A Weberian or Marxian Train Ride In Social Inequality class, we watched a movie called Snowpiercer the main characters were Chris Evans (Curtis), Song Kang-ho (Namgoong Minsoo), Jaime Bell (Edgar), John Hurt (Gilliam), Tida Swinton (Mason), Ah-sung Ko (Yona) and Ed Harris (Wilford). The movie plot is an engine that keeps a super-powered locomotive speeding around the planet, the depleted lower classes lived-in the rear cars (Curtis, Edgar, Gilliam, and many others) while the privileged upper classes are indulged in the front( Mason and Wilford along with others). The balance of power between the lower and upper classes begins to shift, however, when an enigmatic message sparks a revolt that cannot be quelled. When I was watching this movie
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Wilford at the end of the movie talks about balance for the train a scene in the movie is Curtis made it to the front of the train to finally see who Wilford is, when he makes it they talk about what the train is for and how it stays on track every year for the seventeen years it has been going on in saying “Everything must be in balance, food, water, air and even population must be in balance” (Snowpiercer). When Wilford calls down to the tail section where some soldiers are shooting lower class citizens to have balance in the train. When the men pick up the phone Wilford says “74 percent is still a go but let 18 survive because the 18 anniversary is a special one.”(Snowpiercer), it’s showing how much power Wilford has throughout the train. Wilford also talks about Curtis coming up here to the front of the train showing this is the “Curtis Revolution which is a masterpiece because nobody knew what proper balance was, anxiety, fear, chaos, horror and other emotion” (Snowpiercer). The power in the movie was showing the lower class people getting to the front of the train they felt like being mistreated, feeling like garbage, disrespected, not getting the right nutrients along with many other issues
Wilford at the end of the movie talks about balance for the train a scene in the movie is Curtis made it to the front of the train to finally see who Wilford is, when he makes it they talk about what the train is for and how it stays on track every year for the seventeen years it has been going on in saying “Everything must be in balance, food, water, air and even population must be in balance” (Snowpiercer). When Wilford calls down to the tail section where some soldiers are shooting lower class citizens to have balance in the train. When the men pick up the phone Wilford says “74 percent is still a go but let 18 survive because the 18 anniversary is a special one.”(Snowpiercer), it’s showing how much power Wilford has throughout the train. Wilford also talks about Curtis coming up here to the front of the train showing this is the “Curtis Revolution which is a masterpiece because nobody knew what proper balance was, anxiety, fear, chaos, horror and other emotion” (Snowpiercer). The power in the movie was showing the lower class people getting to the front of the train they felt like being mistreated, feeling like garbage, disrespected, not getting the right nutrients along with many other issues