The_Portrayal_Of_Nuclear_War_In_Hindsight

The Portrayal Of Nuclear War In Hindsight In hindsight, most scholars today believe that the Cold War, an era of mutual suspicion that resulted in a competitive arms race between the United States and the former Soviet Union after World War II, was unavoidable. During the fact, most Americans, (and probably most Russians) feared that Nuclear War, the apocalyptical annihilation of the human race through the use of the hydrogen bomb, was imminent. The intense atmosphere of trepidation was overwhelming to the individual and omnipresent amongst society. As astute social artist, writer Don DeLillo and filmmaker Stanley Kubrick were both highly sentient of this fear and reflected upon it in their works, Pafko at the Wall and Dr. Strangelove, respectively. Despite their commonality in theme, these two works differ vastly in their attitudes, one grave and one satirical; and it is this difference that indicates the contrasting feelings of the artist. The variation of personalities and symbolism of DeLillo’s short story Pafko at the Wall and Kubrick’s film Dr. Strangelove clearly show DeLillo’s sympathy and Kubricks abhorrence towards the prospect of Nuclear War. DeLillo’s characterization of John Edgar Hoover reveals his own acceptance of Nuclear War, whereas Kubrick’s depiction of all the world leaders signifies his utter disgust war, nuclear, dr, world, strangelove, kubrick’s, delillo’s, delillo, kubrick, own, both, works, wall, upon, prospect, power, pafko, old, hoover’s, hoover, good, general, form, film, fans, dead, 11, young, while, utter, united, triumph, towards, through, successfully, states