Eternal Enemies

As we saw in “Eternal Enemies,” survival of the fittest can be violent, gory, and brutal. Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest is clearly visible and realistic as we saw throughout the movie. The question then is whether survival of the fittest applies to humans, and if yes, to what extent? Animals are instinctual creatures. Their actions are governed mainly by the instinct to survive, the instinct for food, the instinct to have offspring and get their genes into the next generation. As we saw in the movie, these instincts often drive them to physically fight, frequently to the death for these necessities. Do human’s do this? Human’s certainly compete, for jobs, for girlfriend’s/boyfriend’s, for the best house, for the best car, for the perfect family, the perfect relationship. Is this the same thing that was depicted in “Eternal Enemies?” I don’t think so. I think this is a form of survival of the fittest; however, it is a mild variation that has evolved from a much more brutal type that was prevalent years ago, back when we were a much more primitive species. The difference is today we don’t need to fight to the death over food in the grocery store. The availability of resources allows for an altruistic society in which not only do people not physically fight for resources, but often even give to those less fortunate.