Social Values Demonstrated Through District 9 “The day the power of love over rules the love of power the world will know peace.” (Mahatma Ghandi) The pursuit of power has been evident throughout history‚ from apartheid‚ to genocide and also through the Holocaust. Within these examples it is also evident how power can corrupt. The director of District Nine‚ Neill Blomkamp‚ uses the character of Wikus to show how the fear of others can drive the pursuit of power to morally corrupt one to acts of
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Through the use of Aliens and Medical Experimentation‚ it is clear for one to see that Avatar is a more evolved Sci-Fi genre film than that of District 9. Although the aliens in District 9 do not have the typical green skinned‚ antenna‚ bug eyed aliens like shown in most alien based films‚ they do however share the same thought that aliens physically do not represent human forms and have ugly exteriors‚ thus making mankind feel good about themselves‚ whilst watching the film. The extreme close up
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Dominique Butler Dr. Frentz April 28 2015 District 9 As with any facet of American culture‚ race has always been a prevalent factor in separating people. In science fiction we see the same trend withstanding. Science fiction has ultimate coded the ever familiar and present “alien” as black. Known as the “other” in many SF texts. SF texts such as Ridley Scott’s “Alien” show an evident decoder for how white culture believes and perceives fear from the alienated lower-class blacks. Movies‚ which project
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the nobility of the human soul‚ and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all”. Through the eyes of a person living in an egalitarian society one may be able to view the excellent film District 9‚ as directed by Niell Blomkamp‚ as a gross representation of skewed humanitarian qualities. District 9 positions its audiences to reject the notion of unrivalled humanity as displayed by human beings and rather accept that others‚ who are may not be human‚ can also be capable of displaying civilised
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expectations placed on that person‚ and to help achieve the highest rate of success in their career. Nowhere is this more evident in school systems today. In such a fast paced‚ high-pressure atmosphere that is under the scrutiny of the public eye‚ a district employee needs every resource that is available to them to excel. Designing a program for a newly hired principal would encompass many different avenues. It’s been said that an educators learning on the job is a life-long process. This is true for
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alienated. In The Metamorphosis and District 9 the main characters‚ Wikus van de Merwe and Gregor Samsa‚ become isolated and lose their social power after they go through their metamorphosis and the aliens were isolated and didn’t have social power from the start. Before their metamorphosis‚ both Wikus and Gregor had relatively good statuses in society. Compared to Gregor though‚ Wikus had a lot more social power since he was chosen to lead a head investigation for District 9 for MNU. He exerted his power
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In the book “The Hunger Games”‚ the story takes place in an area called Panem‚ which represents a futuristic North America‚ and contains 12 districts that together provide for the people living there and the Capitol. The Capitol is the wealthier area and inside contains a huge arena where the Hunger Games are played. The Hunger Games is an annual competition including 12 randomly picked contestants plopped in an arena battling to the death held by the Capitol to remind the citizens that “the Dark
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them into Districts and reinforcing severe class separations. But their strongest tool to promote disunion and to discourage rebellion is the Hunger Games: a yearly event where two tributes from each district are pitted against each other for the country to watch on television. Katniss lives with her mother and younger sister Prim in District 12‚ the poorest of the districts. Ever since her father’s death‚ she has been the family provider‚ hunting illegally in the woods outside the district with her
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Image A Image B The viewer of District 9 would see Image B when the hand-held camera is tracking through the city of Johannesburg. The sign represents that the aliens are not allowed in any specific areas around the city restricting them off access to certain services. This is shown by the red cross going through its body and by using the word “only” makes specific reference to a specific race/species. This is symbolic of segregation as seen during the Apartheid era‚ which is shown in Image
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Both images show restroom signs that are discriminatory or prejudice against another race or being. In District 9‚ there is evidence of discrimination against the aliens or ‘prawns’. This refers back to the Apartheid Era‚ where White Supremacy ruled over the nation of South Africa and caused an unfair racial divide. The ‘white people’ were more privileged than the other races and were forbidden to integrate with said races. The above images assist in showing the similar social issues present in the
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