Journal Entry # 4 Watch the film Office Space (available online, and on reserve at the library) and read

Marxs Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts (EPM). Dra on Marxs ! forms of alienation to discuss the film. "ocus on the material conditions experienced by the main characters and their various responses (emotional # practical) to their situation. $n your ans er, address the %uestion of hy the characters respond in these ays, as ell as the limitations of their responses. &'() pa*e response, D+ ') Pt ,-./

$f e loo0 at the Peter, in the be*innin* of the movie, he is at the !th step of alienation. 1ecause he doesnt li0e hat he does, and the or0 he does, doesnt affect him positively in any ay, as he states, no matter ho hard he or0s, 2he doesnt see another dime3 therefore he does not thin0 he should do anythin* more than 4ust 0eepin* himself from bein* fired. ,he co or0ers and he do not understand each other either. Even thou*h they do not li0e hat they do too, they are not alienated from themselves yet. ,hey 4ust thin0 that they are too *ood for the 4ob and they do their bare minimum in the or0 too. ,hey are in the )nd step of the alienation. 5o ever, Peter is alienated from the product in the or0, from the or0 he does and himself. 6nd her *irlfriend 7oanna feels the same ay too. ,hey 4ust hate everythin* they do because they thin0 that they deserve more. 5o ever 7oanna does not plannin* on doin* anythin* about it because she thin0s that she does not have another option in order to survive. Peter, not carin* about the 4ob anymore thin0in* that he is *oin* to be fired any ay, he 4ust stands up the thin*s that he hate physically in the or0 place. 8i0e the door handle, and the all of the cubicle. 5is collea*ues, 4ust alienated from the or0 they do, sho their reaction to the office supplies li0e printer. +urprisin*ly bein* offered an upper mana*ement position in the company ma0es him reali9e that this is the ay that these people understand and he decides to rob them.