What view of war is presented in micromegas?

a) it is a necessary evil.

b) it is senseless and brutal.

c) fewer lives would be lost with alien technology.

d) the french should not be pacificists.

The correct answer is B) It is senseless and brutal.

Micromégas is a Sci-fi story by Voltaire. It tells the story of a giant that comes to earth from a distant planet. The story shows of the thought of greatness and the arrogance of humans. He even says “perhaps those who live here are not sensible people”.

In the story he talks about how wars are senseless: “do you know that as I am speaking to you, there are one hundred thousand fools wearing hats, who are killing one hundred thousand other animals wearing turbans, or in turn are being massacred by them?” “They are fighting over a few piles of dirt as big as your heel”.

c, his tragic flaw to cause his downfall