Snowpiercer Analysis

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Snowpiercer an action packed film that depicts the leftover human race living on the Snowpiercer train. The train has a class system throughout each section (cart) of the train. The caboose holds Wilfred the conductor and the creator of the Snowpiercer. The additional top and middle carts occupy the upper and middle class masses. Finally the end of the Snowpiercer otherwise known as the tail resides the lower class individuals. The plot incorporates a rebellion against the lower, upper and middle classes, and the employment of the train. Throughout the film many different forms of communication and interaction are demonstrated. The movie presents a strong group context as well as communication as a constructive work, and the five dysfunctions in which normally arise within a group. The hostile film is a film in which creates a social reality that reflects our own social world with a sci-fi approach. …show more content…
According to Professor Koschmann an institution consists of a “rule-like status/of a system, an internal logic of survival, and a difficulty to resist.” The Snowpiercer has a rule like status because it contains leaders, high-end people, the middle class workers, and the poor. These groups are separated through the intuitions rules. The internal logic of survival is the way in which the train is set up through its classes. The train has to maintain a certain population so it doesn’t get overpopulated. Which thus leads to the lower class not being as well kept to, they are the way to cut down on the

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