The first scene that demonstrates the apes' refusal against technology is the one when Captain Davidson threatens Limbo with a gun and Ari's friend destroys it. He claims that Captain Davidson will use it against the apes. Here, he is threatened by technology and what an oppressed species could do with it. It also relates back to the idea that he wants to keep the humans inferior by not allowing them to have superior technology that would enable them to dominate the apes.
The next scene is when the group arrives at the site where Captain Davidson crash landed. Ari is surprised not only at the fact that the humans would dare to go anywhere near the water, but also at the device that Davidson retrieved from the lake. Ari showed intrigue with the device and was curious about everything technological that Davidson possesed. However, she never attempted to use any of the technology.
The final scene is the one in which the humans find the space ship. Ari's friend is reluctant to step inside, and Ari herself is hesitant but finally investigates the ship. She is curious about the ship, but again never attempts to use any of the controls or touch anything. Thus, the majority of the apes are threatened by the use of technology.
Throughout the movie, the apes do not agree with most of the technology used by the humans to the point where they even attempt to destroy it. The destruction of technology is mostly because they fear the rebellions that could rise against them if any other species advances technologically. The apes are curious about the technology, but never actually attempt to use any of the technology. Finally Ari's refusal to touch anything inside the spaceship further demonstrates the apes' refusal to attempt any betterment of their own technology. Consequently, the apes' denial of the advancement of technology demonstrates that they only see it as a threat against their own species and therefore deny any usage of it.
I find your point of view on the Apes refusal of technology very interesting. I too mentioned it in my blog but took on a different perspective. I believe that Ari's pointing out that the gun is a horrible invention only demonstrated that she understands that intelligence can lead to unnecessary destructive technology. I can agree with you on a certain level though that the Apes also rejected it to prevent uprising from the humans. Its like back when there was slavery in the United States they didn't put many slaves into manufacturing work where they could have access to weapons to avoid a rebellion. But I also think the Apes refusal of this technology was because it was a horrible invention that could only lead to bad, showing the negative side of human's technological advancements. For a real life example on my opinion we have now been able to develop atomic war fare that could wipe out whole continents at a time. Most people believe this to be only a negative dangerous advancement in human technology that causes us to live in constant fear.
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I find your point of view on the Apes refusal of technology very interesting. I too mentioned it in my blog but took on a different perspective. I believe that Ari's pointing out that the gun is a horrible invention only demonstrated that she understands that intelligence can lead to unnecessary destructive technology. I can agree with you on a certain level though that the Apes also rejected it to prevent uprising from the humans. Its like back when there was slavery in the United States they didn't put many slaves into manufacturing work where they could have access to weapons to avoid a rebellion. But I also think the Apes refusal of this technology was because it was a horrible invention that could only lead to bad, showing the negative side of human's technological advancements. For a real life example on my opinion we have now been able to develop atomic war fare that could wipe out whole continents at a time. Most people believe this to be only a negative dangerous advancement in human technology that causes us to live in constant fear.
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Olivia Turnage
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you Kelsey,Sydney your view on technology is very interesting. From reading your blog I get the understanding that because the apes did not agree with the technology when discovered they destroyed it. But why do you think that the apes themselves would not take their technology and further and use it as their own. You use the excuse that the reason they rid of the advance technology so that the humans won’t get out of line and take back over. But if they took away the weapons like you say they could have used this weaponry to make sure they stayed in charge. By this the humans would never have taken over. By this the humans probably would have been too afraid to escape outside the caged boundaries that the apes so called in charge set for them.
-Turnage,Olivia