War of the Worlds and Freud's Why War: comparative analysis

War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells and "Why War?" By Freud

The protagonist in H.G. Wells's novel "The War of the Worlds" has a complex understanding of technology and believes that it is a valuable concept. His interaction with the curate provides him with the opportunity to look at life from a different perspective. Even with the fact that he is not necessarily interested in criticizing religion, he cannot help but to feel sorry for the curate's way of thinking. One can even say that the two contrast each-other, with the narrator being focused on reason as one of the most effective tools that a person can use with the purpose of experiencing success while the curate is obsessed with religion and has a tendency to associate every event that he comes across with religious teachings.

It is very likely that Wells wanted to emphasize the curate as an individual who was unable to keep his sanity in critical conditions. In addition to his fragile character, religion is apparently signaled as one of the reasons why he loses his mind. He is unable to put across rational thinking because he has the tendency to associate every concept that he comes with religious ideas.

Question 2

In an attempt to provide Einstein with an answer to his opinion concerning warfare and reasons behind this concept, Sigmund Freud underlined the idea that people are always inclined to resort to violence when they come across a situation where someone else puts across behavior that is in disagreement with the first person's interests. Humanity has devised laws and is unhesitant about employing violence as a means to impose legislations.

Freud emphasized that men are not very different from animals and that it should thus be no surprise that they turn to using violence in many situations where they are unable to resolve a problem through other means. By relating to how individuals were accustomed to using violence in order to put across their thinking ever since the beginning of time, Freud wanted Einstein and the whole world to understand that people were predisposed to using violence in spite of the fact that they lobbied with regard to how violence is wrong. Not only did Freud believe that people were prone to violence because of their barbaric nature, as he also believed that "killing an enemy satisfied an instinctual inclination" (Freud). It is practically as if Freud considered that people were even capable to kill someone as long as they believed that they would put an end to a serious threat by doing so.

Question 3