During Michael Bay's futuristic thriller, The Island he challenges the mid-21st century ideas of a seemingly utopian facility. He explores the themes of drama, romance, sci-fi, action, what makes us human, search for self and advanced medical technology. The viewing the film it heightened the understanding of the novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox by intertextual references. In Mary E. Pearson's award-winning novel, The Adoration of Jenna Fox she explores the dangers and benefits of advancing medical techniques and technology as well as how far will a parent go for a child. She also searches for what makes us human along with personal freedom.

Water

The Island
During the film The Island it is viewed that water has a meaningful message …show more content…
It is portrayed as a positive and a negative. It is known that Jenna's grandmother is a strong faith orientated woman this encouraging Jenna to be baptised as an infant. In the Christian religion baptism is a religious rite symbolizing purification and a new life as it recognises the infant as a member of the Christian Church. Jenna also has multiple flash backs to childhood where she nearly drowns. This is significant as it symbolises the character's struggle in life. Jenna's struggle is self-identity and discovering who she …show more content…
The damaged wings indicate that the butterfly is a traveller and saviour. Butterflies are deep and powerful representations of life. Many cultures associate the butterfly with our souls. A soul is emotional or intellectual energy or intensity. When Jenna wakes form her coma, she rediscovers her soul this leading to a new life. The Christian religion sees the butterfly as a symbol of resurrection. When Jenna died she was reassembled and remade and resurrected from the dead then given a new life. People view the butterfly as representing endurance, change, hope, and life. By Jenna having hope and endurance it allowed her to succeed in her new