ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE OF LIFE
By: Cosme Lozano Staff Writter
By: Paula Garcia Layout Designer
From my understanding, “Squid Game” shows viewers how some people in our society are willing to do anything to survive. I wouldn’t describe the tv show as fascinating. Although the show gains its own audience, it is not for everyone, especially sensitive viewers. The show isn’t what you would call "unique." Like many other shows, "Squid Game" holds a deeper meaning behind what the audience may perceive. The main character, Gi-Hun, is a divorced father in his 40s. He lives with his mother and occasionally steals her money to gamble. His character is exactly what you would expect from someone that is swimming in debt and would do just about anything to get out of it. In the first episode, he is mysteriously offered a chance to win money by playing several childhood games over the course of 6
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days. What he, and the rest of the contestants, don't know is exactly how much this opportunity will cost them. When Gi-Hun wakes up, he finds himself surrounded by 455 other players, of different ages, genders and backgrounds, that all came for the same reason, money. Like Gi-Hun, all of the contestants are heavily in debt and are desperate to pay it off. Each and every player joined the game of their own free will, with all of them eventually finding out what playing really meant. However, only a few of them go far enough to see what the end of the games would actually look like. Human morality is challenged, with the games forcing players to make desperate and homicidal decisions. The desperation leads people into “a state of despair,” which typically results in “extreme behavior,” according to www.languages.oup.com. What is more extreme in civilization than killing one another because of the uncertainty of what is going to happen next? I personally think that the show gets predictable as it continues on. You are able to guess what choices the
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Societies all around the world have different struggles, with wealth inequality being one of them. Wealth inequality is something that people have to experience everyday, especially in capitalist countries like America. In the Netflix show, "Squid Game," we can see how real world misfortunes, specifically wealth inequality, affects people. This topic can be uncomfortable for some people because most of these societal misfortunates people usually ignore.
