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This paper compares Bong Joon-ho’s dystopian film Snowpiercer and Ernest Hemingway’s novel To Have and Have Not, focusing on themes of class inequality, survival, and rebellion. Despite their genres, both works depict societies sharply divided by social and economic hierarchies, with a privileged few controlling a marginalized majority. In Snowpiercer, class division is visually portrayed through the train’s rigid structure, with the oppressed living in squalor at the tail and the elites enjoying luxury at the front. Protagonist Curtis leads a violent revolution against this unjust system, symbolizing a collective struggle for liberation. In contrast, Hemingway’s novel presents a subtler class conflict during the Great Depression. Protagonist Harry Morgan navigates a morally ambiguous world where survival often demands ethical compromises, reflecting a quiet, but profound, individual resistance. Examining how these characters respond to systemic oppression, the paper explores different modes of rebellion—overt revolution versus moral defiance—and reveals how both literature and film critique power structures and the human cost of inequality. Ultimately, this comparison highlights the enduring relevance of class struggle and the resilience of the human spirit in oppressive systems.

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I. Introduction
II. Class Divides and Power Structures
III. Survival in Oppressive System
IV. Rebellion and Resistance
V. Conclusion
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저자

• Song, Jeung-hyeon [ Kangwon National University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810