Parasite Film Capitalism Social Class Analysis Research Paper

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Final Research Paper Proposal: The Parasite (2019)


Critical Historical Framework and Chosen Film


The chosen film for the research proposal is The Parasite, which is a Korean drama, comedy, and thriller film. Although the movie is best known for its theme of ‘social class inequalities’ that is shown thoroughly till the end of the movie, resulting in violence, it has a historical background. The Korean suffering and American violence have been connected since the times of 1945 till 1948 when American capitalism tried to shape Korean lives and kept their struggles headed towards ending Korean sovereignty by the Americans[footnoteRef:1]. This leads to the formulation of the thesis of the paper, which is stated in the next section. [1: Criss Moon, and Julie Moon, \"Parasite\" and the Plurality of Empir,. 23 June 2020, https://www.publicbooks.org/parasite-and-the-plurality-of-empire/ ]

Thesis


The thesis of the research proposal is:


“The film Parasite (2019), which is a Korean Oscar winner movie highlights the theme of capitalism and colonialism besides other themes that are unmistakably evident, such as social inequality, deception, and violence, etc.”

Key Pints for Argument


The movie has several instances that show the capitalist ideology of which modern American society is full[footnoteRef:2].

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…heart of the movie, for which revolt is demonstrated at the end in the form of violence from the poor Kim\'s family to maintain the symbolic class balance. [2: John K. Kim, \"Parasite: A Film Review on Capitalism\", Cinesthesia 10, no. 2, 2020.] [3: Sarina Annis. \"Parasite\", Journal of Religion and Film 23, no. 2, 2019.] [4: Alireza Farahbakhsh and Ramtin Ebrahimi, \"The Social Implications of Metaphor in Bong Joon Ho\'s Parasite\", Cinej Cinema Journal 9, no. 1, 2021, 88-116.] [5: Joseba Gabilondo, \"Bong Joon Ho\'s Parasite and Post-2008 Revolts: From the Discourse of the Master to the Destitute Power of….....

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