The Shelter And Rdquo Analysis

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In a fight of desperation and anger, people who one thought were close, could very well reveal one’s real self. The Twilight Zone series “The Shelter” by Rod Serling demonstrates this proposal by celebrating a birthday laughing, having a good time, then suddenly friendships slip into a spiraling downfall. At the beginning of the film when the neighbors throw a birt4hday bash for Dr. Stockton, everyone is joyous and festive. Dr. Stockton turns on the radio after his sons request to find out their area was under was under nuclear attack, for everyone to gather supplies and take cover. Dr. Stockton’s family had a bomb shelter though no one else in the neighborhood did. Dr. Stockton gathers his belongings and family, and then heads down to the bomb shelter. With the neighbors having no other choice they begin to ask Dr. Stockton if they and their families may join them in this time of emergency. Stockton has no other choice but…show more content…
The UFOs were in fact satellites and there is no reason to take cover. The families paused in an awkward silence when finally they began to start apologizing to each other. Marty apologizes to Frank and states that he “went off his rocker and that he didn’t mean any of the things he said to him.” The neighbors suggest they throw a block party in celebration and “return back to normal”. Dr. Stockman states “he doesn’t know what normal is” now that everyone showed the horrible people they were on the inside. The Shelter incorporates a dual meaning in this short film, the physical bomb shelter as well as the emotional shelter that the neighbors came out of. In a time of crisis people who you once thought were friends may show their cruel, inner human. The Shelter was a short film that made me realize how people really can be and it is disturbing to think

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