The Resistance

Abstract

This chapter talks about the underground cadre of militant freedom fighters called the Fishes as the mostconspicuous organized resistance group portrayed in Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men. It discusses how Children of Men disparages the Fishes and their mirage of revolution as the film condemns the fascistic actions of Britain — a modern democratic state turned savage. It also analyses how Children of Men rejects the Fishes as a treacherous goon squad, even though their political goal — the liberation of oppressed migrants — is worthy. The chapter examines Children of Men's main protagonist Theo Faron, who resembles the central character Meursault in Albert Camus'most famous novel The Stranger (1942). It mentions how no organized political groups are championed in Children of Men except for the vaguely defined Human Project, noting that the only source of hope for the future is Theo.