...In the movie Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-ho, I will argue that the concepts used throughout are of those similar to the Marxist concepts and ideologies we read and talked about in class. In the film, the whole world has been frozen over after an experiment to counteract global warming goes terribly wrong. Only the few who are able to get on board the Snowpiercer, an invincible train invented by a man named Wilford, are able to survive. Much like the Marxist theory of economic determinism, in the movie, everyone on the train is divided up into sections and assigned a social position in order to create some sort of societal balance on the train. For the people closer to the front of the train where Wilford resides, they are considered upper class and are treated accordingly. As for the rest of the train, including Curtis the main protagonist, they are exploited and used to benefit the front half, ultimately having no say in the determining factors controlling their own lives....
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