Yuriel Alonso O.
Astillero September 29, 2020
12-ABM-1, St. Froilan 21ST CENTURY LITERATURE
Ms. Erlene Joy C. Daelo MT #1
LITERARY ANALYSIS ON THE FILM: ‘’MIRACLE IN CELL NO. 7’’
The Korean drama, ‘’Miracle in Cell No.7’’ captures the hearts of billions of people who, some
of them, suffered by the repressive, toxic, and discriminatory standards and norms of the society
that the film depicts. It is a message that teaches people how to treat each other equally and
fairly, and that it enshrines the equal protection under the law, which this is something that the
whole world needs to understand and abide by it. The nature of the film is poignant at its finest,
and henceforth, an opposition against toxic values that ingrained the minds of millions of people
who committed harsh and painful acts against one another, regardless of gender, religion,
disability, race, ethnicity, etc.
One literary theory that is reflective and applied to the film is mimetic theory. What makes the
film universal is that it depicts what a society looks like, with people divided based on their
traits, attitudes, and behaviors. It explicitly shows the ugly truths and harsh realities of society
that we are currently facing. Imagine that the sixty percent of the world’s population are good,
obedient, patient, and harmless, and the forty percent are bad, disobedient, compulsive, and
toxic. We can see that our society is really an ugly picture because we all make mistakes and
commit sins, we all hurt someone, and we all have flaws and imperfections. A society that is
made to be what it is was a society that we had to live by it, despite the challenges and obstacles
and situations that we experience. This is something that frustrates me a lot, to the point that
even if people made a promise to have a new life before the last day of the year, they are still the
same by personality and attitude.
To conclude my analysis, I would say that we’re all doing our best to make our ends meet, but in
spite of all the danger and the things that happened to us occasionally, we tend to accept
ourselves who we are now and the things that we have done to ourselves and others.
