The great debate of inequality is shown in this remake of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Homo sapiens, also known as the human race, are said to be evolved from apes. The closest thing to the human race are what they are called. Scientists say that the apes and the human race are only 0.6% different. We might as well call ourselves apes and apes might as well call themselves humans. Caesar, the main ape in the movie, was raised by humans and adapted well to the daily modern lives of humans. He acted like us and he dressed like us. To his family, the humans whom raised him, he was like them, nothing different. But to others, he was not one of them; he was seen as an animal, an animal that belonged with his own. Ripped apart from his family and contained in a cell with other experimental apes, Caesar saw the need to revolt and fight for his own freedom and his own type, the apes. We, the human race, don't like to be contained or discriminated on... so why must we do it to others? They may be apes but they're so similar to us. Some people believe that they human race is the most intellectual race there is but I beg to differ. Apes, us being evolved from them, are quite intelligent too. They can preform tasks that we deem to be impossible. So why must we look down on them just because they look different from us? The apes didn't ask to be locked up in cells and used in experiments so why are we keeping them from freedom? They have the same rights as anyone/anything in this world to fight for their freedom. I mean, that's what we did. All the revolutions we went through, all the wars, all the causalities lost... and for what? For what rightfully belongs to us, our alienated rights to be free. This movie shows us a glimpse of what we might do in the future to races that we deem less superior to us. Which I find ironic because once upon a time we revolted to fight for our freedom. And when we achieved freedom, we made a pact that we would not be like the people that looked down at us and that we would not strip anyone of their freedom. Boy, I must say that we're hypocrites; we first did it to the Africans and I wouldn't be surprised if we did it to apes in the future.
How will you picture a future where text is not allowed? And that books do not have a place. I know that I can't, can you? Well, I know people that can. The characters in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury lives without books. They can if they want but most won't because books are illegal. With the possession of books comes consequences. They live in a future where everything goes but books. Instead of saving lives and rescuing people from fires, firemen actually starts the fires but not to kill of lives but to burn up books. The language used in this book, especially from the fire chief, Captain Beatty, can be said to be manipulative. Since the beginning of the novel, Cpt. Beatty plays around with the mind of the main character, Guy Montag.He manipulates Montag into thinking what they are doing, burning books, is the right thing to do. He makes it seem like a good thing and that books do not contribute anything to the world nor the people in the world. Cpt. Beatty controls the mind of Montag, who is a fireman, and the rest of the firehouse to believe that his way of thinking is right and that it is the only way of thinking. You see... I don't think that it's right for someone to force someone else to think a certain way. Personally, I think that everyone has the right to think the way they want to think and if they're wrong about it, they'll learn from it. The good thing about life is that you get second shots at somethings and when you fail once, you learn from your mistakes, understand the consequences, and then you can start again. Like how people refer to this as turning a new leaf. Montag along with others should choose to think their own way and acknowledge books and understand them because they can bring a whole new perspective into their lives. I guess I'm really happy that Montag did and I'm proud of him; he should be proud of himself too :)
