The Hunger Games And Catching Fire

In the movie film The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem is a society very dissimilar to our own. This nation once began with 13 districts, until the thirteenth district chose to take action against the oppressors. They were quickly put down, the remaining 12 districts were punished and were forced to fund two participants which were known as tributes , a boy and a girl of young age to the Capitol each year to compete in the Hunger Games which is a brutal fight to the death. The winner of the huger games is then rewarded with a number of rewards, as well as their home district receives an extra amount of food for one year. The government of Panem administrates these annual “games” as a reminder

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 some are subcultures and others counterculture)? Describe a few elements of material and nonmaterial culture.

The twenty four tributes who have been picked are being watched killing each other by the rest of the world for entertainment. Children killing other children should not be considered good entertainment, normally it would be illegal, but in Panem it is remainder to not cross the Capital. The whole idea of the Hunger games is cruel and even worse that potentially twelve year olds are forced to fight against bigger and stronger eighteen year olds. This is not a fair fight, but the people who made the rules do not care and the adults of the districts have no control over what happens to them or their children. The idea of the Hunger Games is slightly ironic because the capital created new laws guaranteeing peace along with the Hunger games. The games uses starvation, death and murder to remind the citizens to never rebel against them again. The districts are constantly watched by guards and when they step out of line, or try to escape their district murdered or forced to be a servant is their

In the Hunger Games the Reaping Is when the capital randomly chooses two kids from every district and they have to fight to the death. The Reaping only happens once a year, a few months before the Games began. These kids can be as young as twelve to eighteen, and they are usually picked randomly or you can volunteer yourselves. If a district doesn’t participate in the reaping, they receive the death penalty. Whoever wins or whoever is the last standing gets to get food to feed their whole district. Since the districts are very poor, food is rare. They are able to apply for treasure, which is grain and oil.

The Hunger Games, the movie, was adapted from the popular young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games is sometimes described as another cliche love story for which the young adult genre is infamous. Despite appearances, The Hunger Games illustrates a complex and creative dystopian world with a much deeper underlying message, including topics such as, politics, history, and celebrity worship. The setting appears to be a futuristic version of America. This future America is very classist, and the tyrannical government is sure to keep the classes divided by heavily oppressing the working class. The working class is divided into twelve districts, which used to be thirteen districts until the thirteenth district was annihilated as a result of its uprising. In response to the thirteenth district’s resistance, the President created a game called “The Hunger Games” in an effort to instill obedience in the remaining twelve districts. Through the course of the movie, we learn that “The Hunger Games” are not only a mechanism to force obedience on the working class, but also to serve as entertainment for the elite society who live in the Capitol. The Games require 24 randomly selected children from the working class districts to fight to the death in an elaborately staged battle, all of which is filmed and broadcasted to the entire nation, working class and elite alike. Thesis: The Hunger Games, the movie, has a hauntingly feasible storyline and clear references to real

The book “Lord Of The Flies” is about a plane crashing onto an Island and no adult supervision left for the group young boys left behind. Once all of the boys that were scattered along the island gathered, they realized that they were left on there own and can do whatever they want to. The boys then created a structured civilization that doesn't quite strive throughout their time there. In the novel, “Lord Of The Flies” written by William Golding the novel supports philosopher Thomas Hobbes’ theory of the “Ruthless Savage” because the boys are portrayed as bullies and careless. The movie “The Hunger Games” shows several of the same qualities as the novel “Lord Of The Flies”.

The reason for the Hunger Games is to remind all the Districts of what had happened to District 13 whom decided to rebel against the capitol. They hold a "reaping" every year and they send them to

The Hunger Games by Susan Collins is a slap in the face for society, essentially a wakeup call. Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl that volunteers as tribute for Prim, her little sister and is the focus of The Hunger Games. The book is set in Panem a dystopian society with twelve districts and an over ruling power, the Capitol. The Capitol has created a punishment for a rebellion that occurs 74 years earlier, called the reaping. Every year there is a reaping, the reaping requires each of the twelve districts to gather and watch as two of their children are picked to compete in the most dangerous game; the hunger games. Each child sent is in a competition for their life, one will survive. After the reaping the tributes are sent to the Capitol where they are introduced to the public. The tributes are treated like celebrities, interview and forced to play their best angle to the media. See any similarities between 21st century America and the world Katniss lives in? Panem and

The Hunger Games is about a teenager named Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a place called Panem. In Panem, there’s the capitol and 12 districts. The president and Capitol citizens live in the capitol. All the districts contribute something to the capitol like food, or power, and in return, the capitol gives the district's security. Katniss lives in district 12. District 12 provides coal but is also the poorest district. Everyone lives off of small animals they can catch. In order to survive, Katniss hunts on illegal land to provide for her mom and her sister, Prim. Every year the Capitol holds an event called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is were two tributes from each district come to an arena and

Each year the Capitol show their power by celebrating The Hunger Games in which each District need to provide one boy and a girl to participate in the games and they must fight to the death, twenty four tributes go in, but, just one go out. All Panem need to watch the games and fear for their children or themselfs because maybe the next year the ones that are on the TV show could be them. “-this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion” (18). The fear the Capitol create in Panem leave them hopeless and oppressed by a greater power.

The districts in Panem were divided from rich to poor, districts 1 and 2 were the wealthiest while the other districts like district 11 and 12 were impoverished. This was a strategy for the capitol and those in power, in order to exercise their hegemony to suppress and control the population. The Hunger Games was used to promote the concept of false ‘hope’ and social mobility. Social mobility is a strategy used by capitalists to spread false propaganda about the poor being able to move from social group to another. The capitalists promote the idea of the ‘American Dream’, that with hard work and dedication anyone can be successful and become rich but this notion is false. For example, the people in districts 1 and 2 are privileged and have all the resources and wealth it requires for the people

The Capitol does everything in their power to suppress the people of the twelve districts so they do not revolt and take over the government. The Capitol forces twenty four tributes, a male and a female, from each district to enter into the Hunger Games and limit the job opportunities in each district. All of these problems are the reason for the poverty in the districts. Like Panem, which was the name of the fake country in the book, third world countries like Cuba, Libya, and North Korea also struggle with the lack of jobs opportunities and poverty due to the corruption of

The film The Hunger Games, released in 2012 and based off the first book of a literary trilogy, has become a source of entertainment and intrigue among many Americans. Featuring a futuristic and dystopian United States, it has captured the imagination for some and kindled a intense obsession for others. While on the surface this movie might seem to simply be a story with a riveting plot line about young love, vicious combat, and survival, it is much more than that. As most films do, if one takes a closer look, The Hunger Games gives rise to multiple sociological patterns and themes. If one observes with an informed and critical eye, sociological issues that are embedded in the film are revealed. From this, one can draw cultural and

The film I will be micro-analysing is Francis Laurence’s 2013 film “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, focusing on the opening sequence and how cinematography such as camera techniques and mise-en scene are used to create an effect on an audience. The scene opens with a high angled extreme wide shot looking down at the woods, where the sequence is set, giving a “God-like” perspective of the view to the audience. The angle could mimic that of the Game Makers during the annual Hunger Games (in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, is reaped to take part in twice), giving the audience a sense of power over the scene. The scene is set in the early hours of the morning with the mise-en scene showing a dark and grey overview of the whole woods, representing the poverty and depression that has plagued the people in District 12 for many years. The only colour to break up the low lighting and grey is the dull orange of the sun as it rises in the background.

An essential theme that is politically and socially relevant to the film is the idea of rich versus poor. In Panem, the wealth is heavily represented as the governments and the game makers behind the Hunger Games. On the other hand, the citizens living in the Capitol represent the poor. In contrast, there is a huge disparity between the lives of the wealthly and the poor. Researchers believed that “the alleviation of extreme poverty