Analysis Of The Dystopian Film 'The 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,

being hungry is habitual. Where having food on the table is nonexistent and hunger bellies is persistent. Imagine living in a world, where your son or daughter has to fight to the death to become a victor. This is the reality for those who inhabit the twelve districts. They suffer the consequences of those before them, and as a result they must endure the Hunger Games. The following is an analysis of the plot and of a dystopian society, and of the themes of

Daniela Perciun Equilibrium and Hunger Games Culture and socialization 1) Culture. (Write two double-spaced pages on culture, talk about BOTH films.) The films present us with a vision of futuristic societies. You should provide an analysis of this society as if you were an anthropologist discovering a new culture. What seems to be the rules, norms, values, laws and symbols of this culture? Is there a dominant culture? Are there any subcultures or countercultures, describe them (and indicate why

The Hunger Games (2012) – based off of a novel of the same name – depicts a dystopian society of Panem. Twelve districts in total compromise the nation of Panem, each of their own status and wealth, with District 1 being the most rewarded for their loyalty to the Capitol. The Capitol annually selects two “tributes” from each district – one male and one female – aged 12-18 to fight to death in a televised event. After her younger sister is chosen to represent District 12 – the poorest of the districts

Indeed, the best works of literature are those which are of relevance to our lives today. Through their relevance, these novels continue to persist and endure on. Through their relevance, we can better comprehend the messages, the themes, and the ideas that are imbued in them. Rather than literature being contradictory and in conflict with the truth and unpleasant reality of daily life, it becomes a weapon through which we can be educated about the existential crises facing our world today. In fact

Gary Ross’s The Hunger Games (2012) is the first of a four part series of films based on the first of Suzanne Collins’s trilogy of dystopian novels, The Hunger Games (2008). The film closely resembles the novel because Suzanne Collins joined Billy Ray and Gary Ross in creating the screenplay. Suzanne Collins began her career as a children’s television writer, but then was inspirited to write books by her superior, James Proimos. The Hunger Games was the second series of novels Collins had written

Girls and War: A Two-Film Analysis ‘Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we 're probably not going to see.’ (Margaret Atwood) Speculative fiction and Sci-fi are often seen in the same light, although contrasting by a large margin. Speculative fiction is an extensive literary genre, imagining utopian, dystopian, futuristic, and post-apocalyptic fiction to create stories for many different age groups. Normally, the author explores, or speculates,

however, that a formal name was to be attributed to this unattainable perfection - a utopia. As a result, utopias and their opposite, dystopias have become prominent in modern works and form the basis for this analysis in William Golding’s The Lord of the Flies and Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. Through their most recognised pieces, Golding and Collins demonstrate that free will and control cannot be moderated effectively to sustain a utopian society. Demonstrating that human greed and corruption

Analysis of Dystopian Literature It’s getting harder for the average young adult to put down a good book…very surprising when it seems like youths don’t read anymore. However, the increase of sales in youth fiction is appearing to prove otherwise. One genre in particular has captured the attention of young audiences across the globe: Dystopian fiction. A topic not new to literature, yet more prevalent among books lining the shelves of your local Barnes & Noble. In fact, popular dystopian novels

For example, in the novel, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins the leaders from the Capitol show dehumanization on a grand scale with a callous disregard for the value of its citizen’s lives. The annual Hunger Games consist of twenty-four children ages twelve to eighteen, two from each of the twelve districts, who have to fight to the death. These Games occur in an arena which the game makers of the Capitol control with technology. The game makers design the arena to entertain the masses as well