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Man , from our current knowledge of the world , is the most intelligent species on Earth . There is an interesting aspect to this : because of this intelligence , it is also man that can commit the most damage of any species , damage that spans continents and generations . War is an activity unique the humans among the earth 's species it can be said to be an intelligent ' activity

One curious point that we are reminded of in The Third Man is that war fuels the creativity of a society as a whole . Although not actually

br depicted in the movie , we get an idea from Harry Lime 's statement Don 't be so gloomy . After all it 's not that awful . Like the fella says , in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare , terror murder , and bloodshed , but they produced Michelangelo , Leonardo da Vinci , and the Renaissance . In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace , and what did that produce The cuckoo clock ' This creativity can be seen as one of the advantages ' of war , although , of course , this is far outweighed by the suffering that ensues in war

In The Third Man we can see that the American Holly is optimistic , while his European friend ' turns out to be involved in criminal practices that reflect the attitudes of war victims about the sacredness of life We see a world full of deception and treachery , where paranoia should be the norm . The third man is full of hopelessness in the cold war The Third Man starts with the hopefulness of Holly , but the movie quickly degenerates into hopelessness

The Third Man depicts a shattered (though stylized ) postwar Europe . In The Third Man , we see how war destroys lives . The disillusionment that war brings renders a people insensitive to the traditional concepts of ethical behavior . This is especially evident Harry the consequences of his ineffective penicillin does not bother him

In Two Women , Cesira and Rosetta struggle to survive in Italy , which is suffering from war . We see the typical dangers of war : hunger , rape death , grief , unhappiness . The explicitness of the rape of Rosetta is particularly disturbing

When Cesira and Rosetta decide to walk the rest of the way to San Eufemia , mother and daughter witness the death of someone from whom they have asked directions . As evidenced by the many cases of mental diss found in the victims of war , the trauma of witnessing so many deaths take a toll on a person 's mental health

War can render the human sensibilities numb death becomes an everyday occurrence , and this will have a lasting impact on people . In war , the reality of death becomes apparent and immediate . We see , as is typical in war , that virtually all the basic expectations one has of modern society becomes difficult to attain

Some psychologists argue that man is inherently violent in war this inherent violence surfaces . We see the loosing of mens inhibitions : rape and meaningless...