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Government In The Film And Maze Runner

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Besides, an important issue that both the article and the film Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials were mentioned is the government can not protect you. Birch-Bayley describes how the events of the September 11th attacks created a new feeling of angst that left society as a whole feeling that dazed by the lack of control over their environment. Highlighted first is Danny Boyle’s movie 28 Days Later, which captures an outbreak that occurs in London of “rage”. The opener introduces us to Jim who wakes up in an abandoned hospital and begins wondering the empty streets of London past an empty and devastated city scape. The movie captures the media headlines as Jim finds newspapers that read “Military ordered ‘Shoot to Kill…Government Check Points overrun” and “UN to build giant refugee camp” highlighting the failure of government to protect society as a whole. …show more content…

Therefore, Thomas and his group must across through “the Scorch”, to the far-off mountains, where a mythical resistance group called the Right Hand may or may not offer sanctuary. Apparently, the film reflected the weakness of government to control the virus “Flare”, WCKD must use young people become specimens for experiments, this is clearly a very dreadful solution and it showed the desperation of government in treating this virus. Next to that, the distrust of “Gladers” in the WCKD expressed by their escaping despite the dangers they face on the roads they passing, they accept all the difficulties just because of their belief in government has collapsed. Also in the article, the loss of faith in government is also manifested through a dialogue: “What about the government? What are they doing?” Jim asks. “There is no government,” Selena

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