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Commentary On Immigration And The Role Of Immigration In 'District 9'

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The movie District 9 provides commentary on immigration and the perceived threat of the immigrant. With District 9’s clear parallels with real life District 6 it is not hard to imagine how the aliens in the movie play the role of any race other than white who were all removed from their homes. In the beginning of the movie, the South Africans and the South African government let them live on Earth with them, but excludes them to their own area, district 9. The South African government would do random inspections to make sure none of the aliens, referred to as prawns, were in possession of any weapons. The private military company called Multinational United has some of the prawns weapons which can only be used by the aliens themselves. Because the weapons the aliens own cannot be operated by humans, they get more scared of them, especially since they can throw someone inhumanely far and rip off limbs. After 20 years the locals have become uneasy and the government hired a private military company to move them to a new area away from the locals. They didn’t do this nicely, but instead had given them an eviction notice on the day they were relocating them, not giving them time to prepare or anything. Using the concepts of the uncanny we are able to analyze the aliens in District 9 and how they may be represented in our own society as immigrants. Once the locals were stricken with intolerance and fear of the aliens with their super strength and weapons that can only be used by

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