Binary Oppositions

If there is no conflict there is no drama - meaning most films have opposites. For example, in westerns they often show the conflict between the cowboys and the Native Americans. Another example is through horror films – the conflict is between demons and human in the house usually. The person behind this theory is called Levi Strauss - he lived in the early 1900's. I used the example of sci-fi because it is a good example of oppositions - I used district 9 as an example. They challenge the opposition through the fact the main character then becomes a alien,but the main opposition is through the aliens and the humans. There is also opposition within the aliens camp as some of them don't get on with the other and constantly scrap over silly things. There is also conflict within the goverment - they won't let them have children, but some of the humans believe this is wrong.