Carlysle Funk
Seminar
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

The story Invasion of the Body Snatchers is told by one of the main characters who is a Mr. Miles Bennett. Dr. Bennett is the optimistic person of the group because he refuses to believe that something is actually up with people. Everyone in this town thinks that they are just under a delusion and it is perfectly okay. Turns out that it was actually aliens that have made copies of the original people and let the clone live the originals life. The aliens aren’t doing this in an invasion way they are doing it in defense because they are actually just afraid and doing this in a defensive way. 
 In my opinion, this book was very good for when it was written. The idea that for once the aliens fear humans and are not just invading is a good change to be able to see. That is to me what this book focuses on most because it states it in different ways that the pod creatures are just afraid and doing this in defense to survive.

 Also, in this book Dr. Bennett is the one who tries to warn everyone that the people that they thought they knew were actually just clones that the pod creatures copied. He even realizes that his own wife is being taken from him slowly along with his friends. This is of course after he finally sees and starts believing that something really is wrong. So then the struggle to get them all back starts getting tricky. This is kind of a traditional move that all horror/sf movies seem to follow where there is always that one person that doesn’t believe is always in denial and doesn’t believe when they are 9/10 the best one that could actually help. So in that way and a few others it is traditional.
 Another reason I enjoyed this book so well is that also it is not just a shoot em’ up movie. Usually now a days if there is an alien movie then as soon as the humans see them they are afraid and some fight but in this one it is the aliens that are afraid of the humans.

 Humans in this book value their pride and want their family and friends back and will not stop at any cost to get them back. They also find out that after they duplicate everything they will then just live out their lives and after they die then just move on to a different planet because they cannot reproduce.

The humans are so determined to exploit the aliens to the ones who have yet to be duplicated and they continuously attempt to do this that eventually the aliens just leave. Due to their persistence and bravery to continuously. In real life  that’s how we would like to react if that was to ever happen but more than half of us would just run and hide.

References

 Finney, Jack. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. New York, NY: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1998. Print.