


4. The minimalism of
   humanity


5. Civility vs.
   chaos


6. Known vs. the
   Unknown


7. The human need of
   control


8. Master vs servant
   behavior


9. The search for true
   happiness

The civility vs. chaos theme is
notable in the actual name of the story. The title Roadside Picnic is a metaphor that
shows how the aliens came, chose a spot to land, spread out their artifacts, then took
off and left a really big mess of their stuff behind for us humans to Stalk. In the
midst of this chaos, humans still must strive to survive and somehow overcome this
insane moment. This is why it is a constant battle.

The
human need of control comes as a result of looking for the artifacts, and the powers
that such artifacts have over people, from changing their appearance, to controlling the
laws of gravity. They go at crazy extends penetrating the boundaries of the Zones to get
to these artifacts. Many found their deaths in them. However, the need of control is so
intense in human nature that even death wouldn't move convince them not to enter those
areas.