2001 Discovery
...obvious indication of this is the transition of the resonant image of a rotating bone tossed in the air to a space satellite from earth. This suggests that although technology is a complex tool, humanity is still in a primitive stage. Also, Australiopithicine misused their tools just as humans have the ability to misuse their tools. For instance, Group 1 uses a simple bone to savagely kill an Australiopithicus from Group 2. Moreover, technology can be a threat between Americans and Russians if humans do no use technology properly. Therefore, humans seem to have conquered many challenges since four million years earlier, but humans have not yet conquered their primeval instincts. These instincts indicate man in both eras is essentially the same aggressive creature with savage impulses. Next, both segments of 2001: A Space Odyssey portray conflicts with territory. For example, in “The Dawn of Man” Group 1 and Group 2 fight over the possession of the waterhole. Additionally, in “Discovery of the Monolith” the Russians seem suspicious as to why they were denied permission for emergency landing of a rocket bus at Clavius, which is the United States moonbase. In both cases, man tricked or tried to deceive his enemy to advance in possession or knowledge of territory. For instance, Group 1 in “The Dawn of Man” brought a weapon to the second invasion of the waterhole knowing that Group 2 was unaware of the weapon and was completely vulnerable. Also, the Russians try to seem innocent when they question Dr. Heywood Floyd by mentioning an emergency landing and a violation of the I.A.S. convention. In fact, the Russians had no emergency landing at all because if the landing was a real emergency then there would be no possibility of the Americans being able to communicate with the rocket bus. On the contrary, the Americans created a cover story to give the impression there is an epidemic at Clavius. All in all, this evidence from “The Dawn of Man” and “Discovery of the Monolith” show man’s unchanging deception for their own kind. Finally, both eras shown in the movie have distinguished and dignified leaders. We first see the leader in “The Dawn of Man” when the monolith suddenly appears because only one Australiopithicus is brav...