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The plight of refugees in Britain during Children of Men reflects many immigration issues in the world today. People’s fear of the unknown—and even the fearful rhetoric relayed by government officials—drives them to forget their humanity when faced with refugees who suffered in their former countries, seeking out hope in a new place. Children of Men sheds light on the inhumane treatment of refugees and makes it clear that a better solution is necessary.
The chaos created after the panic of realizing that the entire species was infertile paved the way for an oppressive government to come in and take control of Great Britain. The main way dystopian, totalitarian governments are able to rise to power is through fear; this government capitalized not only on people's fear for the future of the species, but also on their fear of foreigners coming in and bringing terror to the nation due to the horrors happening in the rest of the world. Through this fear, they were able to take control, and the government in the film is not unlike the famous totalitarian government depicted in George Orwell's 1984.
One of Cuarón’s main goals was to set this film in a recognizable future world, one enough like our world today that it would be jarring for viewers to see. Overall, the makeup of this world is familiar, down to the look of the city and the technology available for people to use, which makes this world seem like a plausible near-future scenario. It is less likely that an infertility crisis of that size would strike humanity so suddenly, but not so unlikely that it is impossible to believe. Cuarón places this dystopia in close proximity to our own society, which makes it even more frightening.
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