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forbidden action in the mind of Wall-E who has the mind of a child it would seem. Wall-E represents what society would be with a firmer grip on their morals, his relationship with Eve a visual slap in the face of modern romance films that hold sex as the ultimatum in a newly formed relationship.

The routine lifestyle of the people in Wall-E is a representation of a pessimistic view of what society is becoming. The Director of the film, Andrew Stanton, states that he wanted to represent humans as people so programmed by ritual and habits that those routines have taken over their lives and that they do not even take the initiative to associate with the person next to them. Kathleen Richardson has written an article about Wall-E called "Trashing the Future of Humanity" and in this article she suggests that the machines celebrate the proper means of communication rather than the humans. In this film, the roles of socializing have been inversed between robots and humans. Humans wander about mindlessly while machines communicate to increase productivity, and as Wall-E himself demonstrates, they begin to communicate on a closer and more personal level, such as children at school. They still work towards ultimate productivity, yet do so in a far more friendly manner.

Wall-E portrays an individual; a character that is free from routine and stagnation. The machines have been given a more social demeanor than the people do. The humans resemble cattle if put frankly. Their lives have become chains of reoccurring events. The lack of personal face to face communication could show the future of online socializing and an end to actual meetings. Even dates take place in a cyber world where real emotion is not necessary for progression in a relationship. Wall-E introduces a "wave" to the machines on board the ship. This is his own way of breaking the chains of routine that hold power over the members of the crew.

Naomi Klein, author of "Blank is Beautiful" speaks of shock doctrine which is the idea of corporations preying upon disastrous states as means of implementing their services and or products. They use the chaos to instate themselves as the providers for the survivors and reap huge benefits from the outcome. Consider Buy N' Large one such company. In the film, the earth has become a barren wasteland. It was a slow process for it to become this way, and all during that time of transformation it is known that Buy N' Large was present and providing the world with food, clothing,

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