Frequent polarizations are not the only way the dysfunctional world of "Soylent Green" is vividly recreated for the audience; there are also individual signs, or symbols, lacking opposites, whose connotations are very different from their literal meanings. These connotations include emotional overtones, subjective interpretations and socio-cultural values. Because of their ability to change over time, signs create a unique chain of references that can be broken down to provide an even bigger insight into the …showed first 75 words of 2191 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2191 total…sex-drive is gone, the food is stale, and the hot water is cold. Like Thorn, the audience is allowed to experience a utopia far more seductive than Chelsea Towers West, but only briefly, because that moment instantly becomes a memory of something that never was. The director uses symbols a great deal in order to put across the message of his film: utopia is nothing more than the memory of a simulation of a memory.