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Mr. Marafino Hum 200

The Terminator The American sci-fi film The Terminator was filmed by James Cameron in 1984. A robotlike assassin is sent back in time from the future to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of a supposedly extremely important figure in the future. Kyle Reese is sent to protect Sarah from the terminator and his insane technological and indestructible advancements. The Terminator is thought to be dead at least three different times throughout the film, but manages to come back to life progressively looking less and less human each time he does so. Starting off the film looking like a human, walking amongst the people of Los Angelos as if he is one of them, the Terminator is essentially indistinguishable amongst regular humans. When Kyle Reese attempts to explain to the police officers at the station the gravity of the situation and what technology has come to, he is deemed to be “insane” and “crazy;” there is no possible way technology could reach the advancements he speaks of and there is no physical way that what he is saying is possible either. Sarah Connor’s feelings throughout the film begin with her seeming to be totally indifferent about life, almost as if she is just doing the movement’s to get it over with. Her life seems rather uneventful up until her first encounter with The Terminator. This first encounter and the intensity The Terminator brings is meant to shed light on the potential technology may eventually have on life as we know it. The fear mongers technique here is to exemplify the idea that technology should not and can not be underestimated. The Terminator coming back to life after being seemingly destroyed shows the invincibility technology has and how little power the

world may one day have over it. Technology may dehumanize the world as we know it resulting in a world centralized around technology vs. how it was prior to the 1980s. Sarah experiences this potential firsthand. Her courage and resilience throughout the film to persevere even when the concept of what is occurring is as abstract as it is develops her character into one that seems like she took control of technology and essentially terminated The Terminator....