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1. • • The Overlords also contribute heavily to the religious undertones of the story. Their physical appearance is that of the Devil of classic religious imagery—black-skinned, barb-tailed, leathery-winged, and horned. This appearance relates to their character and function in the story in a number of ways.
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   Why do the Overlords look like devils?

   • On the one hand, it is ironic that the Overlords look like devils, since they effectively take up the role of guardian angels—they step in to stop humanity from destroying itself with nuclear weapons or latent psychic abilities, and they miraculously intervene to rescue Jeffrey from the tsunami.

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   Are the Overlords a devil?

   • The Overlords, like the Devil and his aides, are cut off from “God” and barred from entering “heaven” for eternity, doomed to die in darkness. The Overlords, as the proverbial devils, both protect humanity from self-destruction and offer it a utopian Earth to live on, and yet, by the stagnation that comes with utopia, rob humanity of its soul.

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   What does the Overlords symbolize?

   • In effect, the Overlords represent a Faustian bargain: humanity can have health, wealth, and prosperity, but only at the cost of their spirit—that is, the thing that drives them to grow and progress. The Childhood’s End quotes below all refer to the symbol of The Overlords.

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   What was the original idea behind the Overlords?

   • The original idea behind the Overlords, as presented in the short story, was not that they were shepherds for the human race. The point of 'Guardian Angel' was simply the irony of having these beneficial aliens turn out to look exactly like our conception of the devil.

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   What does the Overlords symbolize in childhood's end?

   • In Childhood's End, the Overlords symbolize challenging preconceived notions and the nature of prejudice. The Overlords become much more than ironic symbols. They become tragic figures, forever stagnant and helplessly subservient to a transcendental force much more powerful than themselves, according to the analysis in SparkNotes.

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   Are the Overlords violent?

   • The Overlords are minimally involved, allowing states to govern themselves so long as they are not cruel. To the few countries who ever defy them, they are not violent, but merely demonstrate their power—in one case by blotting out the sun for thirty minutes, which frightens their subjects into submission.

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3. www.sparknotes.com › lit › childhoodsendChildhood's End Chapters 22–24 Summary & Analysis - SparkNotes

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   Jan Rodricks is returning home to Earth, eighty years after he left. When he had first snuck out of his hiding place on the Overlord ship, the Overlords had not been particularly interested in him. Once arriving on the Overlord homeworld, he was locked in a room for several days until Vindarten, an Overlord who could speak English, took responsibil...

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   Karellen explains what happened after the great announcement that humanity was coming to an end. He shows Jan videos of the children as they developed their powers. For some time, they limp about like savages until they begin to develop vast mental powers. At the same time, their faces become blank, as their individuality is eaten away. Slowly they...

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   Jan awakes one early morning and looks at the moon. To his surprise, it has started rotating—the children are testing their power. Soon, the Overlords tell him, the Overmind will arrive and assimilate the children into itself. The Overlords must leave, but Jan chooses to stay. Karellen asks Jan to record the transmogrification of the children as th...

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   Jan's trip to the Overlord homeworld has a very interesting literary parallel, although it does not occur to Jan and may or may not have been in the mind of Arthur C. Clarke. It is significant that the world Jan visits is not the Overlords' homeworld; it is a world that they have colonized and made into their base of operations. So, their situation...

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   When the Overlords finally reveal their appearance, they resemble the traditional Christian folk images of demons, with cloven hooves, leathery wings, horns, and barbed tails. Humankind enters a golden age of prosperity at the expense of creativity.

6. www.sparknotes.com › character › the-overlordsThe Overlords Character Analysis in Childhood's End - SparkNotes

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   The original concept behind the Overlords, in the short story, was not that they were shepherds for the human race. The point of "Guardian Angel" was simply the irony of having these beneficial aliens turn out to look exactly like our conception of the devil.

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8. www.litcharts.com › lit › childhood-s-endChildhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke Plot Summary | LitCharts

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   The Overlord looks like the quintessential picture of the Devil: 12 feet tall; black, armored skin; leathery wings; barbed tail; short horns protruding from his head. However, in those fifty years, the Earth has become a utopian world-state.

9. www.litcharts.com › lit › childhood-s-endThe Overmind Symbol in Childhood’s End - LitCharts

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   Although the Overlords, who bear a symbolic parallel to both devils and angels, seem at first to be god-like to humanity, the Overmind is in fact the master and the Overlords are its servants. This, combined with its transcendent, non-corporeal state of being, puts the Overmind in the function of an ultimate higher power akin to God.

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    Mentally gifted but physically barren, they insist only on global justice and order; they act to end wars, South African apartheid, and cruelty to animals. the Overlords all seem to be identical,...