darwinism/superiority Flashcards
(5 cards)
the human descriptors of the martians (“thing”, “man”, “creature”, “little grey snake”)
the incapability to comprehend beyond us
human perspective lens for everything, importance in perspective in stories, someones truth is not objective
mans limited knowledge
“shop assistant…. trying to scramble out of the hole again. the crowd had pushed him back in”
not one of the ‘privileged spectators’
inherent human violence, survival of the fittest (and also richest)
“it was the head of the shopman who had fallen in”
change of perspective to alter the violence into tragedy
tragedy easier to deal with than genuine and true human behaviour
“they are invulnerable. they are pitiless”
martians become the epitome of human weakness, they are unified, evolved, and completely reasonable
they are also uncorrupted, untainted, unfaithful
“perhaps, to kill and eat him”
to use a species ‘below him’ for survival just like the martians do
survival of the fittest, or most technologically advanced
