Paranoia In Mockingjay

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 which is a form of entertainment for the Capitol. Out of every district two tributes, one boy and one girl will be picked to participate in the Hunger Games which is a battle to the death. Whichever tribute manages to survive till the end will be rewarded by getting to stay in the capitol and their district will be given more food and supplies. The reason Katniss becomes a part of the games is because her little sister prim is chosen during the reaping to be the tribute so Katniss hearing her sisters name volunteers as tribute to save her sisters life but she tries to win the games for her district and to provide for them. The only problem is she finds it hard to murder the other tributes because they are all so young and she doesn’t see why she must kill them for the Capitols entertainment.

Most people believe that a utopia can be achieved without any disputes or problems but that’s wrong. A utopia is a society that is believed to be perfect while a dystopia is a total opposite. A dystopia is where everything is as bad as it can be and is often the result of an event or idea that backfired. This is important because a dystopia is usually the result of a utopia gone wrong. The human quest for perfection inevitably yields dystopian results because greediness leads to destruction, perfection takes away uniqueness, and perfection is impossible to achieve.

To me dystopian literature is dystopian for a reason. The word dystopian means a imaginative society that is dehumanizing as possible. Thats why we have to be thankful for what we have. No internet. Small rations of food. Limitations to everything. That would be a dystopia. The book the Hunger Games is a good example of a dystopia. Because its society doesn’t have the luxuries that the president has. Nor the food. Plus they are forced to fight in an event on tv where they kill eachother. About 9/10 teenagers would rather not do that.

Dystopias and Utopias have always been a hot topic in literature and science fiction. A utopia is a place where everything is perfect. A kind of place that you would like to live the rest of your life without any flaws in society. A dystopia however, is the complete opposite of a utopia. The prefix dys-

Looking for the definition of a utopia was very interesting since there are many definitions the one that made the most sense was;“A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs and conditions”(read-write-think). There are a lot of illusions of utopias around the real world but not many are actually true. While also researching the definition of a Dystopia this is one that made the most sense; “A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal

According to Sir Thomas More utopia is an ideal place or an imagined place where everything is perfect, whereas some critics see that every utopia comes with its implied dystopia. B: Dystopia is an imagined universe where everything is imperfect but according to Harley Ferris dystopia is truly about providing happiness for their citizens. 2- Origins

During this movie, the second of the trilogy, an uprising against the government begins due to the past year’s Hunger Games in which two tributes survived, Katniss and Peeta. Not only did two people survive, but these victors are from district twelve, who in seventy four hunger games has only two other victors. The Capital decides that their strategy to stop the uprising is to crush the people’s symbol of hope, Katniss. The seventy fifth Hunger Games’ would be special, the tributes would be chosen from the past victors. Katniss, as the sole female winner from District Twelve, will have to go back into the games.

Utopia and dystopia: different, yet the same. Utopia is a perfect universe one with darkness plunging into the light, or light propelling into darkness? The answer may vary from person to person because “I cannot suit you all” as Ursula Le Guin mentions in her essay “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”(LeGuin). Sure, a utopian society may sound appealing seeing as it is an imagined place where everything is perfect. However; it is such defined as imaginary due to the fact that one perfect idea is not perfect for every individual due to the core human instinct of selfishness festering in the mind, waiting to be released from the dungeon.

Utopias and dystopias are two complete opposite societies. A utopia is defined as any real or imaginary society, place, or state that are considered to be perfect or ideal (“Utopia”). Everyone has a different idea of what a perfect world would be. This makes creating a utopia for everyone very difficult. One person’s utopia may be a dystopia for another.

Utopia: Any visionary system embodying perfect political and social order. Some might say that it is a non-existent place, because no place nor person has the ability to be perfect. Human nature only has it to make mistakes and wrong doings from time to time. It is impossible to think anyone can create a perfect society. Opposite terms we think of Dystopia which is undesirable. When thinking of Dystopia I think of a communist society, where people face daily persecution for natural conditions out of their control. Such as race, culture, and affairs.

Albert Camus once said “Utopia is that which is in contradiction with reality.” A utopia is an imagined place or state where there everything is pretty much perfect. It is an ideal society that is supposed to fulfill everyone’s needs in an equal way. There are no issues like poverty, disease, war, inequality, or anything of that sort. Although living in a utopian world would be perfect, all people have their own definition of perfect when it comes to what kind of world they would desire to live in.

All citizens are equal, there is access to education, and healthcare, and the environment is safe for all that live there. A dystopia is the opposite of utopia; it is an imperfect world where things have gone wrong. In a dystopian world people are usually controlled by an oppressive government. The government uses lies and propaganda to control the minds of the citizens.

The Hunger Games is one of three adventure novels written by Suzanne Collins and it hit the big screen in 2012 when the first movie of the trilogy was released on March 21, 2012. The movie clearly shows that the totalitarian nation of Panem was originally divided into 13 districts but 13th district was destroyed by the Capitol because they believe that the district 13 is being the driving force of the rebellion against their rules. The Capitol of Panem is the only major city mentioned in the trilogy and it is under the tyrannical dictatorship led by President Snow and it controls the whole Panem. The Capitol enforces inhumane rules that scarred the district people of Panem for generations because they have an annual event which is called the Hunger

A dystopia is a society where nothing is perfect, it’s the complete opposite of a utopia a

Dystopia is the anti-utopia. It is defined as a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system. Dystopia is shown as an alternative to the utopia, it represents a “vision of a fictional society that is made imperfect and flawed by the influences of tyranny, terrorism, poverty, misery and advanced technologies” (willans par.2). Willans also explain that dystopia “represents artificially created world or society in