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The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel, written by HG Wells. It was first published in 1898. The story has been adapted many times. It has been turned into radio shows, movies, games, television shows, and comics.

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Who directed war of the worlds?

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Steven Spielberg

What are similarities between the monsters are due on maple street and the War of the Worlds?

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they both have aliens from outer space attacking earth. however, in war of the worlds, the humans band together and in the monsters are due on maple street, the humans all turn upon each other

Who is the main character in War of the Worlds?

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The main character for the movie is Tom Cruise.

The main character in the book by H.G. Wells is the narrator who is not named.

Where is the war of the worlds book banned?

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QAs a general rule or policy- the Church schools did not take kindly to science-fiction novels. Tarzan was knocked down for endorsing evolution and also implied inherited moral concepts ( which runs counter to the idea of Original Sin.) This only applied to the first novel, the origin story- Tarzan of the Apes.-but you know the churchigans- ALL STOP- all Tarzan novels were banned. I gather this extended to other forms of science ficrion as you mention the Wells novel. I know for a fact the churchmen kept popular science=fiction novels off of the school library shelves, they could not touch public libraries, naturally.

How does War of the Worlds radio broadcast relate to history?

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In the 1930s, war was on the horizon. The US had not yet entered what would be the Second World War, but Americans were concerned at the rising threat of Adolf Hitler in Europe. Hitler frequently made use of the mass media of his day-- mainly radio and film-- to spread his message and promote Nazi propaganda. American scholars and psychologists were concerned that the techniques he was using could be imitated by others, maybe even someone in the United States. There had been few studies of mass communication and media effects; this was because radio and movies-- or talking pictures, as they were then called-- were relatively new. Radio began to gain popularity in the period from 1920-1922, while silent movies were not replaced by talking pictures until the late 1920s. There seemed to be no urgency to study the effects of the media on the audience... until the rise of Hitler, and until another event-- the late October 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds."

Today, we know that much of what was written about the "War of the Worlds" broadcast was either a myth, inaccurately reported, or exaggerated. But it is a fact that many listeners who tuned into the Orson Welles' radio adaptation of an H.G. Wells science fiction story took it seriously. They thought the US was in fact being invaded by Martians. Some people panicked, some ran from their homes screaming in fear (a lot fewer people than were reported at the time, but still, some people were in fact fooled by how realistic the radio play sounded). This reinforced for a number of American scholars, psychologists, sociologists, and journalists that radio could persuade large numbers of people.

By the late 1930s, theories about the dangerous influence of movies and radio were being spread; radio took much of the criticism, since the Orson Welles broadcast was what had terrified so many people; there were even some newspapers calling for radio to be censored so that the public would never be fooled again (it should be noted that newspapers saw radio as competition for advertising dollars, and some of the anti-radio editorials were motivated more by a desire to see radio do poorly than by a desire to protect the public from misinformation). Of course, there was no proof that radio plays were dangerous-- many listeners were simply entertained and realized it was a Halloween stunt. But for some critics, radio (and to a lesser degree movies) needed to have limitations on it, so that some Hitler-figure couldn't use it to mislead the public. In the end, there was some censorship, but it was because of World War II, rather than because of the Orson Welles broadcast. However, as a result of the audience reaction to "War of the Worlds," more universities began studying the effects of the mass media. Some of the theories they came up with were not very accurate, but even today, whenever there is a problem in society, some people immediately want to blame it on the media, just as we saw in 1938.

What did the public reaction to the War of the Worlds broadcast reveal about the power of radio and the anxieties of the American people in 1938?

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Basically most people thought it was real and acted accordingly. The program was aired on the on Halloween in 1938 on local American radio networks.

Part of the program involved "news flashes", which were taken literally by many causing panic amongst some people who had tuned in late to the program and didn't realise it was a dramatization.

To put it into perspective this was the time between the First World War (1914-1918) and immediately prior to the Second World War (1939-1945); tensions between European nations were high and America was trying to stay out of what was considered an inevitable world war.

The story was based on a martian invasion of Earth by the author HG Wells, and was produced by the soon to be famous Orson Wells.

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What is the name of the priest in hg wells war of the worlds?

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During the original radio broadcast, there was no priest. There were the three announcers, Professor Farrel, Carl Phillips, Professor Pierson, Farmer Wilmuth, and three military personnel.

What were 5 important events in the book War of the Worlds?

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Main character introduction

People are becoming aware of the aliens

aliens invade

aliens finally die off

everything resolved & back 2 normal

Who wrote the scriped for war of the worlds?

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The War of the Worlds was written by English novelist H.G.Wells.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) wrote a number of well known science fiction stories. Wells and Jules Verne are considered the "Fathers of Science Fiction".

What is the narrator's job in War of the Worlds?

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He's a journalist for a London newspaper.

What strategy does Orson Welles use to make the radio play of The War of the Worlds more frightening for its audience than the book does for its reader?

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He makes the radio broadcast sound real using real time radio speakers and fake radio tranmissions from other radio stations, which are fake of course.

Who plays Robby in war of the worlds?

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Justin Chatwin as Robbie Ferrier .

What are 4 examples of figurative language in the book War of The Worlds?

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wriggling like a gray snake

windows of skulls

oter stuff thats not iportant

What is the name of song slim Whitman sang in War of the Worlds?

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The questioner may be thinking of different "space" films, most likely either "Star Wars" or "Close Encounters Of the Third Kind". In "Close Encounters" Slim can be heard singing "Love Song Of The Waterfall".

In "Mars Attacks" there are excerpts of "I'm casting my Lasso towards The Sky" and "Indian love Call". It is the yodel from "Indian love Call" that kills the Martians!! Although used in a humorous way, that brief introduction to Slim's music has led thousands of people to discover just what an exceptional voice Slim Whitman has!

How many pages is War of the Worlds?

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The War of the Worlds by H.G Wells has accurately 224 pages (but varies by edition). To be more specific, Book One: The Coming of the Martians has 17 chapters, and Book Two: The Earth under the Martians has 10 chapters.

Does The War of the Worlds voice Orson Welles' point of view?

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The Mercury Theatre production of The War of the Worlds is told from a news broadcaster's point of view for the first two-thirds of the broadcast.

This episode was Mr Welles adaptation of the H G Wells novel of the same name.

The initial point of view in the radio broadcast is that of the audience.