The film is about the organization of a resistance. We see that all prisoners live their wishes and desires through Luke. They are disappointed when Luke demonstrates the obedience while they are obedient, asking him to be courage eventhough they think , "give someone their limits to the bosses", but still maintaining the same passive position. Within this mechanism, Luke's dignity has a symbolic significance both outside the world of the oppressed and the oppressor, and is a feature that they both politicize from different angles and use them for their own purposes. Being irrational and Luke's lack of intelligence drives him to death.
Review of Cool Hand Luke
