Comparing The War Of The Worlds And Communism

The Vietnam War was costly not only to our armed forces but to our American economy and American morale. We entered the war in an attempt to end the communist regime of North Vietnam and their southern allies, the Vietcong, from taking over South Vietnam. South Vietnam was an ally of the United States and due to this political relationship; the United States was entitled to help defend their ally. More than 58,000 Americans were killed in the Vietnam War. By 1969 it was the peak of American involvement in the war and more than 500,000 U.S. military personnel were involved in the Vietnam conflict. Throughout the war growing opposition towards participation of military forces threatened the support of the war. American citizens began to

I chose the book and film, The War of the Worlds. There are many similarities and differences between these two works. A large difference between the book and movie is that the book takes place in England, while the movie takes place in the United States. The time periods are also much different, the book takes place in the late 20th century while the movie takes place in early 21st century. Another notable distinction is the change of the protagonist from a married, middle-class man without kids to a divorced working-class father of two children. The social setting plays a significant role in the plot. The main character's wife left him for a more wealthy and prosperous man. Her parents in Boston never liked him because he wasn't very successful

Communism is a socialistic system that states all people are equal to their own ability accordingly. In Harrison Bergeron the people were equal accordingly to their own specific handicapping. In communistic societies there were no more social classes and all your rights were given up to the government and so you were told what to do. In Harrison Bergeron they were controlled by the government and so they could not have their own right to think or have an upper advantage than anybody else. Therefore Harrison Bergeron was a communistic society due to the fact people were equal accordingly to their own handicap, they could not escape the government considering they were handicapped, and then if you did not obey with the government then you would be in quite the pickle.

Many people were unhappy, but chose to live a life of ignorance in order to protect themselves from the harms of the world, and to please the authority. Montag, the protagonist, was perhaps the most unhappy of all, thinking to himself, “he was not happy. He was not happy. He said the words to himself. He recognized this as the true state of affairs” (Bradbury, 9). The underlying meaning of his writing could be interpreted as a jab at communism, considering he wrote his novel in 1953 which was during the early beginnings of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. Communism can be defined as a theory advocating for a culture in which all property is publicly owned and each person is given a rationed pay according to their needs. In Bradbury’s futuristic utopia, people have no privacy and everyone is brainwashed into thinking the same thing. When comparing communism with Bradbury’s society, the similarities are evident. During the Cold War, anyone associated with communism would be scrutinized and excluded from the community, because those were the people who wanted to conform under the government. Bradbury is criticizing a power force that encourages a lack of classes and his proposed solution is to let the people earn what they deserve. While Bradbury believed that people should not conform under the government rules, Bellamy most likely would have thought that communism would have been a

"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury and “Nethergrave” by Gloria Skurzynski are both good examples of science fiction stories that can captivate the reader’s attention from beginning to end. In both stories, the authors fully develop the plot of the story and their character’s through the use of dialogue. In addition, both authors integrate technology and transport their characters through time to develop the genre of science fiction. Though both stories are captivating and interesting, and thus bear some similarities, the differences between "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury and “Nethergrave” by Gloria Skurzynski in regards to the use of character development, setting, plot, tone, and theme are evident.

Every text is a product of its time. In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, she uses the gothic horror genre to explore some of the concerns of her time relating to the use of science and technology and its impact on humanity. Similar concerns are also present in Ridley Scott’s “Bladerunner”, a futuristic text which combines science fiction and film noir to present a bleak view of a future world overrun by technology and consumerism, but devoid of human emotion. Both these texts offer insights into the human experience namely between man and science and man and nature.

War has been present among humans ever since prehistoric times. The world has seen many ideologies opposed and accepted for centuries. One such ideology is that of Karl Marx, communism. Communism is an ideology made by Karl Marx, which supports economic equality through the elimination of private property. Mass protests have taken place over the years between countries that are facing war against communism. America was facing a battle of communism in Vietnam, which was then divided into two separate parts, whereas countries like Chile likewise faced a similar problem among their youth involving high tuition prices. The cause for the rise of protests in America and Chile were due to communist leaders in which both protests involved violence.

While these concepts are new and different to those who read Wells’s novel, the main idea that revolutionized science fiction was the introduction of the time machine. The time machine has become a staple in the science fiction genre. Many movies incorporate the idea of a vehicle that can move the characters years ahead or behind the present. The time machine is integral to the fantasy aspect of the story. A fantasy is fiction made

The guiding question of all science fiction can be summed up by this sentence: “‘If this goes on, where will it lead?’”(Sawyer) By asking this basic, yet perplexing question, writers extrapolate on a known scientific principle to its most extreme case, and thereby create a catalyst for the events of the stories they write. Inside this story, the innate natures and behaviors of human beings are revealed through the characters’ reaction to the new threat that an advance in technology or scientific knowledge presents. The moral and ethical dilemmas created in these hypothetical futures allows the reader to better understand and examine the enigmatic state of the human condition. An example of this type of literature is the novel Frankenstein.

The science-fiction film genre serves as an excellent medium for examining shifting power structures, social paranoia and Cold War politics during the 1950s. A number of films released during this period, including: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Them (1954) and Attack of the 50ft Woman (1958), are particularly symptomatic of the social and political atmosphere of the time. These films navigate not only narrative based issues such as the threat of aliens and science experiments gone wrong; but also wider issues of the time, such as the Cold War, changes in the US film industry, urbanisation, politics, the growing power of women and most significantly, social concern about nuclear energy.

Throughout this semester our literary material dealt with themes of technology, modernization, the imponderable bloom, human nature, and truth to name a few of the most overarching. Each text has woven an impression of the possible near future for humanity if the patterns we are creating continue at an exponential rate. Patterns such as consumerism, neglecting unpleasurable emotions, using drugs, and controlling the environment for our short term benefits will write an unsavory and inevitable future. Science Fiction often reflects on society by exaggerating their negative characteristics and advancements to seem far-out, but often it is ironic how close many aspects of the fiction are a direct reflection of the present condition. Even now, the possibilities of utopias and dystopias forming are not so out of reach. The ability of our culture to control an entire population with a self-satisfied culture of vices outfitted with technology is less and less science fiction as the years pass.

In a genre whose name ostensibly welcomes innovation—science fiction—resistance towards technology may initially seem counterintuitive. This, however, is where it is essential to delve into the annals of history. Writers, after all, write what they know. In an 1948 essay, George Orwell wrote, “When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking

H.G. Wells took 5 pounds and moved to London in 1888. Wells traveled back and forth from France during the Wars. (Abrams 13+; Hall 310+; “Herbert George Wells-Biography”; Kunitz 1492; O’neal 1630; “Wells, H. G.” 122). The idea of the future of humanity greatly fascinated Wells. People refer to Wells as the father of modern science fiction. One of Wells best known novels “The Time Machine” was his first

Moreover, the positive messages embedded in science fiction works can have powerful influence on the audience and the society, both locally and globally. In particular, most of the messages embedded are prompted by the past events of world history or by the contemporary social phenomena, and

Terms like socialism, capitalism, and the upper, middle, and lower class are important in the book to help define communism and help shape our world today. Capitalism is used today because it means that a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. This ties into our competitive global economy today. The communist Manifesto also shows how hard it is to destroy social classes. Although it may seem unfair, a community would be quite unorganized if there was classless society where people could do whatever they want to do. Even though it may seem unfair to some, it is a system that has been working for quite some