Snowpiercer: A cue for Social Revolution

Snowpiercer and Social Revolution

The general intake acquired from the movie ‘Snowpiercer’ is the unjust behavior the lower class experience by the upper class. Further analysis of the movie ‘Snowpiercer’ comments on the social, political, and economic constructs of societies around the world and it’s problems regarding class systems.

I agree with this article’s interpretation of the train symbolizing the world and the ‘freeloaders’ being restrained by contemporary societies resulting in little social progress. An interesting point the article makes regarding the people from the tail section of the train is that they symbolize the “slums” of the third world and that the empty cars within the train indicates the great distance between the wealthy and the poor. The article continues to create connections between each section of the train to an aspect of contemporary society. Finally ending the segment on the engine at the very front of the train conveying the “perpetual motion” of contemporary society and how it will remain implemented through generations after generations if the structure is not destroyed. The article also comments on the significance of the main characters as well as the acts of revolution. Both the article’s and my interpretation have a similar understanding on the ‘Snowpiercer’ act in creating a parallel to the societies around us helping us “see” the harsh reality of our worlds.

I was reading another article called “How to Understand Snowpiercer” and an important piece of information that helped me gain a better understanding about the social constructs in the movie is to view it as a “parable of Darwinian economic and political determinism.”