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Detailed explanation-1: -"The Birds” is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection The Apple Tree.

Detailed explanation-2: -"The Birds” is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in her 1952 collection The Apple Tree. It is the story of a farmhand, his family, his community, and all of England, under attack by flocks of birds in kamikaze fashion.

Detailed explanation-3: -Daphne du Maurier illustrated this dramatically with her 1952 short story, The Birds (more known today as the 1963 film by Alfred Hitchcock).

Detailed explanation-4: -As a fable of humility, “The Birds” condemns humanity’s hubristic belief that we can control the world around us. Building on the theme of man vs. nature, Du Maurier’s tale rejects the notion of humankind as the master of nature, instead suggesting that any belief in human superiority to nature is foolish and doomed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Her novels ‘The Birds’ and ‘Rebecca’ provided the perfect blend of moral complexity and Gothic drama. It’s no surprise that filmmakers have flocked to Daphne du Maurier’s stories.