How would you react to an apocalyptic situation where the structure and order of society have ceased to exist? In the novel The Day of the Triffids, Bill Masen, a patient at St Merryn's Hospital in London, deprived of the need to see due to a "Triffid" facial injection, wakes up to a world devoid of normality. The majority of humanity was permanently blinded by the debris of celestial comets and the Triffids were released from their bonds, ambushing the vulnerable blind. A Triffid is a genetically engineered plant with carnivorous eating habits and the ability to move. This novel was written by John Wyndham and depicts a theme of conflict between necessity and morality that is important to the story in many ways. Necessity versus morality is the conflict that motivates the action, with the events of the plot and the ever-increasing sense of narrative tension throughout the book all being defined by the tension between the effort to maintain a certain degree of human morality and the need to put it aside. morality to survive. This theme has a profound effect on events, as there are two contrasting and opposing sides. There are characters who consider it their duty to help people without vision for a short time. On the contrary, there are people who choose to move in order to survive in the long term. The latter option is the logical move for those who consider and care about the survival of humanity. There are conflicts that result from people with one vision not conforming to the opposing cause, which impacts events. A reference in the text that reflects this is when Bill Masen witnesses this conflict near the University of London. He listens to Coker's speech, the content of which is disputed... in the middle of the newspaper... it's when Bill and Josella Playton requisitioned an apartment in London. Josella says: “I'm scared, horribly scared. Do you hear them, all these poor people? I can't stand it. This reflects the fact that Josella is aware that she could support a group of people affected by the comet debris, but she does not; as she is frightened by their desperate attempts to survive doing anything they can to survive. She is also aware that their attempts to help them would be in vain. She is conflicted, so she stays in her room, which causes tension. The narrative tension of events and characters comes together throughout this novel. There is an intense conflict between exigency and ethics that intensifies throughout this novel. There's the logical move to move out and reproduce, and then there's the option of staying and helping people in vain. Which side would you support??