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Invasion of The Body Snatchers Invasion of The Body Snatchers was released in 1956 during a time where the American Dream was a house in the suburbs with a wife and kids. Everybody fit into society then. The only real fears were communism, the system of government of the Soviet Union during this time period, McCarthyism, which was the gripping fear in the U.S., started by U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy, that people you knew could be a communist sympathizer, communist themselves, or even a spy. Through analysis of the movie and the book from which it was based on (Body Snatchers, Jack Finney) many people have come up with different interpretations of what the theme of the movie was. McCarthyism, communism, and the ideas of conformity and central thinking are all among the speculated themes. It is my belief that all of these themes come together in a fashion that refutes 1950s ideology. One of the most fervently believed themes is that the movie is a metaphor or allusion to communism. Communism is a system of government where the central government basically controls everything. From business, to a work-man’s wages, to obviously the laws that govern society. The ideal was that everybody would be equal. Equal in work wage