Analysis Of The Film 'I Am Legend'

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Each of my four selected texts relate to the general theme of survival. I have found several important connections relating to this theme. I studied the films Book of Eli – Directed by Allan & Albert Hughe, I Am Legend – Directed by Francis Lawrence, The Road – Directed by John Hillcoat and Children of Men – Directed by Alfronso Cuarón. I have found the following connections that these texts explore and portray to the audience. Firstly, I have found connections relating to how the will to survive encourages morally wrong/unethical actions in social groups in post-apolitical societies. Showing the nessary action of sacrfice is essintial . Further connections show how Post apolitical environments can cause us as humans to sacrifice ourselves for the future of society. Rasing the question of what are we willing to do to survie. The texts ‘I am legend’ and ‘Children of men’ are both set in post-apocalypse times where humans are on the brink of extinction. These texts explore how these post-apolitical environments can causes us as humans to sacrifice ourselves for the survival of society. In I am legend, Robert Neville a virologist, who is immune to a man-made virus originally created to cure cancer, works to create a remedy. Near the end of the film, Robert is forced to commit the ultimate price for the survival of society by sacrificing his own life. In the final scene, moments after Robert discovers “the cure is in the blood”, he realises “their not going to stop” as the zombies continue to attack. In order to protect the only other two living humans in New York, he hands over the newly found cure and takes his life along with the zombies’ with a grenade. Similarly in the film children of men society is also on the brink of collaps... ... middle of paper ... ... studying these four texts based around Survival of Society in Post-apolitical Environments, I have found significant connections between these texts. These connections have been very beneficial to study as each illustrates a different aspect of this topic, which can all be related to society. These films show us as the audience that often scarifies have to be made for the better of another and the will to survive in humans can encourage morally wrong/unethical actions. We can learn from these connections as in every day life we can make the small sacrifices that will make a big difference. Also, they make us think twice about when we make decision in our society as morally wrong unethical Act are punished for accordingly. We can use this knowledge to better us as a society in our daily lives. This startling idea appeals to the audience of these films thrill of post-

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