Kristine Faith D. Valle

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“A Reaction Paper on the movie: The Fly”

            I found the story of The Fly very interesting. It was about a loving father and husband, who was also a passionate scientist who created an invention that eventually lead to his downfall. It was honestly quite a tragic story. Despite this, however, I think that this movie sends a deep message regarding science and technology. Truly, as was proven by Andre, the pursuit for knowledge never stops and curiosity just leads people, especially scientists wanting to find out more about the world and create inventions for the benefit of humanity. Despite this noble goal however, may come deep consequences for the pursuit of knowledge truly does not come for free.

            The Fly focuses on the main character Andre, who can be considered a genius but more than this, he was also a dedicated family man to his son and wife. As the movie progressed, the character of Andre was revealed and it can be concluded that he was one of those scientists that really had a hunger for inventing things which lead him to create the machine that allows living or non living things to be transported from one place to another through molecules. This eventually lead him to be forced to kill himself, for the machine created a dangerous creature that can potentially harm other people. This proves that Andre is also noble, knowing full well the consequences of what he has created and owing up to it. I believe that all of these tell something insightful about science which includes all the new technology that we are experiencing in present society. As years go by, more things are being created for our convenience, and more people are curious as to what more can be discovered for the benefit of society. While this is something that should be encouraged, it should also be noted that all of these benefits have certain repercussions. Much like how, Andre turned into a fly and had to take away his life, we have to realize that all these new technology have bad effects on our lives, environment etc. From a small scale of being our distractions to a larger scale of causing wars and destroying the environment and killing lives, we have to realize the full extents of these things and make sure that we do not take advantage of it. More importantly, we also have to know how to reverse what wrong was committed so as to not harm other people.