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But Who Shall Dwell In These Worlds Analysis

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“But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? …Are we or they Lords of the World? …And how are all things made for man?” (Wells, 7) This quote by the famous astronomer, Johannes Kepler, questions the superiority of extraterrestrial life and the authority that humans have over the Earth and its inhabitants. As of right now, humans, as a majority, have ruled over Earth and the occupants. There has been no change in the power chain. For example, many countries or groups sent people to lord over other parts of the world. The end goal was to ultimately own as much of the world as possible, and the only groups of people able to achieve this were advanced in one or more area, including military, education, capital, allies, and biological …show more content…

Do you have any idea how arrogant that view is and on how little of this universe we base it?” This quote, along with the novel The War of the Worlds, questions the superiority complex that humans have created in relation to the Earth and its inhabitants. Because of the consistently affirmative results, humans, as a majority, have ruled over Earth and the occupants for ages never considering themselves to be a weak group. Because of this, there has been no change in the power chain. Humans have proactively adapted and shaped their societies to advance and prolong their rule over the Earth. This required, and still requires, the advancement of the following areas: military, education, capital, allies, and biological evolution. Subsequently, the more powerful and advanced group overtook the lesser group. Literature explores this matter, the superiority of groups and natural selection, greatly as it is an aspect of human society. In Herbert George Wells’s science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds¸ the Martians are a superior race of life compared to humans in their body structure, thought process, and militant actions; this superiority in the Martian’s biological-evolutionary process, a do-or-die result from the destruction of their home planet, supports the Marxist theme of a superior class lording over the weak, by draining the resources of the weaker class, to, in turn, support the superior class’s

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