Fear In Cauaron's World

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Fourthly, Cuaron<s creation has a dark mood and an urgent tone, but also provides a relevant theme for modern responders: the British government rules his people by fear. England is ravaged by a civil war, brutal policing and immigration enforcement that demonstrate how the totalitarian government rules his power through terror. It keeps citizens in line and turn their opinion in a certain direction. In the movie<s case, the government is able to foster an extreme power over his population by mistreated immigrants and foreigners. Briefly, the film’s world resembles the worlds of 2006 and 2017, and especially connects to the theme of fear is powerful.

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