1. chaplins "modern times"
In the new city strangers were suddenly thrust together. ... On buses and trains people were forced to look at these threatening strangers "for long minutes or even hours". ... The title given to his character is not a name but a job description: "A Factory Worker". ... This character possesses what Karl Marx ironically referred to as "the soul of the commodity". ... However his privilege and education forces him to constantly view the masses from the outside as an uncontrollable mass of threatening strangers. ...
- Word Count: 1552
- Approx Pages: 6
- Grade Level: High School