"Woke" Culture and "The Beach"

Sirajul 

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Life means responsibility, duty, various rules and regulations. Which often force us to bear the burden of others and take responsibility. We can only feel happy when we enjoy life and love ourselves and our loved ones. But for those who do not love themselves and their loved ones, do not love life, life is just pain, burden and dull responsibility. They then wait to go to heaven. Where they do not have to do anything, do not have to take any responsibility and they will only enjoy sensual pleasures.

The idea of ​​heaven or heaven is therefore a life-hating idea, which fosters a certain mentality. For the religious, it is a kind of afterlife, for atheists or super liberal moderns, that heaven is a utopian society. Where no laws, rules, values ​​and customs prevail. There is a wonderful movie about such a utopia. The film is called "The Beach".

"The Beach" is a 2000 American-British adventure drama film directed by Danny Boyle. It is based on the novel of the same name by Alex Garland. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role. The story of the film revolves around a young American traveler, Richard, who discovers a secret and heavenly island in Thailand. The film is not only a thrilling adventure story, but also reflects the ins and outs of "woke" culture, where the conflict between idealism, the search for freedom, and social responsibility in modern society is highlighted.

The story of The Beach begins when Richard (Leonardo DiCaprio), an American tourist, meets Daffy (Robert Carlyle), a crazy Scottish man, while staying at a cheap hotel in Bangkok. Daffy tells him about a mysterious island, which is said to be a paradise, where a secret community lives. Daffy gives Richard a map before committing suicide. Seeing this map, Richard is encouraged to go there and sets off on a journey to find the island with two French tourists, Etienne (Guillaume Canet) and François (Virginie Ledouin). It is his attraction to François that inspires Richard to connect with them. When they arrive on the island, they find a small community living there, free from the shackles of modern society and living a free, communist life in the midst of nature. The community is led by Sal (Tilda Swinton), a strict and idealistic woman. At first, Richard thinks of the place as a dream—there are no rules, everyone lives freely, and is at one with nature. It reflects an ideal form of "Woke" culture, which emphasizes social equality, environmentalism, and personal freedom. Sal, the leader of the community, takes Richard to a nearby town under the pretext of buying emergency supplies and forces him to have sex with her and wants to keep her in his arms.

But gradually the dark side of that ideal or heavenly society begins to emerge. The members of the community, who have cut off contact with the outside world, are ready to go to any extreme measure to protect their privacy. When a member is seriously injured by a shark attack, the community throws him into the sea to die instead of helping him, because his moans and screams are unbearable to them and they do not want to take him to the hospital, because it would reveal their position and end their heavenly life.

Meanwhile, a relationship develops between Richard and François, which causes tension with Sal. Jealousy, power struggles and moral conflicts grow within the community. The situation becomes even more complicated when drug dealers threaten from outside. Richard gradually realizes that this so-called paradise is actually an illusion, where the ideals of freedom and equality are only words; in reality, it is filled with control, fear and selfishness.

Ultimately, Richard and his companions attempt to escape the island. The film ends with Richard reflecting on the fact that true freedom or ideals are not to be found on a hidden island, but within oneself.

The film "The Beach" beautifully portrays the duality of "Woke" culture. On the one hand, it dreams of environmentalism, communism, and personal liberation, which are the core of the modern awakening movement; on the other hand, it shows how these ideals are transformed into inhumanity, control, and self-contradiction when put into practice. This island community is a symbol of "Woke" culture, where high ideals are spoken of, but in reality they fail and their own dark side is revealed. When a member is seriously injured in a shark attack, everyone seems to want to send him away from their sight. This highlights one aspect of the hypocrisy of "Woke" culture—where humanity and reality are ignored in the name of ideals.