The Man In The High Castle Essay
Recently, my Black Friday purchase arrived from Amazon. I had ordered a book titled The Man In The High Castle after being intrigued the series on Amazon Prime.
The Man In The High Castle is an alternate history series based on a 1962 Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. The main premise of the show is that the Allied powers lost World War II. As a result, the Axis’ invaded the United States of America. The series, which takes place seventeen years after WWII ended, shows the American continent divided into two countries and one buffer zone. Basically, the Greater Third Reich, run by Nazi Germany, consist of the states east of the Rocky Mountains. On the west side of the Rockies are the Japanese Pacific States, ruled afar by Japan. The Rocky Mountain area is a neutral zone, which separates the German and Japanese territories. Right from the start, I was pulled in by the scenery. No detail was left untouched. In one scene, a police officer helps one of the main characters, Joe Blake, and a conversation ensues. Blake makes a comment about the rain. The officer responds that what Joe thought was rain was actually ashes from the hospital, which was burning “the cripples and the terminally …show more content…
As stated before, the setting was very detailed. I felt weird seeing cities such as San Francisco be depicted with the flag of the Japanese Empire. The same goes for seeing the Nazi symbol displayed all over American buildings and media. For any series, no matter how far fetched the premise is, there will be some suspension of belief. However, the people making the show must make their show’s universe seem somewhat believable. In terms of world building, Man in High Castle hits the mark. I also think that the timing of this series helps add on to the believability. Yet again, that may be due to the fact that I see too many similarities between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler’s campaign platforms. My point is the series did a good
The Man In The High Castle is an alternate history series based on a 1962 Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. The main premise of the show is that the Allied powers lost World War II. As a result, the Axis’ invaded the United States of America. The series, which takes place seventeen years after WWII ended, shows the American continent divided into two countries and one buffer zone. Basically, the Greater Third Reich, run by Nazi Germany, consist of the states east of the Rocky Mountains. On the west side of the Rockies are the Japanese Pacific States, ruled afar by Japan. The Rocky Mountain area is a neutral zone, which separates the German and Japanese territories. Right from the start, I was pulled in by the scenery. No detail was left untouched. In one scene, a police officer helps one of the main characters, Joe Blake, and a conversation ensues. Blake makes a comment about the rain. The officer responds that what Joe thought was rain was actually ashes from the hospital, which was burning “the cripples and the terminally …show more content…
As stated before, the setting was very detailed. I felt weird seeing cities such as San Francisco be depicted with the flag of the Japanese Empire. The same goes for seeing the Nazi symbol displayed all over American buildings and media. For any series, no matter how far fetched the premise is, there will be some suspension of belief. However, the people making the show must make their show’s universe seem somewhat believable. In terms of world building, Man in High Castle hits the mark. I also think that the timing of this series helps add on to the believability. Yet again, that may be due to the fact that I see too many similarities between Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler’s campaign platforms. My point is the series did a good