Monster is defined as a strange and horrible imagery creature. They are the wild things which create fears in both the book and the screen. The fear comes from their enormous body, dreadful appearance, and tremendous power. However, the superficial terror is not the only one that gives people nightmare. The more drastic horror comes from the uncertainty of the monster’s origin and motivation. Where is the monster coming from? Why is the monsters destroying the society we live in? These questions always remain in our head. In Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong and the Japanese original version of Godzilla, King Kong and Godzilla are reminders to people’s action and they also contribute to the improvement of the society.
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Godzilla is another monster that jumped into people’s eyes after a catastrophe and was born with the culture of warning. It is a monster created by the atomic booming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the final stage of World War 2, the Japanese military was fighting using their last breath though the writing is on the wall. The obstinate resistance resulted in many allies’ death, so the United States decided to drop two bombs to protect their allies’ lives and to compel the surrender of Japan. Thereafter, the use of atomic bombs during the war is strongly debated. It ended the World War 2, but,a at the same time, the bombs killed countless innocent people and left permanent damage to the ecosystem. More than 100 thousands people were killed by the explosion and the cities were razed to the ground. About 10 years after the incident, Godzilla was created. Cohen claims in his Monster Culture(Seven theses) that “the monster is born only at this metaphoric crossroads, as an embodiment of a certain culture moment---of a time, a feeling, and a place.” It came out to correspond with people’s feeling of fear and anxiety and to remind people the harm of wars. In the 1954 version of Godzilla, the movie explained that Godzilla is disturbed by the underwater hydrogen bomb testing which symbolizes the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, providing the audience an understanding of Godzilla as a result of nuclear war. …show more content…
In both King Kong and Godzilla, the monster ends up being defeated by people, although the monster seems undefeated at first. In the movie, Godzilla is killed by a prohibited technology called “oxygen destroyer”. The manufacturer of this technology destroys all the research data and chooses to suicide in the end because he doesn’t want the technology to get into the wrong hand. The destroy of the oxygen destroyer is a symbol of people’s aspiration of getting rid of all the hazardous weapons, like the nuclear weapons. It also paves a new path to the future without these weapons and wars. At the end of the movie, people conclude the defeat of Godzilla as a victory, while, in reality, the nuclear explosion vanquishes Japan. Undoubtedly, the nuclear incident cast a life-long shadow upon the people, but, a decade later, people were trying to move on. As for King Kong, it was also killed by human’s technology---aircraft. However, this invention is not devastated like the oxygen destroyer does. The King Kong’s version of moving on is that people are developing better technology to become stronger instead of taking things as they are. When the King Kong falls from the Empire State Building and becomes smaller and smaller from the top view, we see the aircraft hovering around the building. Therefore, the monster signifies the past and the circling aircraft shows that people are moving on to develop better technology.
Monster is a warning
Admittedly, most monsters …show more content…
Godzilla is another monster that jumped into people’s eyes after a catastrophe and was born with the culture of warning. It is a monster created by the atomic booming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At the final stage of World War 2, the Japanese military was fighting using their last breath though the writing is on the wall. The obstinate resistance resulted in many allies’ death, so the United States decided to drop two bombs to protect their allies’ lives and to compel the surrender of Japan. Thereafter, the use of atomic bombs during the war is strongly debated. It ended the World War 2, but,a at the same time, the bombs killed countless innocent people and left permanent damage to the ecosystem. More than 100 thousands people were killed by the explosion and the cities were razed to the ground. About 10 years after the incident, Godzilla was created. Cohen claims in his Monster Culture(Seven theses) that “the monster is born only at this metaphoric crossroads, as an embodiment of a certain culture moment---of a time, a feeling, and a place.” It came out to correspond with people’s feeling of fear and anxiety and to remind people the harm of wars. In the 1954 version of Godzilla, the movie explained that Godzilla is disturbed by the underwater hydrogen bomb testing which symbolizes the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, providing the audience an understanding of Godzilla as a result of nuclear war. …show more content…
In both King Kong and Godzilla, the monster ends up being defeated by people, although the monster seems undefeated at first. In the movie, Godzilla is killed by a prohibited technology called “oxygen destroyer”. The manufacturer of this technology destroys all the research data and chooses to suicide in the end because he doesn’t want the technology to get into the wrong hand. The destroy of the oxygen destroyer is a symbol of people’s aspiration of getting rid of all the hazardous weapons, like the nuclear weapons. It also paves a new path to the future without these weapons and wars. At the end of the movie, people conclude the defeat of Godzilla as a victory, while, in reality, the nuclear explosion vanquishes Japan. Undoubtedly, the nuclear incident cast a life-long shadow upon the people, but, a decade later, people were trying to move on. As for King Kong, it was also killed by human’s technology---aircraft. However, this invention is not devastated like the oxygen destroyer does. The King Kong’s version of moving on is that people are developing better technology to become stronger instead of taking things as they are. When the King Kong falls from the Empire State Building and becomes smaller and smaller from the top view, we see the aircraft hovering around the building. Therefore, the monster signifies the past and the circling aircraft shows that people are moving on to develop better technology.
Monster is a warning