![]() ![]() Immediately following the attack upon the man from another world, a menacing robot known as Gort appears from the ship, emits a laser from what would be its eyes, and disarms the dangerous government employees by disintegrating their weapons-even the tanks. This attack triggers “a chain of events through which the film broadcasts a stern warning against automatic hatred of anyone who appears to be different.” 2 “We have come to visit you in peace,” says the being, “with good will.” But when the being removes a weird-looking object from his suit, one of the government employees attacks the being-whose name is Klaatu-with gunfire, breaking the object and injuring Klaatu. Two hours after the ship arrives, a being in a suit steps out. Immediately, police and military troops are dispatched to the site, and they surround the craft, “supported by tanks, artillery, and machine guns.” As the reporter announces to his listeners, “Every eye, every weapon, is trained on the ship.” GradeSaver, 14 March 2019 Web.The film begins with a flying saucer landing in a baseball field in Washington, D. C., at 3:45 P. "The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 Film) Themes". Next Section Quotes Previous Section Glossary How To Cite in MLA Format Sexton, Timothy. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. The wrath of Gort is avoided only because one woman has faith in Klaatu to believe that the mysterious message he told her would stop Gort isn’t in reality a secret message that unleashes even more destructive power upon mankind. When Klaatu is shot a second time, he dies, but is brought back to life but his resurrection is shot-lived and he soon disappears forever. Carpenter as he goes about preaching his message. When he escapes from the hospital after being shot the first time, Klaatu adopts the name Mr. Gort is the allegorical representation of the wrath of God. Klaatu is the messenger of a possibly of everlasting peace. A prophet arrives from the heavens who takes on the human qualities of a Carpenter as he preaches a message of love and unity backed up with the always-present threat of annihilation should the covenant continue to be breached. Overlying the film’s timely political themes is a timeless spiritual theme in the form of an allegory. The dual shootings seem to imply that at best, the world will get only a second chance to avoid obliteration resulting from the pulling of a single trigger. The second time unleashes the wrath of Gort that is stopped only barely before the extinction of mankind. ![]() The first time he is merely wounded and survives. Klaatu is shot twice in the film, at the beginning and the end. Instead, the next world war-the final doomsday confrontation between the most powerful nations on the planet-will start with some nervous anonymous soldier with an itchy finger pressing just a little hard against a trigger. The film also slyly insinuates that as dangerous and threatening as nuclear bombs are, the war in which their detonation destroys civilization as we know it and turns mankind into the dinosaur will not start with a powerful leader metaphorically pressing the button launches the missiles. Why should everybody else have to pay the price because a handful of Americans and Russians couldn’t figure out how not to kill millions in the blink of an eye. Meanwhile, the rest of the planet was getting along not quite peacefully, but relative to the two superpowers pretty darn well. In the aftermath of Hiroshima, two superpowers emerged with the potential to unleash devastation like nothing ever seen before. Klaatu’s peaceful co-existence refers to other alien civilizations spread across the cosmos, but make no mistake: Klaatu is the movie’s representation of every other country but American and the Soviet Union. They have message to mankind: live peacefully like the rest of the universe unless you want to see the whole planet blown to smithereens. Klaatu and his big bad robot pal Gort arrive on earth for one specific reasons. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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