War Of The Worlds Stupidity
It is important to take note of human boundaries, those set by our evolved, genetic code. In War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells shows the reader how a person’s intelligence, ingenuity, and work ethic are secondary to human evolution. Human evolution determines a person’s intelligence, ingenuity, and work ethic more than other factors. Albert Einstein said that,” The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” Einstein is correct in thinking this because one’s genetic code determines if they will be intelligent. The idea becomes prevalent as the narrator reunites with the artilleryman. The men reconvene, and the narrator quickly realizes that the plans of the artilleryman are much better for survival. After the encounter, the narrator realizes that his higher intellect is not as important as the artilleryman’s survival instinct. The narrator also examines to the inevitable decimation of the martians, post de facto. In seeing the outcome of the alien conquest, it is apparent that evolved resilience to bacteria is the real savior of humanity. In War of the Worlds, the aliens
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Humans have unique biological and behavioral qualities because of their evolutionary history. This fact is ever present in War of the Worlds. In the novel, the human race is plagued by an invasion force that originates from Mars. The fact that humans have not been in space until after the setting of the story shows that humans are limited to the ingenuity which is allotted to them by evolution. Consequently of evolution, humans ,in War of the Worlds, are indefensible against the Martian heat ray. In the work, the heat ray incinerates entire battalions of unprepared soldiers. Regardless of the soldiers’ formidability against other foes, their level of ingenuity is not enough to match that of the Martians. While the evolutionary disadvantage of humans’ ingenuity is great, so is that of our work
Humans have unique biological and behavioral qualities because of their evolutionary history. This fact is ever present in War of the Worlds. In the novel, the human race is plagued by an invasion force that originates from Mars. The fact that humans have not been in space until after the setting of the story shows that humans are limited to the ingenuity which is allotted to them by evolution. Consequently of evolution, humans ,in War of the Worlds, are indefensible against the Martian heat ray. In the work, the heat ray incinerates entire battalions of unprepared soldiers. Regardless of the soldiers’ formidability against other foes, their level of ingenuity is not enough to match that of the Martians. While the evolutionary disadvantage of humans’ ingenuity is great, so is that of our work