Question

Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times offers a parody of the assembly line grounded in real events. identify two scenes from the movie (you can either describe them briefly or use screen shots) that capture historical realities and one that you believe is an unwarranted exaggeration.

Answer 1

At starting of the movie we see a shot of stacking sheep being guided by something and then we see shot of modern human leaving public transport station.This is to tell us that just like sheep, humans are part of the system. Modern human is the loss of freedom. Modern human accepts been part of the system in which the majority is abused and controlled by minority.

The test of the lunch machine on chaplin in the factory so to fed the workers lunch while still working without even a lunch break. It is an excellent portray of how far capitalism capitalizm could go for a profit. And it also compares the modern worker to a domestic animal, accepting what master says, with no right of choosing or making own decisions.

The final image of the movie that chaplin and his couple walking in straight line captures that waiting for new problems to comfort and overcome and facing all those changes that bring the modern times. Which captures the value of perservance and tolerance. And it can be an unwarranted exaggeration.