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Karel Čapek segues from this point into short stories and newspaper clippings to tell of the eventual eponymous war with the Newts, as they come to be called, while sharply satirizing everything from Nazism to [[Hollywood]]. Oh, and he seemingly foretells the Munich Agreement, except Czechoslovakia is China, and [[Nazi Germany|Germany]] is the Newts.
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* [[Downer Ending]]: The ending seems to be this; Newts are about to take over the world, and Povondra is dying, guilt-ridden, as he considers himself responsible. However, the author then starts an argument with an internal voice, that tells him that he can't finish the story like that. He eventually envisions a war between the different kind of Newts in which they destroy themselves, and humanity can retake what remains of Earth.
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