The Metaphore of the movie Starship troopers

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It wasn't exactly the second runner up for the Best Picture Oscar, but Starship Troopers was a trifle more creative and meaningful than the gory and trashy appearance it first showcases. It is about a group of friends who are all drafted to go to war against the evil Bug army. Though it takes place in the late second millennium, Starship Troopers gives many examples of their future society acting like our society did in the second world war. Exemplified by the scenes showing expansionist bugs, propaganda, drafted teens and many others, Starship Troopers metaphorically suggests the teen's point of view of World War II.

Bugs of immense size, strength, and intelligence where being hurled toward earth on meteors and inhabit any planet they land on. Earth mobilizes it's army to attack the Bugs. Since the Bugs have exoskeletons, they are very difficult to kill. When a Bug get's you, you die a horrible gory death. To make enrolling in this unattractive war seem attractive, the Federal Network was formed. This is a television station that is devoted to glorifying the fight against Bugs, and joining the Mobil Infantry. Johnny Rico, a boy just graduating high school, was admitted to Harvard but also wanted to join the Mobil Infa

Starship Troopers is extremely unrealistic. Why do they need a ground force? Can't they just bomb the planets instead? If it's so far in the future and they have spaceships, why do they fight the Bugs with machine guns? Don't they have photon torpedoes and laser blasters? But the point seems to be missed. It is a flawed way to tell this interpretive story, but nevertheless the story got across. World War II was an unattractive war to fight in, just like this one. In order for the armies to get soldiers, they need to glorify fighting in this war by using propaganda. This propaganda was clearly shown with the Federal Network. The Federal Network had slogans like, "WE NEED YOUR HELP!" and "DO YOUR PART" and, "THEY ARE STILL FIGHTING, AND THEY WILL WIN!". These were kind of like Uncle Sam's "I WANT YOU!" which was created as propaganda for the US citizens. The Federal network also shows how the war will help you in your life after you finish serving. Men were guaranteed jobs and money upon arrival back in the USA after serving. Soldiers in the movie were guaranteed citizenship if you served for at least two years in the army. Starship Troopers also showed the story of three friends and the roller coaster ride they encountered. The kids reacted differently when a friend died as opposed to any other soldier. In the real war, many kids went in and felt like they would live forever and would always be friends. Almost all of these kids lost friends and the reality of death really hit them only then. In the movie, thousands of people are shown killed, the only funeral shown is Diz's. This is where Rico sees the reality of death. On the long trip back from a Bug planet when Diz died, Rico cried for a moment. He cri

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