Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Summary

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What is a Father-thing? Well according to Philip K. Dick’s 1954 story, The Father-thing, it was an alien entity disguised as a young boy’s father, but lacked his father’s charm and emotional likeness. Similarly, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney, an epidemic spreads throughout the entire area of Santa Clara similar to the one in The Father-thing. Considering the fact that these stories are from the fifties, perhaps it could actually happen in today’s day and age? If something like what happened in these stories happened, I believe it would have to be from a supernatural being. However, I believe that humans may have the capability to clone, like in the stories. If humans attempted to clone, they would likely grow and develop in organic pods, like the ones discovered by Miles in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. THe most challenging aspect would be the brain and emotional aspect. The identity of humans is their thoughts and emotions, something that was missing from the clones from the stories. I believe that creating a body with functional organs, would be easier to replicate than a fully conscious mind, because the mind is much more unpredictable than organs, which are …show more content…

It would be more like a nightmare. Everyone around you would soon become an emotionless and bland person. Society and daily life would turn into an unending routine, like machines. The human right of free will would no longer be a factor in any situation. Every decision made rationally instead of an emotional factor. The most important part of the human clones is that they blend in very well. They retain all of the memories and physical features of the original person. So, unless you know the person, it is very difficult for you to be distinguished as a clone. You’d think that the abnormal behavior of the clone was who they really are. Leading them to be such a convincing