2001: Space Odyssey Essay

In the first 20 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey you see a group of monkeys going through evolution. The first change you see is that of a leader. In the beginning, each monkey did their own thing, and was not bound to any organization whatsoever. The monkeys did what they want when they wanted. Then the change begins. A single monkey, by himself, rises to the top of a cliff. He stands and screams. The other monkeys notice him screaming and began dancing and rejoicing. They scream and jump around, in what appears to be reverence for their new leader. Stanley Kubrick shows the change very simply, yet its message is still very clear. The monkeys had never shouted as loud or danced as much as they had previously in the film. Their actions confirm that something in fact had changed.

The second step shown in these monkey's evolutionary progress is that now these animals appear to be goal oriented. Like mentioned previously, these monkeys had been......

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Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Approximate Word Count: 392
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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