Joon-Ho's Resolution To A Curtis Revolution

The ideal, eternal engine becomes short-lived, as the train explodes and brings down all the life within it as well. Only two young tail children, Yona and Timmy, survive and they are finally exposed to the supposedly deadly snow outside (Snowpiercer 2:00:19). Yet, the last image that the audience sees is the polar bear amongst the barren ice age, signifying that life persists and that Yona and Timmy may survive outside. Using this as a resolution to the failed Curtis Revolution is Joon-ho's way to show the decline of the system that keeps Snowpiercer running. As the train is burning in ruins, the appearance of the polar bear becomes a symbol of the triumph of nature over the engine and therefore the entire system it controlled. This reveals
even more flaws within capitalist class structure because it implies that the train’s rules were protected by propaganda all along, and the cruel circumstances of its system were an unnecessary evil.