Analysis Of Hunger Games : Mockingjay Part 1

Movie Series Overview The Hunger Games movie series is centered around the main character Katniss Everdeen. In Panem, the Capitol is over all districts and districts, four through twelve suffer from violence and poverty. Every year, two people, one male and one female are chosen as tributes to compete for their district in the annual hunger games. During the first movie, it is time for the seventy fourth annual Hunger Games District’s Twelve drawings for the names of the tributes of those who will

image/sequence Affect can be used to help show the hidden meanings and ideas within the image. Helping the viewer understand the world around them through the signs and signifiers that mainstream media has created. This is shown in the Hunger Games- The Mockingjay Part 1 scene (50:08- 52:29) I have analyzed. With Semiotics and Affect I have been able to uncover and understand the hidden themes and double meanings of specific elements, dialogue and objects within specific frames within this scene.

In this essay, I will do a critical analysis of the movie “Hunger Games,” the short story “The Story of an Hour,” and Taylor Swift’s music video “Look What You Make Me Do” in terms of the use of symbolism, and the new self. The Hunger Games follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger Games in place of her younger sister Primrose Everdeen. The games itself is a competition to see who’s the strongest. The story of an Hour is a short story that describes

metaphor is defined as understanding one conceptual domain in terms of another conceptual domain” (Kövecses, 2002, p.4). The movie‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1’ was released in 2014 and was popular majorly among young audiences. However, when it comes

portrayed in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins?”. It will answer this by exploring how the genders of the main characters are portrayed in the Hunger Games trilogy compare to Susan Lehr’s definitions of what traditional gender roles are often defined as in children’s literature. Her definitions describe males “… as active, loud, aggressive, unemotional, independent, less mature than girls, strong, handsome, bold, curious, adventurous, tough, and naturally smart” (Lehr, 2001, p. 1) and females

The Hunger Games I chose to the modern mythology known as The Hunger Games a novel written by Suzanne Collins and later adapted into a feature film. The novel was actually part of a trilogy The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. The story begins by introducing you to our main character Katniss Everdeen who lives in a world run by the Capitol where President Snow resides and has enforced a form of martial law on all 13 districts. Every year the Capitol hosts their annual Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is a science fiction, dystopian post-apocalyptic series that takes place in a futuristic North American nation called Panem. The film series is based on the novel series of the same title written by Suzanne Collins. Many who watch the films view them as an action-packed adventure series, but The Hunger Games, like many other dystopian films, feature social and political subjects that relate back to past and present culture. Dystopian films like the Hunger Games provide messages,