Compare And Contrast Zero Hour And War Of The Worlds

“One alien is a curiosity, two are an invasion” Ursula K. Le Guin. The two texts “Zero Hour” by Ray Bradbury and War of the Worlds by H.G Wells compare and contrasts characters reactions and the atrocious events. In Well’s War of the Worlds and Bradbury’s “Zero Hour” the characters during the invasions both felt worried and the events showed that life on Earth was under attack. To begin, both female characters from the two texts felt tense about the invasion. In “Zero Hour” Mink’s mother says “Heavens, Mink what’s going on? The most exciting game ever!” (Bradbury 246). Mink’s mother is wondering what is happening, she feels nervous about what her daughter is doing. Whereas in the text The War of the Worlds the woman states “ The sojers’ll stop ‘em, ‘said a woman beside me, doubtfully.” (Wells 268). This
The evidence that shows that life on Earth in “Zero Hour” was getting attacked is “ ‘THE EXPLOSION’, another explosion outside, the children screamed with delight” (Bradbury 257). In this text the Earth is under attack by the aliens in a neighborhood and the children felt joyful about this incident that happened. Different from The War of the Worlds where in this text evidence, “ The air was full of sound, a deafening and confusing conflict of noises- the clangorous din of the Martians, the crash of falling houses, the thud of trees, fences, sheds flashing into flame, and the crackling and roaring of fire…… (Wells 274). In this story the Earth is also getting invaded and a lot of commotion and destruction is happening and the humans and children are frightened by this event. These two events from the texts are similar with the same point but different actions. In Well’s War of the Worlds and Bradbury’s “Zero Hour” the characters during the invasions both felt worried and the events showed that life on Earth was under