Lost in the world Qs
1) It's quite blunt in its message that the world is far to distracted in their phones and social media and it is making the world into a bad place, where everyone is vain blind to the problems the world faces.
2) Yes, the only characters without phones or some other association with media are the only ones who seem to see what the world is actually like. The woman with all the implants, the one who looks disheveled off the phone but has a bright attractive appearance on screen, and the woman using a dating app are all examples of people being vain on social media. There is also the bum harassing the woman on the train, the phone-less character is the only one who notices what is happening and even he fantasies about getting praise from the other passengers by intervening, and might I add the other passengers are all on their phones. Another example of problems being ignored are the diners seeing a packed truck of animals that obviously are crying for help, ironically from the people who will end up eating them. The message seems to be that if the diners would look up from their screens they would see the implied cruelty it takes to make their meals. Then there is the jab at Pokemon go, they are getting out into the world catching their little Pokemon but its in a landfill, they might be outside but they are still to distracted by their phones to see the world around them. The prince and princess on their phones is a metaphor for technology interfering in human connection, and the baby being born show how people are too focused on posting every little thing to just enjoy the moment, it also shows why the main character is so small and why he seems to be anti-phone/media. The girl dancing and committing suicide is the final sort of message, people bullied her online into killing herself, and then stand idly by and record her as she jumps instead of trying to help, and once she lands they take a few pictures and carry on with their day. The closing shot of everyone walking away from the sun, like its setting on society, and then walking off a cliff symbolizes how people are blindly following phones and social media to a figurative demise, like phones are the leaders and once one person does something everyone will blindly follow and its sort of making society kill itself.
3) It's a bit of both, its an analysis of how our world currently is, of course it is much more dramatized, nobody is going to sit and watch a girl jump off a rooftop without trying to do something about it, but the media would exploit it or romanticize it in some way. The girls suicide is a tragedy, and tragedy is all to often used to push an agenda or gain attention. People used columbine to demonize video games, doom in particular since the shooters liked it, instead of reporting that both shooters were bullied and depressed and it eventually led them to seeking revenge. 13 reasons why romanticize teen suicide, making dramatic suicide and depression trendy, they could have used it to send a powerful and much needed method but they only made a real problem into something cool, and nobody takes it seriously since you can't tell who is genuinely in need of help from someone who just wants attention. In that aspect it is a warning of how far society could actually go. In other ways it does criticize the way things currently are. People to distracted by their phones to see how things are and how much they get in the way of actually living your life to the fullest, the girl putting on a fake smile for social media being a prime example of that.
2) Yes, the only characters without phones or some other association with media are the only ones who seem to see what the world is actually like. The woman with all the implants, the one who looks disheveled off the phone but has a bright attractive appearance on screen, and the woman using a dating app are all examples of people being vain on social media. There is also the bum harassing the woman on the train, the phone-less character is the only one who notices what is happening and even he fantasies about getting praise from the other passengers by intervening, and might I add the other passengers are all on their phones. Another example of problems being ignored are the diners seeing a packed truck of animals that obviously are crying for help, ironically from the people who will end up eating them. The message seems to be that if the diners would look up from their screens they would see the implied cruelty it takes to make their meals. Then there is the jab at Pokemon go, they are getting out into the world catching their little Pokemon but its in a landfill, they might be outside but they are still to distracted by their phones to see the world around them. The prince and princess on their phones is a metaphor for technology interfering in human connection, and the baby being born show how people are too focused on posting every little thing to just enjoy the moment, it also shows why the main character is so small and why he seems to be anti-phone/media. The girl dancing and committing suicide is the final sort of message, people bullied her online into killing herself, and then stand idly by and record her as she jumps instead of trying to help, and once she lands they take a few pictures and carry on with their day. The closing shot of everyone walking away from the sun, like its setting on society, and then walking off a cliff symbolizes how people are blindly following phones and social media to a figurative demise, like phones are the leaders and once one person does something everyone will blindly follow and its sort of making society kill itself.
3) It's a bit of both, its an analysis of how our world currently is, of course it is much more dramatized, nobody is going to sit and watch a girl jump off a rooftop without trying to do something about it, but the media would exploit it or romanticize it in some way. The girls suicide is a tragedy, and tragedy is all to often used to push an agenda or gain attention. People used columbine to demonize video games, doom in particular since the shooters liked it, instead of reporting that both shooters were bullied and depressed and it eventually led them to seeking revenge. 13 reasons why romanticize teen suicide, making dramatic suicide and depression trendy, they could have used it to send a powerful and much needed method but they only made a real problem into something cool, and nobody takes it seriously since you can't tell who is genuinely in need of help from someone who just wants attention. In that aspect it is a warning of how far society could actually go. In other ways it does criticize the way things currently are. People to distracted by their phones to see how things are and how much they get in the way of actually living your life to the fullest, the girl putting on a fake smile for social media being a prime example of that.
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