In the past, individuals have always fought for universal human rights, regardless of their sex, nationality, ethnic origin, religion race or even language. The universal belief that all people are entitled to human rights like the right to life, liberty, freedom of expression, right to food and right to work, are commonly regarded amongst people as being essential for human fulfilment. However, the absence of these rights always leads to an uproar, in many cases leading to a revolution or rebellion. In this essay I will examine the overall shift in social balance in
Bong Joon-hos film, Snowpiercer using Pierre Bourdieus theory of habitus, Harvey Whitehouse’s theory of memory, Carl Jung’s concept of archetype and Arnold van Gennep’s rites of passage model. This analysis will show that a key message portrayed in the film, is that is crucial to realize the flaws in regulated human ideologies of order, and to understand the importance of maintaining social balance in a system and how easily it can be disrupted. Through the course of the film, it’s evident that a social class welfare system exists onboard the train. With the tail of the train being the lower class, and as progressing forward being the higher class. Being in the lower class, imposes individuals to a lack of resources and available amenities. Their cultural context limits them to fully satisfying their needs and in return forces them to adapt and practice their lives in respect to the social world around them. This concept is supported by the theory…show more content… In the end it was Wilfords idea that everything ceased to be in place however everything was out of place. The end wasn’t nature that had killed humanity, it was the hubris that they had succumbed to that ended
