Planet of the Apes was a reflection of human society of having a certain superior group treat a another group like animals or objects. How the apes treat the humans and them being afraid of them becoming as intelligent is a reflections of certain cultures in societies. It can be compared to how African Americans have treated in the United States for hundreds of years as well as how women have been treated in the Islamic world for thousands of years.
However the apes have a reason for their hate towards human. We find out at the end of the film that the planet of the apes is actually Earth and the humans destroyed their society by nuclear weapons which caused some areas of the planet to become lifeless desert. The apes believe that human's intelligence and violent nature caused them to use nuclear weapons thus almost destroying the planet. This belief causes them to try their best to restrain humans from learning so such a disaster won't happen again.
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