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Alien Invasions In The Iron Giant

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Imagine waking up on a seemingly-normal morning to the sound of screams coming from the streets, and the unsettling feeling of dread lingering in the air. Harsh, bright lights shine through your window and local news stations report a startling disturbances taking place throughout the entire town. It is then that you realize there has been an alien invasion of Earth. This strange situation leads humans to pose the following question: what is the appropriate response to an alien invasion? People often question the legitimacy of extraterrestrial life, but, if the earth does encounter life forces from another world, how should people react? In the science fiction genre, alien invasions are a recurrent theme, but, although they may be entertaining, …show more content…

Due to this fear, the government acts defensively, without realizing how unnecessary it is. This behavior causes the alien to reciprocate with violence, too. The government’s actions ultimately causes unnecessary damage and harms more people than were originally affected. In this situation, people acted on the assumption that aliens would be violent. As previously stated, extraterrestrial life is unpredictable, but not necessarily aggressive. On the contrary, the movie “Arrival” features humans taking the time to learn about the aliens through scientific exploration before taking aggressive measures against the creatures. The people are able to work together and use cognition and intuition to figure out a way to communicate with the aliens and learn about them. This method of interaction with the aliens protects the people, rather than endangering them, as seen in “The Iron Giant”. Compared to how a violent defense would have played out, this procedure proves to be much safer by the end of the movie. Between these two sci-fi movies, the strategy used by the second author was more efficient and helpful, proving it to be the correct approach to handling an alien …show more content…

One significant factor to consider is the alien’s technological advancements, which are likely much greater than ours. Further, it is important to remember that these organisms probably won’t share many similarities with us physically or mentally. They may not share our senses of sight, hearing, or touch, and they could use some form of communication that is currently inconceivable to us. No matter what the traits of these aliens may be, history has shown that just because something may not look or act the same as us, does not mean they need to be a threat to us. It may be challenging to control the media or to calm the public, but, no matter the danger potential of the aliens, this may be one of the highest priorities. History has also shown us that propaganda and fear can be extremely powerful in influencing the behavior of the public. This has the opportunity to result in tragedy, but it would be easily controlled by calming the media. Of course, the alien invasion should be handled with heavy precaution, and officials should be mindful as they consider the full magnitude of possibilities when it comes to interactions with unknown life

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