The Purge : A Movie That Depicts America

It is commonplace for individuals to envision a perfect world; a utopian reality in which the world is a paradise, with equality, happiness and ideal perfection. Unfortunately, we live in a dystopian society and our world today is far from perfection. John Savage, from Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, V, from V for Vendetta by James McTeigue and Offred, from The Handmaid’s Tale by Margret Attwood, are all characters in a dystopian society. A dystopia is the vision of a society in which conditions of life are miserable and are characterized by oppression, corruption of government, and abridgement of human rights.

In the year 1852, nine short years before the civil war began in 1861, Harriet Stowe published arguably the most influential, groundbreaking, and controversial books in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The novel drew widespread criticism for the depiction of African Americans and slaves in a time when the United States of America was teetering on civil unrest due to the strength of the opposing views between the North and the South. The rapid expansion and growth the United States throughout the 19th century had led to an increase in labor demands, and slavery was not only viable but also essential to the economic prosperity of the southern states. The argument over slavery was wrestled with for the entire history of the young nation,

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a stark and brash commentary on the Joseph McCarthy era, which was at its height in 1953. The book was modeled on the social and political climate of post-World War II, when Communist associations and accusations ran rampant in the government and the public was instilled with fear. The characters in The Crucible were intentionally made by Miller to represent figures from the McCarthy era, and he made a strong connection between the witch hunts of Salem and the Communist “witch hunts” of the 1950s. Scare tactics fueled the propaganda for both generations, and became the impetus of those in power controlling the masses and exposing the weak for the supposed greater good, resulting in an ever distant rift between

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Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath is heartwarming documentary about life after 9/11 and the people who the American public thought were responsible. The documentary was made and directed by Valarie Kaur, a gradue student at Stanford University. Her goal was to travel across the world and document the hate crimes against the Sikh people post 9/ 11. Her journey begun when Kaur packed her bags and decided to drive cross country across the U.S to interview and discuss racism, religion and security post 9/11. Tne one group that was targerted the most and mistaken of the talibans were the Sikh people. Kaur travels around to interview and document the hate crimes and prejudice against the Sikh community.

Despite the rise of oppression and authoritarianism in societies, historically free will always prevails over determinism. Both Steven Spielberg and Arthur Miller in Minority Report and The Crucible, respectively, establish settings ravaged by authoritarianism as a means to embody fundamental concepts regarding the conflict between free will and determinism. Both authors use extensive imagery of religion, symbolism of characters and contrasting images of social responsibility and personal desire to draw attention to their idea that an individual always has choice and the capacity for free will despite the presence of determinism and authoritarianism in society. Spielberg and Miller use this idea as a foundation to establish universal messages connecting conflicting free will and determinism to oppression, suggesting that true freedom exists only when societies stand up to deterministic views designed to bring profit to only a select few.

In the article “Fear & Loathing in America” by Hunter S. Thompson. The author described the dreadful Tuesday morning including victims, enormous destroyed and the chaos that ensued in the following that day. In addition to declaring the war and the Christian Jihad by this gawker work, he sparked the religious war.

My desire in this paper is an attempt to present a synthesis between the story titled: “fear and Loathing in America” written by Hunter S. Thompson and an abstract from an article retrieved from the UoPeople library titled: “Youth Exposed to Terrorism: the Moderating Role of Ideology” by Slone, Michelle, Lia Shur, and Ayelet Gilady

However the fact to burn everything that could put on the verge the unity of an entire population comes from dark ages of our past. We could remember, for instance, the witch hunts which occurred everywhere in Europe and after in the United States of America several centuries later. The fear of the unknown but also the fear of everything which is different than us leaded us to some inhuman practices. Here we could especially make the parallel with these practices; the fact to burn or drown someone was reserved to inhuman people. These executions happened to calm down but also and especially entertain the people. Without being only stuck on the Witch Hunt argument, we could also think that this celebration is here to let the people know that

Ms. Gibbs piece gave a detailed description of how the events affected everyone, directly and indirectly. She writes in detail about the devastation of the area where the Twin Towers were located and how people wondered the area looking for loved ones and for answers. Her focus was on the people of New York and how their lives were impacted by the events and how this one day of events united them forever.

The Red Scare might sound like something out of a horror movie, but it was a real event. The Red Scare happened twice in America's existence. Both times it occurred during a world war, and both times it involved Americans being afraid of the spread of communism. The Red Scare has changed the way America´s culture reacts and adapts to other countries politics and how they treat their people. People being afraid of communism has brought about mass hysteria and false accusations to other citizens of America. The Red Scare has forever changed the way America deals with allowing other countries to affect our politics. The first signs of fear began during World War I.

In this journal article, the authors explain how repression is used to control the masses. There’s two type of repression violent or non-violent. Violent repression would be torture and killings while non-violent would be political imprisonment and harassment. The article argues that by using repression on its elites can cause the elites to become dissatisfied with the leadership, which will weaken the hold the leader has on its people because dissatisfaction within the inner clique can lead to mobilization and in result the leader can be overthrown. However, the use of violent repression, such as purges is also beneficial to the leader because he is able to use it to get rid of his competitions. But the leaders always have to draw a clear

Despite the horrible ideas of what a purge is, the world should have one. There have been two movies made about purges, so it must be a good idea to have one for ourselves. The benefits of having a purge are, it is a stress reliever, controls the population count, and for a few hours you could be the most powerful person. Purging is a great concept that everyone should be open to.

The Purge is a horror movie that is set in an “alternate universe” where, every year for 12 consecutive hours, Americans are allowed to commit any crime they want without being punished for it. This movie gives a terrific example of the human condition, and how violent people can be. Many viewers found this movie scary because of its realistic situation. Many were concerned that something like this could eventually happen. In this world, police and hospitals cannot be contacted, and certain government officials are protected. The main reason for this tradition was to reduce crime rates for the rest of the year that was not during the purge. This movie is another example of a corrupt government. Only, in this work, many people enjoy the Purge.

In 2014 a movie came out called the Purge: Anarchy the main characters are: Frank Grillo (Sergeant), Carmen Ejogo (Eva), Zoe Soul (Eva Daughter), Zach Gilford (Shane) and Kiele Sanchez (Liz). The summary of this movie is that on one night the same day every year murder is legal for twelve hours, sooner or later people cross paths in which they need to stay together in order to survive this fearful night especially for the people who are in the low class of society. The thing I want to take away from this movie is which theory fits better in which it’s either Weber’s or Marxist. Weber’s theory has three things: Economic, Honor and Power, while Marxist is about Bourgeoisie (Wealthy) and Proletariats (Poor).