Analysis Of Mr. Robot

My paper examines Mr. Robot and how it is a source of social commentary. Mr. Robot is a network television show originally aired in 2015 that stars Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, a cyber security engineer that excels with computers, but struggles with personal interactions and expression of emotion. To help with his issues in relating to the people around him, Elliot turns to drugs to keep his thoughts straight and his mind focused. Though Elliot is the main character, his primary actions are ultimately decided by the hacking group called “F Society” that Elliot joins in the first few episodes of the show. The goal of the group: complete cultural and governmental reform. The name of the hacking group alone, F Society, is a hint to the fact …show more content…
This has become such a hot spot of social commentary that many films have focused entirely on the related events and stories (i.e. Snowden). Government agencies, specifically the NSA (National Security Agency), have been bashed and untrusted do to the unveiling behind their terrorist hunt tactics. An argument of privacy versus public safety has sparked among the chaos of governmental fear. Citizens want to be safe, but they want to have what this country was built on, freedom. Freedom doesn’t seem so great when it is transparent, and Mr. Robot reflects that feeling. The characters in the show had a sense of fear and uneasiness when it came to the power the government and E-Corp had. Everyone and their mother were customers of the E-Corp industry, it wouldn’t be hard for data to be taken from every user and given to the government. Elliot, along with many other characters, wanted this privacy lacking society to take a stand and change the world they lived in, but Elliot was affected by his fear more than he could control on his …show more content…
As with marijuana usage, many people argue for a nationwide law to make gay marriage legal. This isn’t as evident in the plot of Mr. Robot but there are still some minor references to it. Before joining F Society, Elliot worked as a network analyst at a small computer security firm called AllSafe. Elliot’s boss, Gideon, was discovered to be homosexual when the audience follows Elliot to a dinner party he is invited to. From that point on, there were many subtle references to the mindset and personality that Gideon had that were determined from the sole fact that he was gay. The show never blatantly displayed their stance on gay rights, but they showed enough footage that would get the audience’s pot