Invasion of the Body Snatchers
... Allegory, defined as the story in which people, things, and events have a symbolic meaning, is the basis of Jack Finney’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and here, characters and occurrences are used to represent the world’s influences and show the adoption that is made whether it be positive or negative. ... Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a science fiction book dealing with the transformation of pods taking the form of the people in a town called Mill Valley. ... He brings Miles and Becky to his house to show them a body lying on the pool table in his basement. There is something especially different about this body though; it looks as if it is not real or complete. ... They inspect this body by taking fingerprints, which show up blank. These blank fingerprints prove that the body has no distinctive traits, and no personality. ... They realize that they do not have enough power themselves to stop the life forms from complete invasion, “we’ve got to do something; we have to find a way to reach people who can act? ... This proves that conformity is more than human nature because surely human nature would not persuade one to harm their body, but it is something much greater, like an instinct. The underlying moral in Invasion of the Body Snatchers has to do with being cautious of rumors. ... They somehow trusted what seemed so unreal; they knew that the body they had seen on Jack’s pool table was real and not just an illusion. ... The theme of communism in America goes along with the contagion of rumors in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. ... In conclusion, the science fiction novel, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, exposed morals and indications of distress taking place not only in the book itself, but also in the world. ... As anyone can see Invasion of the Body Snatchers entertains us because it corresponds to our lives.