Passivity is defined as “not reacting visibly
to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion r
or feeling.” To have emotion or feeling one must possess some level of
morality. When something has morality it is considered to be human…or in this
cause primitive. This blog is tough to explain because the apes are the ruling
power and they do not look for humans to be humanistic, but primitive. They look
for civility in the humans in order to consider them equal to themselves. Majority
of the apes do not want the humans to be equal so they bully and ridicule them
display their superiority. Through the prejudice displayed towards them, humans
must decide to accept the hardships bestowed on them or fight back. However it
will do nothing but harm them if they decide to fight back because that would
only support the ape’s opinion on humans. Why would the apes decide to live
equal amongst wild beasts?
Burton challenges the formation of a better
person through continuous conflict in this film. Cpt. Leo Davidson developed
the most through this film I must say. From the beginning of the film he was a
man who was hard on apes and pretty much a jerk however through the escalation
of the film he transforms into a complete new person. In the scene where he is first captured after
landing Davidson is introduced to the severity of how frightening the way
animals are captured can affect them. They are beaten , taunted and murdered
all to be captured and sold off. This experience makes Davidson somewhat
remorseful on the treatment of his apes. In the next scene where he is a
servant he is Attacked by Thade. Thade handled him as a carless human would do
to an unresponsive chimp.
Through the conflict Davidson faced a more open
kinder character formed. He evolved into a person that realized how one acts
today can affect the future In a severe way. With this film I believe that
Burton wanted to paint a picture of how humans today mistreat any and every
resource we have. This movie can relate to all types of harm we inflict but the
biggest one it speaks to is slavery. Even through the apes humans have are not technically
“slaves” they can still feel entrapped in the secluded environment we see as
home. We should respect the separation of wild and domestic things and leave
them as they are.
I find your post interesting and agreeable. Tim Burton switched the roles of superior and insuperior in an interesting way that made people look at things differently. Humans are considered the highest on the food chain and superior to all because of our intelligence, so it stands to reason that we could be whipped out or suppressed if an higher intelligence were to come into play. As you've said, this situation gives Davidson a whole new look towards apes and they way they are treated. If a new intelligence was to arise then humans would either try to control it or work with it, so if apes can be almost as intelligent as humans then why are they treated the way they are. It is like the way the humans are treated in the film.
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