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Compare And Contrast Zero Hour And War Of The Worlds

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When Martians attack, what will humans most likely do or what will these Martians act like? How will they attack? Will humans even survive? The authors of “Zero Hour” and War of the Worlds-- Ray Bradbury and H.G. Wells-- have shown their own versions, or scenarios of how they think Martian invasions will go down.

Both stories contain characters that try to survive. In “Zero Hour,” huge explosions announced the arrival of the aliens, causing Mrs. Morris to panic as she realizes how doomed she may be. But she doesn’t accept that this is the end as conveyed in the text: “They tumbled into the attic, she slammed the door, locked it, threw the key into a far, cluttered corner./There, there. We’re safe until tonight. Maybe we can sneak out. Maybe …show more content…

The existence of Martians is a huge mystery, and so, humans cannot confirm if they exist or how they are. How much they know about the power of science and what goes on outside of their planet is definitely unknown, but in “Zero Hour,” they are intelligent creatures. “Mink flung the yo-yo down its string, reaching the end of it -- it vanished.” (Bradbury 254). Undoubtedly, this isn’t a regular yo-yo that would respond by coming back up its string and then being able to go back down. Clearly the Martians’ property, the yo-yo Mink has disappears the moment it reaches the end of the string. To any human, this would be considered on a whole other level compared to us. Martians must know a bit more than humans do. War of the Worlds as well, presents powerful Martians: “Then suddenly the white flashes of the Heat-Ray came leaping towards me. The houses caved in as they dissolved at its touch, and darted out flames; the trees changed to fire with a roar.” (Wells 274). The Heat-Ray has white flashes that would burn buildings, trees, and --unfortunately-- people. But beside that, there isn’t any weapon that flashes a light and burns things as so. A weapon that shoots out a light that emits heat doesn’t sound so modern. This ray would normally be considered

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