How Does Suzanne Collins Use Social Inequality In The Hunger Games

First of all, The Hunger Games is a valuable piece of literature because it provides readers with not only relatable characters, but a great role model. In the book, the protagonist Katniss Everdeen is willing to sacrifice everything for her family when she decides to volunteer to take her sisters place in the annual “Hunger Games”. She is motivated by the overpowering love she has for her family, but doesn’t expect to be viewed as a hero or a star, for all she wants to do is survive and protect all the innocent people affected by the capitol. She teaches readers that where you come from does not determine your future, and if you don’t like your circumstances then you have the power to change it. Katniss is sending a message to readers by saying “You don't forget the face of the person who was your last hope.”( Collins 85) This means when you’re placed in a bad

In the fiction novel the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, the inequality between rich and poor causes issues between the districts and the Capitol, run by president snow. The city Panem located in the heart of the city shows that wealth is heavily concentrated in the hands of the rich, particularly those people living in the Capitol and certain districts, and the result is a huge difference between their lives and the lives of the poor. Many of the residents do not even have enough to eat. District 12 is one of the most poor districts of them all, so she has to hunt illegally, behind district 12 in the woods to feed her family. An example of inequality is the reaping, the way they are choses is like a lottery, all random. The more you put your name in and the more enter the more food you get. The poor are much more likely to get picked than the poor.

Upon watching the movie “The Hunger Games” from a sociological perspective, I learned that many of the things that we have gone over in this online sociology course were incorporated heavily into what is perhaps one of my personal favorite movies of all time. Things like social status, culture, heritage, gender, and more were all used throughout the film in order to portray a realistic and believable setting for the viewer from a social perspective. Probably the most important sociological themes explored in this movie were the struggle to maintain a high ranking social status amongst surrounding humans, the pre-perceived idea of what you were and weren’t allowed to do legally speaking based on your district, and most importantly, how humans can ultimately make life or death decisions based on the value or benefit of a certain person to the group.

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a widely renowned young-adult dystopian novel depicting the story of a totalitarian government named Panem, which forced twenty four children to fight to the death on live television every year. The novel primarily focused on the main protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, and the struggles she had to overcome as a tribute trying to survive in the games as long as she could. Throughout the novel, various themes are explored through the eyes of Katniss Everdeen, all of which emblemized various aspects of life in a society struggling in a post-war oppressive government. In the following paragraphs, I will explore exactly how the themes of Social Injustice, False Reality, and Intolerance of Defiance all intertwine

The hunger games also are based in a futuristic society as applies to the book the Fahrenheit 451. The setting in the novel is one of complete disarray in the order of the society as is the case in the novel the Fahrenheit 451. The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel, but its content is far more political than any other novels written in the twenty-first century. The novel revolves around a young female teenager who is engaged in a young triangle with other two young men. The young men are Peeta Mellark and her best friend, Gale. The main idea, however, is the task that the young teenager, who happens to be the main character is faced with. Katniss Everdeen as is the name of the girl, is faced with the task of uniting her Falk in an uprising against the cruel system of administration which happens to be taking advantage of the other population (Dubrofsky

The 2012 film, The Hunger Games, portrays the sociological themes of social control, labeling theory, and structural strain theory. The Hunger Games is about a dystopian society that is separated into 12 “Districts,” the first being the richest and the last being the poorest. The main character, Katniss, lives within District 12. The food within District 12 is rationed, many people do not have enough to eat and people’s needs are not sufficiently met. Katniss portrays the fatherly role of the family because her father passed away when she was young, which left her mother devastated and incapable of caring for her and her little sister, Prim.

Finally the theme of this book can be seen in everyday life. Some examples of this is when Katniss needs to do several things to change and become more prettier. On page 61 Katniss talks about how the people from the Capitol were altering her appearance. “R-i-i-i-p! I grit my teeth as venia, a woman with aqua hair and gold tattoos above her eyebrows, yanks a fabric from my leg tearing out the hair beneath it. “Sorry!” she pipes in her silly Capitol accent. “You’re just so hairy!” Katniss is talking about how the Capitol is changing how her appearance is and altering it for others to see meanwhile she has to suffer pain for the beauty and enjoyment of others. This is also seen in real life when peoples bodies are altered in painful ways so they could look more appealing to others. Another example of this theme is shown on page 98 when Katniss says “The Hunger Games aren’t a beauty contest, but the best looking tributes always seem to pull in more sponsor’s.” When Katniss says this she means that beauty plays a role in getting sponsors which are important for supplies in the Hunger Games. This represents the theme because in order to look beautiful and appear to others, Katniss had to have her body altered in painful ways and suffered just so people

“May the odds be ever in your favor”- Effie Trinket. The hunger games is a book written by Suzanne Collins, this book has a world of its own, the book shows two types of people the people that are in poverty and the wealthy people, there are districts 1-12 and there is the capitol the place where all the people live, the lower class citizens live in the districts.

Suzanne Collins’ novel The Hunger Games and its big screen adaptation follow the journey of a teenage girl in the dystopian country of Panem. Katniss Everdeen must fight to survive in a game of death against other youth from the twelve districts in Panem. However, The Hunger Games is not just a young adult genre obsession, but also a complex study of the social sciences. The symbolism and plot of The Hunger Games are prime examples of Sociology because they display different societal rules and norms, the struggle for power, and the importance of the media.

The trilogy of The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, focuses on a country that is being controlled by an oppressive government and the people who are fighting against it for their freedom. Although the odds are against the rebels, they continue to combat tyranny at the risk of their own lives. The story takes place in the not too distant future in a country called Panem, which represents the United States. The Capitol, which is the center of the national government, is a brutal and very advanced metropolis, exercises political and physical control over the entire nation of Panem. One of the methods used by the government is the annual lethal “Hunger Games.” The main character, Katniss Everdeen is

The element of social commentary that the Lionsgate movie company chose for their movie was about how social classes are unfair. They show this by portraying the “lower” characters in an environment without many natural resources. These characters have to work hard for their food by hunting wild animals and/or manual labor. They are also don’t have much money so they have a hard time buying food and water. Whereas, the Capitol has lots of money and doesn’t have to work hard for anything. An example of this is in district twelve, one of the poorest districts, they

The contextual messages represented in the novel The Hunger Games by the Author Suzanne Collins are relatable to the world around us as war, social inequalities, the environment issues are all evident. Author Suzanne Collins gives us a snapshot of what our futuristic world could be like if we continue on the same path that we are currently travelling

Simmons maintains that through Collins' novel, she can teach her students about hunger and poverty in the United States of America by paralleling Collins' presentation of Katniss' circumstances with those who are in fact poverty stricken in America. Simmons' astute lesson plan plays off the emotional connection between the authors' audience and protagonist and in so doing Simmons ". . . [raises] awareness and [advocate] for change [;] such projects encourage [her] students to assess their world and take action against the social problems they observe. . ."(24). Simmons' appreciation for "food" as a symbol of wealth and luxury in Collins' novel allows her to contrast and develop a binary through which she demonstrates to her students how "food" is a tool of power. Nevertheless, how does this exploration relate to the misguided interpretation of the themes in The Hunger Games?

The Hunger Games has several themes, but one of the most dominant themes that carries throughout the entire novel is the theme of survival. From the very beginning of the first chapter, Collins introduces a dystopian world in which survival in the Districts does not come easily. From the perspective of her protagonist Katniss, Collins reveals just how difficult daily life in District Twelve and the 'Seam' can be; from scrounging for food, signing up for tesserae, learning how to trap and hunt, Katniss has been honing her survival skills for years before she ever set a foot in the Hunger Games arena.

In The Hunger Games, Collins depicts a future country at the mercy of its leaders. The Hunger Games is an annual event that was invented as a punishment for the thirteen districts that had rebelled against the Capitol. The book’s protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, critiques the society which she is a part of. The society in the book is in many ways very similar to our society. The Hunger Games critiques reality shows and their extreme entertainment, thereby addressing the late Marxist idea of multi-national or late capitalism. It also critiques war and different strategies of war.