The Hunger Game Analysis

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Throughout The Hunger Games many different ideology’s can be examined. All ideologies are centered on the idea of power. Power is a very prominent aspect of The Hunger Games. Panem is the holder of power. But within Panem, who holds the power? Is it Snow or is it the willingness of the citizens to subject them-selves to the capital? Although each district holds a different relationship with the capital, each district is solely committed to the capital and making the people of the capitol happy. Which is why each district must submit a male and female for the annual hunger games without protesting, they are forced to give away a child, sibling, and family member to watch them die on television. This ‘game’ is a terrible form of entertainment that President Snow makes clear is not going away anytime soon. Since President Snow is forcing his residents to participate in this game he is forcing the power pedagogy upon the citizens of each district. Along with the power pedagogy he is forcing each district to hate one …show more content…
Within the hunger games the game makers are able to control what happens in the arena. Upon arrival into the arena, each participant has a tracker device placed into his or her arm (Collins, p.188). This is designed for the game makers, to be able to track where they’re at during the games. The game makers are able to watch them and control what happens, for example the game makers create a huge forest fire “Things have been too quiet today. No deaths, perhaps no fights” (Collins, p.226). They create this so that way Katniss will move quickly out of the tree and be pushed into a different area within the arena. The game makers are able to use Michael Foucault’s perception of power, pedagogy to their advantage when the participants are in the arena. They use this as a type of control system, constantly knowing where each tribute is and who they’re

Machiavelli's The Hunger Games: An Analysis

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The Hunger Games Rhetorical Analysis

The Hunger Games is a nationally televised competition which is taken place annually in the country of Panem. 24 tributes from 12 Districts are chosen to compete, fighting each other until death with only one victor. The author of The Hunger Games narrated the life of the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen a sixteen-year-old who accounts in her perspective. She lives in District 12, which is often called the Seam. After the death of her father, she has been the primary provider of her household at the…

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Hunger Games Dystopian Analysis

bad, much like you see in the well known movie called The Hunger Games. In the movie there is 12 districts in the country of Panem. Twenty-four people are selected between the ages of twelve to eighteen to go into an arena and fight to the death of each other. Two people are chosen from each district one boy and one girl. There can only be one survival with the hopes and promises of a better life for them and their families. The Hunger Games is considered an dystopian society because it the citizens…

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The Hunger Games: A Cultural Analysis

The Hunger Games has a very strong connection with its culture. Many of the people and locations in the book tie together with the culture of the book. In one of my sources I’m using they specify the relationships between names from the book and from Roman history, “these include Cato, Portia, Octavia, and Flavia. These Roman names generally go with characters who are from the Capitol or the wealthy districts” (Shmoop). The culture incorporated in the book is wrapped around Roman history. In both…

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The Hunger Games Movie Vs Book Analysis

After reading the book and watching the movie of the hunger games , there are many similarities and differences between the two of them.When watching the film and the novel , one can make comparisons and contrasts and see obvious effects. There are are many comparison between the movie and the book. One of them was when the games were beginning , and Katniss went for the bow and arrow even though Haymich told the both of them to find water. Another one is when Katniss cuts…

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Hunger Games And Star Wars: A Comparative Analysis

In the stories Hunger games and Star Wars, there are many differences and similarities. Three examples of this are the ordinary world, the refusal, and the mentor/helper parts of the stories. When the stories are in the ordinary scenes, Katniss was struggling through life, like when she had so many names in the reapings because she had to get grain for her family and when she lost her dad her mom zoned out and she had to take care of her sister and her mom. Luke didn’t struggle as hard as Katniss…

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Analysis Of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2

Perhaps one of the most anticipated films of 2015, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 hit U.S. theaters on November 19. Interestingly, it is the sequel to the last part of the trilogy, based on the series bearing the same name by best-selling author, Suzanne Collins. Fans have waited patiently as promotion included fictional “Panem propaganda” and several trailers - which were all very teasing. The official trailer, released this past summer, was well-received, increasing hysteria for the movie…

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Analysis Of The Hunger Games: Young Adult Dystopian Novels

The hunger games is a movie about love killing friendship survival and combat. The movie is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by the novelist Suzanne Collins. The novels in the trilogy are The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010). All of the novels have been developed into movies using Jennifer Lawrence. Mockingjay is the only film that has split into two parts. Jennifer Lawrence is the main character named Katniss Everdeen. The other main character is…

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Sacrifice The Lottery

Literary Analysis “Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn towards heaven and our ancestors for something in return,”-Kungi. The Lottery is a short story about how a town has a lottery. Each person takes a sheet of paper out of a black box if you get the black dot you're going to be sacrificed because they think they think they will get better crops if they sacrifice a person. In the story The Hunger Games, about how because of what district 13 did, (trying to overthrow the Capital)…

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Hunger Games Sociological Essay

1 Sociological analysis 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…

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