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Metropolis

     While watching this film I could not help but notice the similarities in society during the 1920s to modern day.  During this film society was structured to have the working class live in the depths and work day and night while the upper class live in the above city with beautiful views. Although todays society is not as strictly structured this way, there is a working class and an upper class that live completely separate lives similar to this. Because of this divide I believe the working class is more heavily influenced. In the movie we saw how angelic Maria was preaching to the working class in a religious way and the people followed and listened to her. When the "bad" Maria or the robot Maria came to life and was out to destroy the city the working class listened and follow her just as easily as they did before without even questioning the motive. I believe that these people who are put in the working class living in harsh conditions need someone and something to believe in even if it is wrong or rebellious. In todays society we see how easily the young generation and working middle class people are influenced which is mainly through social media. Whether the aim is appearance, career, fame, or religion people are constantly looking at the upper class and working to obtain their lifestyle or things that they own. This makes the working class targets that can be easily manipulated, exactly what the mad scientist did in order to destroy Joh's city. 

    I also noticed how it took the city burning down and being destroyed in order for the upper class and Joh to see how wrong they were. Without such a big catastrophic event happening in their lives would there have been any change? Any realization that their society was unfair? This makes me think of todays society when large events are almost forced to occur in order for basic human rights to be given like BLM or LGBTQ rights. The working class is forced to make a change and fight for themselves because the upper class or people in power do not advocate for them or see what it is like to be in their position. It took Freder working a shift to see and feel the pain these workers feel everyday and he knew that he could do something to help which started the change to start occur. I think that even in todays society everyone but especially people who have the means to make a difference need to put themselves in a position where they could see that everyone deserves rights and fairness.

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