caste system theme
There is a system of hereditary social classes: one is born into a class and has little hope of ever changing it.
19 total · 2 choice · 9 major · 8 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ds94x17 | choice | Akorem Laan was somewhat taken aback to discover the Bajorans had given up their caste system; space sharia involved a caste system |
| movie: Seven Samurai (1954) | choice | the distinctions between the warrior caste and peasant caste were central to the story - we saw how people of different castes could not really understand each other |
| bbf1x17 | major | The Minbari had a warrior clan and a religious clan that were at odds with each other. |
| ent3x09 | major | A group of 19th century Humans were abducted and made into a slave caste by Skagarans, but the decedents of the Humans reversed the situation. |
| movie: Appleseed (2004) | major | The population of the city-state of Olympus was half-human and half-bioroid (a race of clones that'd been genetically engineered to be emotionless and not be able to reproduce). Each of the humans and the bioroids had their different roles in society, and this functioned to maintain harmony - or at least that was the plan. |
| movie: Brave New World (1980) | major | People were assigned to classes in descending order of intellectual and physical capacity: the society controlling Alphans and their helpers the Betans, the worker Deltans, Gammans and Epsilons. Each individual dressed in a caste specific colored one-piece jumper. |
| movie: Brave New World (1998) | major | People were assigned to classes in descending order of intellectual and physical capacity: the society controlling Alphans and their helpers the Betans, the worker Deltans, Gammans and Epsilons. |
| movie: Flatland (2007) | major | In Flatland, one's lot in life was determined the number of sides you have - the more sides the better. |
| movie: Flatland: The Movie (2007) | major | Flatland citizens were organized into classes based on shape: triangles performed menial labor, squares worked white collar jobs, and circles made a a ruling priestly caste. |
| movie: The Handmaids Tale (1990) | major | In the Republic of Gilead, social class was made evident through the clothes people wore: blue dresses for the wives of the elite, black for security forces, brown for the educators, drab green for the workers, and red garments for the concubines. |