Avatar And The Left Hand Of Darkness Essay

Composers of science fiction texts attempt to explore the novum (Suvin) to simulate its consequences on the status quo. In doing so, a didactic message is revealed to provoke controversy and debate about possibilities for the subversion of humanity. Ursula Le Guin’s award-winning novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and James Cameron’s film Avatar (2009) – highest-grossing film of all time, augur the requirement for unity. While Le Guin excoriates the political and military tension during the Cold War, and Cameron – the armed conflict between America and Iraq, both composers ultimately satirises their social paradigms with the intention of promoting the necessity for social, political and cultural amalgamation to prevent a cataclysmic milieu.
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The over-the-shoulder shot from behind the Na’vi captures the ostracisation of Jake Sully. Ironically, the 3rd person shot from behind the Na’vi positions the audience against humanity, and thus a dichotomy is created. This notion is further reinforced by Mo’at’s cup analogy and litotes – “We have tried to teach other Sky People. It is hard to fill a cup which is already full”. The character development of Jake Sully and narrativity of Avatar is evident in the bird’s eye angle camera shot which captures the mise en scène and Cameron’s employment of geometrical shapes. While the circle symbolises totality, the centered positioning of Jake Sully with the Na’vi’s hands linked connotes unity and acceptance. This is mimetic of the negotiations and agreement reached between U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Khrushchev for the Soviets to dismantle their weapons in Cuba and return them to the Soviet Union, in exchange for a U.S. public declaration and agreement to never invade Cuba again without direct provocation (Cuban Missile