Ruka (1965) - Jiri Trnka - Lecture 1

I attended my first ever lecture on Wednesday 9th October... Mixed in with a load of other subjects - Photography, Visual Communication, Illustration, Creative Advertising. This animation was shown to us as a whole during this lecture:



Based on the time it was made, I think this is related to the government/politics, in the sense that they ultimately control how our country is run, and therefor determine what we're supposed to do. However the character here is fighting back against "The Hand" (representing the government) that's trying to take control of him.
The way that The Hand is acting suggests that it doesn't care about what the character actually want, just about controlling him. This can be translated to say the government doesn't care about what civilians want. A very powerful message about the time its set.