In Bartholomew’s Song, Barth 467 and other Bartholomew's, are programmed to do the same thing everyday. As shown, if they are not given instructions, they are lost. Barth 467 changed when she found a mysterious box, and wanted to learn what it was capable of doing. Later in the film, Barth 467 reached his goal of learning how to sing the song coming from the mysterious box he found. Once he reached his goal he stepped out of the uniformity created by the facility he was in.
Implicit meaning helped viewers understand some scenes used in the the film, because there was no dialogue. For example, the audience had to assume