Personal Responsibility In The World Of Wall-E

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The world of Wall-E is one where humans take no responsibility for anything. They leave robots to do their work for them, this even means leaving the Earth they have destroyed and making robots clean it up for hundreds of years. Humans showed no care for the planet while they were on Earth and it became an inhabitable landfill. The outcome would have been very different if people tried to do their part as a person on Earth and help with keeping it clean. Instead of doing all the things humans could have done to help the Earth they left it up to robots. That is only the beginning of it though. Humans do not know how to survive without robots, they spend their lives sitting on hover chairs looking at screens. The robots are the ones who maintain …show more content…
It is strongly shown in the movie. The robots have more humanity than humans. The robots have everyday jobs so they grow traits. Wall-E, for example, is adventurous and curious, he is even a Hufflepuff. He also has a soft spot for EVE. Other robots are not as good-hearted. Having responsibilities and knowing information can make them act in unsuspecting and evil ways. This becomes a problem for the humans. Since they have no responsibilities to deal with on a daily basis they do not need to know any information. Which in the end causes …show more content…
With this responsibility, he gained the knowledge of what Earth used to look like and what it looks like now. The captain pulled himself together to do the right thing and work with Wall-E and EVE to get the plant back to go home. He ended up making some of the biggest decisions in the movie. One of the things included turning off the autopilot to save everyone on the ship. The captain made the decision to tell everyone what was going on, this started to bring people to their senses towards the end of the movie. While the robots are throwing the ship around you see the true colors of other humans too. There is a human, Mary, who save a bunch of babies by her and a man creating a barrier to stop them from falling on the side of the ship. These two humans were the first two to get off their screens and look around, giving them a sense of responsibility and being before anyone

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