War With the Newts is
very compelling to me because it’s basically a cycle of two different species
fighting against each other. Captain Van Toch is mildly obsessed with these
lizards at the beginning of the story. He uses the lizards to get clams that he
can take the pearls out of. He makes a big production out of it. After he dies the
newts become a bigger production. There are then millions of newts and everyone
knows about them. By being around the humans and basically being abused by them
they are able to catch onto the ways humans live. They pick up on many important
things especially how to rule. For example: when the newts fight against the
British on Coco’s island. The British respond by fighting back firing their
gunships. As the humans abuse them they fight back and destroy most of the
human race. Ultimately they start to rule and make humans basically their
slaves. If this situation is considered and well thought out it comes to the
conclusion that the newts will not be able to rule forever. Eventually the newt
production will slow down since they gained power and the humans will begin to
fight back with the newts. As the humans fight back they will eventually catch
up and rule once again. This is an ongoing cycle. As said by the author in the
last chapter, the situation just explained may not happen but it was just an
idea. It’s very reasonable though.
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