By first indicating to the reader what is deemed normal, Wells will be able to better demonstrate "the other" later on. Next, Wells uses imagery to evoke the fear and havoc "the other" is capable of creating. He describes the physical appearance of the extraterrestrial as "something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick. wriggl[ing] in the air" (Wells 19). This deviation from what is expected causes much pandemonium as "a loud shriek [erupts] from a woman behind. astonishment giv[es] place to horror on the faces of. people. [and] ungovernable terror grip[s] [the] [narrator], [who] [is] petrified and standing" (Wells 19). Although the Martian itself is of fairly small size and has not done anything to provoke the spectators, due to its differences, they automatically assume that it is a threat. The narrator himself is overcome with an uncontrollable fear and is unable to act rationally under the circumstances. Ultimately, Wells exemplifies "the other" through the narrator's inexplicable fear of death. Following his second encounter with the Martians, the speaker realizes that he is "upon this dark common, helpless, unprotected and alone" (Wells 25). An indescribable fear rises up inside him, an irrational "panic terror not only of the Martians. [but] of. mysterious death [that]. would leap after [him]. and strike [him] down" (Wells 26). No one has knowledge of the afterlife; whether or not there is life after death is unknown. The narrator's fear of this "other" uncharted territory resonates deeply within him and he runs for his life without restraint. .
The notion of "the other" is also present in Hitler's views during the Second World War. Firstly, Hitler used "the other" in propaganda to depict the Jewish people as an all-powerful, mysterious group of people responsible for the war.