How Does Benjamin Franklin Use Power In Snowpiercer
Those who gain unparalleled power act on the behalf of one of the classes. This meaning that they use their power to influence and bring change to a specific income bracket. But what is so unfair is that those who have this immense power are usually economically superior. The power that they hold is directly related to their position in this fabricated class system. In Snowpiercer, those who live in luxury at the front of the train were able to buy a ticket while those who live in filth managed to make their way on for free. Those who are more fortunate rule over the weak in a horrific manor, and use terror as their most important tool. This train system is an extreme way of showing how power is heavily concentrated in most economic structures.
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Men like Benjamin Franklin are known for establishing themselves from nothing to becoming some of the most successful men in the world. Franklin worked his way from a boy too poor to attend Harvard to one of the most famous people in Colonial America. Aside from Franklin, the human race is generally predisposed to move up the economic and social ladder, whether it be through obtaining knowledge or general entrepreneurship. In Snowpiercer, this predisposition is what pushes Curtis to lead his fellow poor on a push to the front of the train. They hope to gain control of the engine, or in other words, control of the human race. They successfully make this push, and when at the front, Curtis and Wilson talk about the reality of the situation. Wilson explains that everyone has their predetermined position, and that Curtis is the only one who is not abiding by this set up. Curtis then strongly states, “That's what people in the best place say to the people in the worst place,” denouncing the status quo. It is this very imbalance in ideals that makes one obligated to work hard enough to be at a better place than to stay at the place given to them at birth. Humans work to reach their life goals, but there is no saying that your goal is aligned with your pursuit of
Men like Benjamin Franklin are known for establishing themselves from nothing to becoming some of the most successful men in the world. Franklin worked his way from a boy too poor to attend Harvard to one of the most famous people in Colonial America. Aside from Franklin, the human race is generally predisposed to move up the economic and social ladder, whether it be through obtaining knowledge or general entrepreneurship. In Snowpiercer, this predisposition is what pushes Curtis to lead his fellow poor on a push to the front of the train. They hope to gain control of the engine, or in other words, control of the human race. They successfully make this push, and when at the front, Curtis and Wilson talk about the reality of the situation. Wilson explains that everyone has their predetermined position, and that Curtis is the only one who is not abiding by this set up. Curtis then strongly states, “That's what people in the best place say to the people in the worst place,” denouncing the status quo. It is this very imbalance in ideals that makes one obligated to work hard enough to be at a better place than to stay at the place given to them at birth. Humans work to reach their life goals, but there is no saying that your goal is aligned with your pursuit of