mentioned can be surfaced. The film Contagion offers a progressive look at how society crumbles and reveals how people will truly act and feel in a situation that is life threatening (I.e. fear/ flight or fight). From the beginning of the film and ultimately towards the end you can clearly see how progressive the virus not only destroys our biology but also our society. Before the main sickness reaches across the world, we will see that the film makes us realize that this is our modern world and fully incorporates places across the world from United States to Hong Kong. In most cases our modern world we live and work together and play off each others strengths and weaknesses to reach heights of success that aren’t possible on our own. We …show more content…
In the film, Contagion, this is ever so evident. As the virus begins to spread you can slowly see society breaking down. I’d like to reiterate that the perceived fear these people are experiencing is heightened because they cannot tell who is infected or not. We see this shift from trusting your neighbors to locking your doors fearing of possible death. During the early spread of the virus people start avoiding one another and there is even possible introduction to placebo drugs like forsythia and we can see people in this film do whatever it takes to get the drug. Nevertheless, take a moment to think if the continual violence with one another is bringing any of them happiness when just two weeks prior they were saying “hello” and asking about their respective …show more content…
In the film the lepers even fear the idea of others, of outsiders. Silvia, a leper that Ernesto emotionally connected with, hated the world and resented everything about it. Yet, Ernesto was adamant about breaking that fearful way of thinking. He showed those on the island that they are not alone and he is not above them just because he has had better circumstances than them and it’s almost life taking to see their reactions. By doing this Ernesto is promoting happiness and you can see that from the first time we see the lepers to the last time they too have a source of happiness that is almost inspiring. See Ernesto has a problem with those in power. “Power strengthens and amplifies your interior focus. Being on the top of the heap makes you more focused on yourself, more authentic, and more confident in your own thoughts.” (Stillman) Ernesto realizes this and is shown that those persons in power use their powers in a corrupt manner and Ernesto is hell bent on changing this, mainly because he has walked a mile in their
Enrique and many other Central American kids have a hard life. They come to America where they think their mothers will magically solve their problems because their mothers are supposed to be perfect. Enrique and others realize this isn’t true and goes on to accept it. Migrants resent their mothers a little bit, but come to start loving them as the migrants did before their mothers left. Migrants also learn about life lessons on the trains. Migrants learn that people should not be trusted, but not all people are bad. The migrants just have to learn which people are bad and which aren’t. Migrants also learned that you shouldn’t have high expectations of everything and also that you shouldn’t put your problems on one person and expect them to go away. You have to figure life out on your own.
It describes the immigrants point of view as they sacrifice their most beloved things. Bodega and Chino risked their love ones in order to help other people and the community. Relationships throughout the story elaborated the sacrifice that they went through to better the community. The relationship between the Chino and Blanca demonstrates that they sacrificed themselves for the better outcome of their upcoming baby. Sacrifice was also demonstrated through the business in the community being overpowered by Bodega to ensure that the white supremacy did not change the Puerto Rican community. Sacrifices that the characters made affected the development of the community of Spanish Harlem. El Barrio transformed its bad reputation to a well-know and conservative community. People give up their most precious loving memories to ensure their or someone else
Enrique grows up pretty much an orphan living with his grandmother while his sister is put in a nice caring home. He is constantly being switched around from family to family and due to his drug problems, he is finally kicked out by his aunt for stealing her jewelry to pay off a dealer. The rich get richer and the poor stay the same is something that Enrique came to understand. He knew that in order to get out of this corrupt society he ...
In Small towns people take care of each other, and for the example of Brother John he had no family and was raised by a complete stranger to him. The son thinks to himself about Brother John’s mother-like figure, “I wish I could be a little more like them or Dona Paulina, looking out for other people.” (Munoz 4). This explains to us that the people of a small town look out for each other, making sure nobody is getting into trouble or danger. Being in this sort of community can be a little overwhelming, because as you are being cared for, you don’t to let anyone down, so you try to be as good as possible. The main character could almost feel as if he is letting everyone down in this town because of his sexuality, which should not be the case since everybody looks after one
“He tells Lourdes she didn’t care enough about her children to stay with them in Honduras. He berates Lourdes for leaving him with a father she knew was irresponsible “(Nazario 197). Even when Enrique travels all this way to be with his mom, he is still not able to forgive her for leaving him and thinking money could replace her presence. Enrique travels to the United States because he believes, by being with her this will automatically undo all the damage. The sad reality, is Enrique and Lourdes have become strangers to each other. Lourdes hardly called and when she did there were never answers that would satisfy Enrique. This is why when they finally meet each other, they have conflicts because they don’t understand each other. This is because Lourdes has missed out on Enrique’s entire childhood. Enrique and Lourdes are both upset; Enrique because it didn’t meet the perfect family expectations that he had fantasized in his head for all these years, and Lourdes would see her children as not being appreciative of all that she did. These wounds will be lifelong, meanwhile money is only temporary and can come and go as time
In Enrique’s Journey, Enrique had to witness many of these incidents occur to others. He has seen many women get raped, people get things stolen from them, people fall off the train
Eric believes that living an openly homosexual life in Paris is more satisfying, rewarding, comfortable and protected because his choice of life is widely accepted by the French society. In Paris, everyone feels comfortable. Everyone feels free to live his or her own life and not adhere to the rules that society establishes. Homosexuals have the liberty to walk down the street, sit in public parks and show affection towards their partner free of worry, without the fear of "alley cats". The people of Paris condone and support Eric's happiness, as seen in this passage: "I see that. You seem much happier. There's a kind of light around you. She said this very directly, with a rueful, conspiratorial smile: as though she knew the cause of his happiness, and rejoiced for him" (234).
The fight against the zombie metaphor within World War Z gives the reader a purpose for finding a way to hold on to hope, and to ultimately celebrate life, ideally a healthy one, itself. With the zombie metaphor referring to uncontrollable fears in today’s modern society, the thriller is a realistic speculation about an airborne virus entering the human species and spreading on a global scale. With influenza outbreaks being a familiar scenario within modern society, the fear of an uncontrollable disease sends shockwaves of fear through the human race, especially when a vaccine has yet to be found and distributed, as in the film. The fear of a viral infection spreading stems from the idea that people do not simply “give” another individual the virus; a virus is a form of life that evolves and mutates in order to survive environmental changes.
Throughout Enrique’s many attempts at successfully making his way by train to the border between the United States and Mexico, he has encountered people who were more concerned with stopping and harming the travelers rather than ensuring their wellbeing. Therefore this imagery during the journey part of the novel helps to provide the reader with the sense that not everyone in Mexico is out to get the people who are trying to obtain a better
In the short story The Ones Who Walk Away from the Omelas, Ursula Le Guin illustrates a community that is joyous. However, the community is torn because the source of their happiness is due to the choosing of an unfortunate child that resides in a basement under of the beautiful public buildings of Omelas neglected and barely ever eating. Le Guin explanation that although the people of the community are very happy, they are also very well aware of what is providing them that happiness. He writes, “all know [the child] is there… They all know that it has to be there. Some of them understand why, and some do not, but they all understand that their happiness, the beauty of their city, the tenderness of their friendships, the health of their children, the wisdom of their scholars, the skill of their makers, even the abundance of their harvest and the kindly weathers of their skies, depend wholly on this child’s abominable misery” (257). This unjust and cruel punishment this child must endure for the sake of the community causes an ethical dilemma that tears apart the community. The ethical dilemma forces the community to acknowledge their living situation and ask themselves: What is more important? Their happiness or this child? Thus, they must make a choice to either walk away from the life and community they have lived in for their whole life because their source of happiness is at the cost of a young boys life. Or, do they continue to live in Omelas and ignore the harsh conditions that this young boy is exposed to. In the story the boy is described as a six-year-old boy that is neglected, locked away in a dirty room, abused mentally and physically, and alone(Le Guin, 257). He barely has any fat on him because all he is fed is “hal...
“As long as Latino kills Latino… we’ll always be little people,” stated Ernesto Quinonez. This statement comments on the integration of society within an individual’s identity and it’s long lasting effects. The perception of who we are behind closed doors and who we are in public greatly influences our state of mind and our internal well-being. Throughout Quinonez’s Bodega Dreams, the reader can clearly see how one’s traditional culture and perception of private vs. public image is valued amongst the characters. At times, the reader may notice an internal struggle within multiple characters. The thought of going against what may be considered “normal” can be quite nerve-racking for
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
...better life. Despite these things, Elisenda was almost satisfied to see him leave. It may be almost human nature to be ungrateful, but in this example, Marquez explains the point of the story as the unwillingness of mankind to see what's actually in front of us.
...f those who walk away, the fundamental notion that Le Guin and her narrator favor the walkers does not ultimately stand true based on the reading of the text. Instead, readers are pushed to rise above our limited perspectives of what is right and wrong, and make the uncomfortable decision to stay in Omelas. What “Omelas” proposes is that utopia is not achieved via a perfect social science. Humanity progresses when it learns by means of its inherent differences and oppositions. Happiness does not necessarily mean a comforting conclusion that answers all the questions and ties up all the loose ends. Rather, happiness is not a fixed and realized end in itself. The world of the Omelans is one of subjective and socially constructed truths that sometimes exist without logical explanation and in direct contradiction of one another. Coincidentally, it is our world as well.
One of the most popular social networking websites today is none other than Facebook. People use Facebook in order to stay connected with their friends, family and the people around them, to discover what’s going in the world, in addition to share and express what matters to them. The Social Network is a film on how Facebook was created. There was a series of events, character development, relationships and a series of different emotions that are shown throughout the film.