2001 The Dawn of Man

In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, created by Dr. Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick, the plot sequences that are symbolic. The section of the movie called ?The Dawn of Man? has many examples of symbolism. First, there are five things in ?The Dawn of Man? that show the endangerment of a species. Bones, the search for food, a leopard easily killing an ape, the frightened eyes of an ape during the night, and the …

…event that symbolizes the importance of a conjunction is the ape?s realization of tools. As the Austrioliopithicus curiously looks at the ravaged bones he remembers the conjunction, and takes a bone and triumphantly smashes the animal skeleton into pieces. As the ape is smashing the skeleton he imagines the kill of a tapir. This event represents the apes? enlightenment of defense, a new source of food, and more complex or human way of thinking.