The Law of the Jungle in Society - An Analysis of "Animal World"

Gennaro 2022-12-02 16:02:54

In the animal world, there are only interests and no emotions. Han Yan's "Animal World" uses human greed, pain and thirst for power to construct a barbaric and absurd world in human society using the primitive laws of the jungle. In this world, there is no human nature at all. All people see only the most primitive animal nature. They rely on instinct to do things. Isn't this the animal world.

The film vividly shows the savagery and ruthlessness in society. Everyone on Anderson's cruise ship is like an animal. In order to get what they want, they will use all means. Gangs, act together, and some people choose to play some tricks, just like Zhang Jingkun, who is also a Chinese who the protagonist Zheng Kaisi met when he got on the boat. He told Zheng Kaisi that he could use the same hand cards of rock-paper-scissors. The rules that can cancel each other leave here. Zheng Kaisi, who is like a simple little sheep, chooses to trust him without reservation. In the end, Zhang Jingkun is a fox in sheep's clothing and cheated him of two stars. The blow made Zheng Kaisi see his situation clearly. It's like "survival of the fittest" in the law of the jungle, all people are doing things by animal instinct. In Zheng Kaisi's eyes, these people are like all kinds of animals, savage and inhumane. Some people can't adapt to this primitive environment and choose to lose their hand cards, just like a soldier loses his armor, animals wear He leveled his minions and was devoured by this world of the weak.

The difference between animals and humans is that humans have rich and diverse thoughts, while animals are different. Their thinking patterns are single, and they only think about what they want now, and ignore everything else. But once human beings identify one thing, their thinking will also become very one-sided. What is the difference between humans and animals at this time? In the film, Anderson gave these people with huge debts, but unable to repay, a chance to make a lot of money. The only word left in everyone's eyes was money. Naturally, their thoughts became one-sided, and luxury cruise ships became primitive. In the jungle, all their actions are just to make that money, and they don't care about other people or things around them. The winners get the money to get off the boat, and the losers will never turn over.

"I would rather be a clown who overcomes all obstacles for a lifetime, and never become like you scumbags", this is the roar of Zheng Kaisi from the bottom of his heart when facing the animal world in front of him. In the face of the simple rules of the game, the test is not only the luck, but also the test of people's unscrupulous survival behavior. In a world full of interests, pain and greed, Zheng Kaisi is not willing to be assimilated, he would rather be a player with the world The incompatible clown, he does not want to be a weak and good person, but he will never fall into a murderous bad person. In the expression of postmodernism, Zheng Kaisi is like the clown in the animation, in this dilapidated In the world of animals, he has overcome thorns and thorns, as he said, "I have fought the battle that should be fought, and the road that should be run has come to an end. Lao Tzu believes in the Tao himself." He sticks to his own morality, and also exposes the ugly and cruel things around him.

In our society, don't people follow the most primitive law of the jungle? Intrigue in the workplace, indifference in society, and everyone doing whatever they can for their own interests, what is the difference between this and the animal world under Director Han Yan? Who are not in greed and pain in pursuit of profit, longing for rights? Once people's eyes are filled with these things, they will become simple, and once people's viewpoints become one-sided, they will see things narrowly. The charm of this film lies in its torture of the seemingly gentle human society on the surface. In the face of the law of the jungle in society, how many people can adhere to the morality in their hearts and be a clown who overcomes obstacles and beats themselves. The battle, go the way you should go?

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