Immigration Issues In Children Of Men

Children of Men, released in 2007, is a appealing story about the main issues we were facing at the time: mistreat of immigrants, politics, and prediction of infertility. Alfonso Cuaron, director of Children of Men, gave us the in-depth prediction of our world in the next 18 years. When human are not able to have baby anymore, civil wars are rising everyday which cause millions of people flee to other countries for help and the only stable country at the time tries to do everything to close their door with immigrants. The immigration issue raised an urgent alarm during that year--so there is no doubt this is a central idea in Children of Men. Illegal immigration has been a top issue lately. Developed countries would do everything in their …show more content…
James' apocalyptic 1992 novel, is a comprehensive view of the future in 2027. Everything in the first 15 minutes of the movie is chaos. It is 18 years after the last baby was born on Earth. From the result of human infertility, most nations have collapsed, but the British soldier on. People orient their lives in order to survive. The movie starts with a scene of London in November 2027. A bomb explodes in central part of the city. Along with it is an unbearable sound: “eeeeee”. “That's the sound of the ear drums dying.” (15:32). Julian said that when she tried to convince Theo to help get the “transit paper” for a special “fugee” girl named Kee. “Eeeeee” is the siren you hear after an explosion in movie. That is the sound of deaths. If Theo doesn’t help her, more people will die. These bombs come from the government to spread fear, to cause people to blame terrorists and rebel groups for their problems. Another scene is when Theo sits on the train. People along the railroad are trying to throw rocks at him. Under these circumstances, it makes people more and more angry with their lives. Janice, is Jasper’s wife, who becomes brutally tortured. I assume that the torture was to prevent her from revealing the truth about how immigrants are …show more content…
Their main goal is to fight for equal rights for every immigrant in Britain. In a chaotic world, when only one stable country remains, this should have been the world saver. But there is no hero. The government is too worried that it could threaten their country’s stability. Instead of treating them like human beings, who need of love and support, the Government send armed military units to hunt all of them down like animals. Posters mounted on buses and along roads announce, “To hire, feed or shelter illegal immigrants is a crime”. How the hell is that a crime when trying so save somebody’s life? We are all human and we have the right to help each other through hard times. Because of ignorance of the government, they have to pay the cost for what they have done. The infertility of women is God’s punishment for