Twilight Zone pretty much applies to everything in humanities so far, so I have clip of one of my favorite episode: "Nightmare at 20,000 feet." I really wanted to find one episode called "Stopover in a Quiet Town," but unfortunately it is not loaded on any video site, so I cannot post it. The reason I wanted it was because someone in my class mentioned, during our discussion of reality, "what if we really are just like dolls to other people?" This episode explores that idea and a these people roam around deserted towns, etc. with the background noises of a child's laughter.
But this episode also challenges reality. Sorry about the quality. It's not that good, but it was the best and shortest video clip I could find that got the point across. Of course, if you're really interested, it's posted in three parts (in its entirety) on youtube.
So who dictates the reality in the video? Does the man actually see what he sees or is it a hallucination? How could he possibly prove that what he sees is real?
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5 comments:
First off, WOW THAT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE!!!
I do believe that it is some sort of hallucination just because no one else can see. For him to prove its existence is pretty tough. It would require him to have some sort of proof of its existence such as a picture. It's probably the best way for other people to believe him.
It's funny how for the last unit someone posted a twilight zone entry, then mr.langdon showed us an episode, and now another video is posted; this show relates to everything! Anyway, i think that what the man saw was really there and the "monster" made him think he was going crazy by only letting the man see him resulting in everyone else thinking the man has a problem. If the last shot was of the wing of the plane being bent doesn't that mean that something was really on the wing?
It might be real, it might be schizophrenia. The problem with it being real is exactly that, that you have to prove that it is really real. people need visible material in order to beleive each other, which was what happened in platos cave, where a guy was freed and then killed. Maybe that was the real world and the other people in the plane didnt notice it because they were not of a higher calliber thinking capacity. Maybe he people did see what was going on there in the plane and outside, but was unable to comprehyend such a coplicated material. If he was schizophrenic, there should have been episodes or something that triggered it before.
i think that it was a hallucination because no one else could see. i don't think that he would be able to prove its existence though. you have to prove that it's real first in order for other people to believe him.
If I recall correctly, there were episodes that triggered it before. Ive seen the episode on multiple occasions so i didn't feel like rewatching it again.
Anyway, I think that the "monster" character dictates the reality in this episode. He reveals himself to the man but not to anyone else because he chooses. There is no proof that he existed. The bent wing will probably be passed off as something else, despite what the narration tells us. In the Twilight Zone, the main character is always worse off at the end. In this case, that would be achieved if the world never knew what happened.
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