Similarities Between Snowpiercer And The Veldt

The movie Snowpiercer and the short story The Veldt, have common themes that relate to America today. Even though the United States is considered a free country, there are rights that citizens are still seeking after. Some examples of these freedoms are: gay rights, women’s rights, racial equality, etc. The idea of freedom and what the end result of attempts to attain it look like are explored in both stories. Both writers depict how most people misunderstand what freedom really is. Joon-Ho and Bradbury suggest that attaining freedom cannot be done without authority, but is also hindered by authority. Both authors intend to show that a rebellion can sometimes be misguided by emotional connections to authority. The main character in …show more content…
Throughout the movie, the director allows the viewer to create an image in their mind for what the ending will play out like. He leads the viewer to believe, through Curtis’s actions, that once the rebellion reaches the front of the train and Mr. Wilford, that all the oppression will be gone. When Curtis finally steps into the eternal engine room and talks with Mr. Wilford, Joon-Ho shows a very different result. By eliminating all possible solutions to the problem, he addresses how a foreseen freedom does not always match up with the result. Joon-Ho purposefully withheld all the relevant information until the end so that the audience could feel what it would be like in Curtis’ shoes. By not knowing the reasons behind why the train was run as it was, the rebellion was in essence trying to solve an unsolvable problem. Joon-Ho displays that the only result is killing everyone, but two people, and trying to start over again. He is saying that there is not always a simple solution to a problem that will please everyone. With all the facts not on the table, a protest is useless. Joon-Ho uses Snowpiercer to point out that flaws of Americans protesting authority without knowing all the