The film "Enemy Mine" takes place during a war between humans and the reptile Drac species. A spacecraft pilot, Willis Davidge, and an enemy fighter, Jeriba Shigan, get stuck in an extraterrestrial world. While both Willis and his Drac counterpart are able to breathe on the planet, the atmosphere and its inhabitants are hostile, forcing the two to collaborate in order to survive. Despite the fact that their unique connection faces significant obstacles, Davidge and Drac become unexpected friends over time. Enemy Mine has various uses of allegory in it, some of which you didn't see coming at all. When you first watch this film, you might think it's about two species trying to get back home and survive, but no.
There are several parts in this film that make you wonder what you're watching. When Davidge left to explore the rest of the planet and Drac refused to accompany him, you'd think he didn't want to go because he didn't want to get hurt or because it was too dangerous. But when Davidge returned to Drac, we discovered the real reason he hadn't come along. Drac, you see, didn't go
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Of course, the film portrays slavery as horribly wrong and horrible. The enslavement storyline strengthens the allegory by undermining Davidge's ability to overcome prejudice (he nearly dies in his attempt to save Zammis) and, worse, by emphasizing the allegory's negative elements. I feel like the main allegory is when they reveal that the Dracs were slaves to the humans; they were the ones who built and worked on the buildings. At the beginning of the story, I felt like the Dracs intimidated the humans and that they would be stronger than them, but it was the other way around. In the end, Zammis was safe and the Dracs were ultimately freed, and now both humans and Dracs live in