In the Jungle of Cities

Main Ideas

• The confrontation between the individual and the impersonal city, where the metropolis appears as wild jungle, consuming individuality and humanity.
• An exploration of conflict as an end in itself, where the clash between the two protagonists becomes an allegory for the struggle for power, influence, and self-assertion in a world devoid of moral compass.
• A deconstruction of traditional narrative: Brecht dismantles the illusion of theater, exposing the artificiality of events and inviting the audience to reflect rather than empathize.
• The theme of alienation and loneliness, where each character is a lost island surrounded by the indifference and hostility of their environment.
• A critique of capitalist relations, in which human feelings and destinies become commodities, and the struggle for survival becomes the only meaning of life.
• The paradoxical idea of the futility of victory: the outcome of the conflict brings no satisfaction, but only highlights the absurdity of human ambition and the futility of struggle.