John Daryl B. Yu
2013-59515
STS X2
GODZILLA
There's
this show in National Geographic that evaluates the readiness of certain people
when an apocalyptic event happens like an EMP attack or an eruption of the
Yellowcake volcano. They have gone through the extra mile just to be prepared
when those happened. Although surely none of them has prepared for a monster
attack. The film Godzilla has shown
us how helpless we are when that scenario happens. Well of course, the film
exaggerated on the possible effects of our nuclear technologies. But no doubt,
it has an effect. One example is the bombing of Japan. Up until now, the
citizens from Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still affected by the after effects of
the bomb. Mutations were reported because of the great amount of radiation in
those 2 cities. It's kind of scary to think that 2 bombs can affect millions of
lives in a certain area even after the explosion.
Basically
that's why the film Godzilla was made. Japan needed inspiration that they can
get back up after that tragic incident. With the use of Godzilla, it portrayed
how Mother Nature has ways to balance herself. This fictitious alpha predator
was considered as the savior of humanity against those radiation-eating
monsters. The movie might be unrealistic but it has a great lesson in the end.
It showed us that nature will and always be in control and not us. Whenever we
try to control our surroundings there will always be effects that maybe much
worse than the benefits that we get from that change. We should be responsible
for every action we take especially when a great deal of people may be
involved. I just hope that there will never come a time when all that we can do
is ask ourselves the question "What have we done?"
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