War Of The Worlds Fear

For as long as humanity has existed, men have committed violence against one another. Assuredly, Nancy G. Guerra’s and Lyndee Knox’s entry on violence in the Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice affirms that, “As historical and cross-cultural records demonstrate, our evolutionary history is laced with examples of violence. Indeed, paleontological data reveal a rather continuous stream of human violence dating back thousands of years.” It is clear that violence is a part of human nature that has always existed and will likely never be eradicated. One of the aspects that all forms of violence seem to share is that, societally (in terms, at the very least, of Western societies), they are looked down upon. Consequentially, those who commit violent

What has our society come to these days? Everywhere we look, violence is present, at the streets, at work, at school, and even at home. Every day in the news we see reports about shootings, wars, thefts, drugs, rapes, and deaths. The worse part of seen this in the news is that all way do it’s complain about it and sit back. We do not even attempt an explanation or a resolution. Violence is among one of the most malignant act that has been increasing day by day. And why is it that we complain about other people being violent, but when we are asked if we are violent or if we have ever responded with violence, everyone says they are not violent. But if among ourselves we are not violent then who is it that makes our society a violent society?

Rory Miller once said, “The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence”. What he means by this is that everyone has a sense of violence in them, but some people choose not to express it, but under circumstances it’s a man eat man world. The prisoners in the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, were nice regular people before they were put in camps and at the beginning, but as time passed by they were being deprived of food and every human need, they started to change. They became more aggressive and violent. In certain situation people change, they will start worrying about themselves and only themselves.

On the other side of the controversy is that human are not naturally violent, but the environment and the way a person is raised causes the person to become violent. It is not just the biological aspects that makes a person violent, but it could be that the chimpanzees are close to becoming humans than what we thought they were.

The violent nature of human beings is buried deep within everyone, just waiting for the right set of circumstances for them to be unlocked. In the book Lord of The Flies it is clear that the extreme circumstances of the island caused many boys to fall into this violent nature. The group of boys originally tried to form a civilization but eventually ended in chaos as the boys more susceptible to the savagery began to show their violent intentions. Proving human beings are born with the capability of doing both good and evil in the world.

The Martians from above have descended on earth ready to take planet Earth away from humans, it is now a war to see who will claim the resourceful planet and call it their home. A war between two different species, Martians and humans, can cause fear. Fear allows people to make poor decisions and drives them into the wrong path. The emotion makes you think in a way you would never think of and brings out another side you have never seen. Fear plays a huge role in making decisions and characters in “The War of the Worlds” express that.

The depravity and despair generated by the abhorrent violence drives you to look over your own life and see if you are hurting anyone; whether it is intentional or not. The violence in The Underground Railroad was present to show the present generation the errors of our past so that the current generation can prevent the terrors felt; in the future. The violence in Desert Blood, however, is present to show that danger lurks around every corner. It is not to produce an element of fear, per se, but to induce a spirit of confidence. Ivon prevails through overwhelming mental and physical odds.

World War Z, by Max Brooks, is often thought of as the gory recount of humanities quarrel with the zombies, however these fictional episodes convey a deeper message about fear. World War Z sends a message that is consistent with the ideas that fear may cause people to do things they would otherwise condone, but oppositely fear is a barrier between rationality and insanity. Overall what Max Brooks suggests about the nature of fear is that fear can twist human judgement and make people do the unthinkable, but without fear people could become much more dangerous. Humans should have some fear for it is one of the principle emotions of what it means to be human, and without fear or too much fear we lose perception of our limitations, however denial is not the right way to seem fearless or handle fear. In World War Z it is clear that whether it be a government, a survivalist group, or a small military battalion, fear causes people to do things that they would otherwise think is insane or immoral. One insight to this perspective is during a scene where the commander of a U.S. battalion is punishing his group for disobeying orders. In this scene the man being interviewed recounts his superior saying “‘You spoiled children think democracy is a God given right. You expect it, you demand it! Well, now you’re going to get your chance to practice it.” What did he mean? We should be the ones to decide who would be punished. Broken up into groups of ten we would have to vote on which one

In the article by Jones, the research presented demonstrates that humans are not genetically programmed to be destructive--instead, our goals, culture, and society create motivations that cause violence to manifest. Two evolutionary

and violence come from a natural instinct and some times are fear driven. These young children where thrown in to a unmanageable situation, I will be breaking down the idea of savagery, violence as I saw them presented in the novel.

Why are we drawn to the many different facets of violence that we experience in our lives? Is violence a learned behavior or has it become a part of our evolutionary progression. As hunters and gatherers, we used violence for survival. Now, it seems that humans react with violence to resolve multiple types of conflict. Is it just primal instinct? Does our subconscious ‘fight or flight’ control the way

On the first page Wells writes “With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.” This quote helps the argument of the martians being able to still destroy us nearly one hundred years later because of how ignorant man is to the fact that we might not be the smartest creature out there. At the same time, however, the aliens did not seem to be that much smarter than us, if they were, they would be able to make their machines indestructible, and they would probably be able to kill us with more efficient means. Another quote from the book that supports the idea of the martians being able to kill modern society is “The habit of personal security, moreover, is so deeply fixed in the Londoner's mind, and startling intelligence so much a matter of course in the papers, that they could read without any personal tremors…” This quote means that the people of London don’t believe what the papers are saying because the papers are often inaccurate, this applies to modern society because people often don’t believe the news because it can be filled with false facts. So in terms of people, we have not changed that much since the book was written, but there are still other factors than just human behavior that could change the outcome of an alien attack

The history of human nature has been bloody, painful, and even destructive. Nonetheless, before understanding their environments humans used to kill each other based on their own mindset on the ideal of violence, and what it actually meant. Pinker describes narratives of violent acts from the past, that today are foreign to us. He gives us a tour of the historical human violence and how the violence in human nature has changed throughout time. The main idea from Pinker’s book,“The Better Angels of Our Nature ', is “for all the dangers we face today, the dangers of yesterday were even worse.” He provides its readers with explicit violent stories beginning from 8000 BCE to now, and describes how violence has evolved from a blood lost to more of a peaceful existence.

One of the most exaggerated aspects of the novel is the constant ignorance of the human society. Throughout the novel, people choose to not believe in the Martians, even when the Martians are in the next town destroying everything. In fact, no one had even thought of the idea of Martians, even when Mars was proven to have the capacity to harbor life. “No one would have believed in the last years… that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s…” (Wells, 5) An example of this ignorance is shown in the first chapters, when Henderson, the local journalist, tried to publish an article. “In London that night poor Henderson’s telegram describing the gradual unscrewing of the shot was judged to be a canard.” (Wells, 38) Articles are eventually published, but only mention vague details, mostly focused around “dead men from Mars”. Important aspects, such as the fact that they could survive the oxygen impediments, are also absent from the articles. In the end, after all the events and the narrator is contemplating, he mentions that even after everything that happened, humans choose to not think of a second attack. “At any rate, whether we expect another invasion or not, our views of the human future

Humans, in essence, act in their own self interest. As a species, we require benefit from taking action in order to decide to do it. Even some of the most selfless acts ultimately benefit the doer, perhaps not in material means, but rather in the emotional benefit reaped. If acting completely in one's own self interest, killing, alongside many other brutal acts, could be justified at the expense of another. Early human existence was saturated with actions like this, due to the disjunct nature of life around this era. Small tribes would form, but conflict between these groups were frequent and highly deadly. The formation of society, therefore, comes about as a means of balancing one’s own self interest with the will of the general populous. Some liberty is sacrificed in order to maintain security of safety, happiness, and property. This concept is known as the “Social Contract,” a concept coined by enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes. He, as well as many of his contemporaries, felt that man was innately an evil creature as a byproduct of acting completely within their self interest. He felt that laws and systems of morals were completely necessary in the maintenance of order. This is illustrated in the Japanese novel Battle Royale by Koushun Takami, where a group of forty two 15-16 year old high school classmates are pitted against one another in a brutal fight to death. Each are given meager supplies alongside a randomly chosen weapon. This could range from farming tools