In a similar manner that the comedic film termed as Dr. Strangelove includes convectional genres as per their time of publication, the Slaughter-House Five also incorporates fantasies, memoirs, autobiographies and science fiction. For instance, whereas the novel is based on the fantasy of time travel describing people being struck at it, the movie analysis the elements of cold war in a satirical manner by describing the doomsday device made by the Russians. Vonnegut perspective was against the warmongering apparent in the society like Kubrick movie. They were both based on an assumption that a superior power would create fear towards war. The presence of mass destruction device was to prevent the Americans from booming the Russian as per the movie settings (Dr. Strangelove; or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, 1963). Similarly, the Slaughter-House Five use time travels as a way to hide the lost or moved prisoners of war like Billy, which makes nations to fear the capabilities of each other (Vonnegut, 2003, p. 34).
Stereotyping is an apparent features been the book titled as Waiting for the Barbarians as in the subject film. The film establishes a setup where people during the cold war fear each other. It includes Russian, British, and American artists where the American are set as the super powers to fight any country trying to overrule the sovereignty of other small nations. Even with sure limitations and knowledge about the effects of the boom, Russia and USA proceeded to form and test the nuclear warfare. It would be controversial to understand why people loved such deadly weapons against each other. The movies has been introduced during this period where most people are subjected to fear and uncertainty where the Dr. Strangelove is a president's adviser presenting a satire from a deadly occurrence. The artists are friendly with each other as their countries fight. Furthermore, the perspectives relayed by the movie can harbor distinct understandings in different people. On the other hand, the women have been objectified and sexualized in a way that would lead to misunderstandings within the contemporary literature. On the other hand, there are stereotypes within the novel by Coetzee. For instance, the barbarians are seen as dirty, smelling and uncivilized people. They are people who are not valued. In fact, the colonel Joll could not differentiate between a bandit and a normal fisherman (Coetzee, 2007, p. 61). When trader claimed that they were robbed by the barbarians, every person became liable to punishment and torture ().
The setup of Henry V is similar to the Dr. Strangelove in various ways. For instance, the literature, both availed leaders asking and president in France and the USA respectively to control war. The King in Henry V is determined to keep people motivated and abiding to his demands. Similarly, the president retains a war motivates to render Russia unable to deliver any future wars. While the Russians are developing the fantasy story about the doomsday devices against nuclear war to prevent the bombing of the American, Henry V tried to woo a French princess in order to build better ties for their countries (Woodcock & Tredell, 2008, p. 44). Although this outcome does not pull on due to their language barriers, the trial went through when the French King adopted Henry. These two setup avail similarities as they both try to solve a predominating fear among them. The countries or nations are trying to neutralize each other fears in case of war. They all have a similar problem to solve.
References
Coetzee, J. (2007). Waiting for the barbarians. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff.
Dr. Strangelove; or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb [Motion picture]. (1963). Hawk Films. Released by Columbia Pictures Corp.
Vonnegut, K. (2003). Slaughterhouse 5. Caedom.
Woodcock, M., & Tredell, N. (2008). Shakespeare: Henry V. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
