Car is necessity for father to get to work and do shopping, but for children it's a symbol of something else. I'm not sure if kids even aware of father "working". I guess they associate it with his power and status, but at the same time it's "the only" thing that can take them safely outside the fence. Outside is unknown, uncertain, very tempting and terrifying at the same time. Not sure what could be equated in real society - something with unexplored state of conscience? Stepping out of your safety zone (if looking from kids perspective). Drugs and alcohol comes to mind, but that is a bit too primitive. Car is probably subjective idea - some sort of catalyst for change. While regular society wouldn't even consider it adventure, for them it would be enormous life changing experience.
Christina is interesting as she is serving a very specific purpose. From the father/mother standpoint she is just a tool to provide sex for the son, at the same time she is made appear as being part of the family as long as she plays along. They all socialize and interact - it is welcoming disruption to the routine as long as it's controlled and framed according to their twisted ideology. She hasn't earned the trust (thus the blindfolds). It's hard to understand what makes outside influence harmful from their point of view. It doesn't say why do they feel threatened by real world and why they feel their concept of living is better. It wasn't the "licking" that father was concerned about - it was the video tapes. It's not about corruption of the body - it's about the corruption of her meticulously manufactured world-view. People can be influenced and transformed through many different ways: ideas, symbols, narratives, pictures, etc. People are not the threat to regime - ideas are.
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