Characters & Genre
Wikus Van De Mere
- Genre Conventions
- Polysemic Narrative - District 9 features a common convention of Sci-Fi movies, which is a polysemic narrative. On a primary level, the film to viewers is about a struggle between aliens & humans, however on a deeper second level it is representative of the Black & White struggle during the Aparthied years in Johannesburg. This convention is represented by Wikus' dehumanisation in labelling the aliens as 'Prawns'. This is the polysemic reading within the text and is indicative of the verbal abuse black south africans endured during the apartheid years. More active viewers will also understand that the relationship between how Pre-Alien Wikus is received and how Half Alien Wikus is received. Wikus becomes an outcast of society during his transformation body-horror, and is received by the human population as an animal or something no longer human. The dual meaning in this particular narrative is the representation of white people during apartheid who referred to black americans as monkeys.
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