Many today would watch The Hunger Games and Catching Fire and think to themselves; it is just a story, two oppressed teenagers rise to become the heroes and star-crossed lovers of their dystopian society. If you look deeper, you can see how much more that their districts are like modern society than we would like to believe. Before understanding how poverty in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire affects the citizens of Panem (the country in The Hunger Games and Catching Fire) you must first realize
PTSD, and it is even portrayed by some of the most beloved characters in pop culture today. One such character is Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games series. By taking the cognitive approach to examine this case, it is easy to diagnose and suggest possible treatments for the character. First of all, who is Katniss Everdeen? The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay is a trilogy of young adult novels that have been adapted into four major motion pictures. This insight into PTSD is going
state or nationally. In ancient Greece, as well as in modern day America, the upper class holds power over the lower class by using oppressive and institutionalizing methods to control the lower class as can be seen in the Iliad and in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. The ancient Greek education system acted as an institutionalized method to oppress the lower classes. Carr states, that “Any boy who was poor,even if he was free, also could not go to school: his family could not afford to pay the teacher”
Marx, Late Capitalism, and the Hunger Games In his papers, Marx outlines his thoughts on communism and how it would work in a modern setting. Three main points that Marx presents in his papers are that: all value is labor, all value comes from exploitation, and eventually this exploitation will lead to a revolution. In Marxism, the end ideal is that the proletariat, the lower class, will revolt and overthrow the bourgeoisie, the upper class. This ideal is very similarly drawn out in the Suzanne Collins
Hannah Hirschhorn Essay 10/16/12 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
choise novel I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The main character Katniss Everdeen, was telling the story in a first person perspective. Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games. In this three book series all the people in the story are controlled by the capital. The citizens of the capital are divided into twelve districts and every year two people (one male and one female) are chosen to compete in a fight to the death. This competition is called the Hunger games. The winner getting
When reading The Hunger Games, one might not read and think deeply enough about something like symbolism. Looking into it, however, the characters in this novel by Suzanne Collins seem to be named after historical figures, words that are descriptive of their characters, and even plants. Realizing this really makes reading the novel much more interesting, because now the reader has something or someone to compare each of the main or supporting characters to. The Hunger Games makes relates many of
For my book report I chose “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins. Catching Fire is set in a alternative universe that is set up in a way a monarchy would function there is the king or a president who is a cold hearted human being named President Snow. Then there are the nobles or in this situation the capital people, the capital people are wealthy and they dress outrageously just so people can distinguish them from non wealthy people. Lastly skipping the presents you have the slaves or the districts
The Most Dangerous Game, by Richard Connell, explores the emotion of fear, by using two philosophies. The first, that there are only two groups of people in the world: the hunters and the hunted and the second being survival of the fittest. The underlying content of “The Most Dangerous Game” relies on a sense of fear and a human’s reaction to a perilous situation. Fear can be defined as “response to physical and emotional danger” (Psychology Today). This instinctual reaction allows humans to protect
Roman elements in the series of Hunger Games Rome, which was once the greatest power of the world, had tremendous impact on how we do things in different social aspects today: The Roman Republic is the origin of modern democratic system, and the Roman Law, which was seen as the foundation of modern legal system, is still a required course for law school students nowadays. However, Roman impacts on our modern society is not only within the conceptions of social systems, but in the aspect of culture