Oppression In The Hunger Games

The novels The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Kindred by Octavia Butler both contain examples of oppression created and/or worsened by the capitalist society in which they are set. In The Hunger Games, Collins creates a futuristic society of severe class inequality in which the children of the poor are killed for the political benefit and entertainment of the rich. Kindred is primarily set on a 19th century American slave plantation and examines the institution slavery in a fictional context. As Lois Tyson puts it, “getting and keeping economic power is the motive behind all social and political activities”-- this includes the Games from Collins’ novel, and the slave system described in Kindred (Tyson 52). Capitalism creates classism

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

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.

In the Hunger Games, there is a lot of dehumanization and aggression that happens as the story unfolds. The definition of aggression is "any form of behavior directed toward the goal of harming or injuring another living being who is motivated to avoid such treatment” (Opotow). While, dehumanization is defined as “the psychological process of demonizing the enemy, making them seem less than human and hence not worthy of humane treatment” (Opotow).

The picture is a still of the movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, second part in a saga based on a trilogy of books. This scene appears in the beginning of the film and represents The Reaping, the process that selects the participants of the Quarter Quell. I argue that the scene is a defining moment in the revolution because it is the instant when the discourse changes and the people stand together to fight a repressive system that favors class inequality.

Literature from the speculative fiction genre aims to expose problems or concerns that pertain to society and the struggle of humanity. In the case of Suzanne Collins’ ‘The Hunger Games’ the issues of power and gender are displayed. Collins reminds audiences of past societies that have disempowered individual citizens in order to offer a social critique through her literature. Although the circumstances seen in ‘The Hunger Games’ are extreme, audiences are reminded of their plausibility through Collins’ discussion of political, economic, social and gender imbalances of power. The text encourages audiences to critique the ideological structure of modern societies.

in the hunger games,author Suzanne Collins presents the idea that humans are prone to rebel if they feel that they are being treated unjust because in the hunger games are being treated less than humans. The hunger games was created in order to keep the other districts in order after the districts rebelled against the capitol during the dark days but the reason they rebelled is still unclear but it is most likely that they rebelled against the capitol because of mistreatment(page n the hunger games,author Suzanne Collins presents the idea that humans are prone to rebel if they feel that they are being treated unjust because in the hunger games are being treated less than humans. The hunger games was created in order to keep the other districts

Throughout the textbook, The Rhetorical Power of Popular Culture by Deanna D., there were many types of methods discussed in each chapter in which they provided end-of-chapter papers as examples that reflected this method. In chapter seven the method feminist perspective is discussed and an essay example the film The Hunger Games was examined and provided how the film relates to this method. During the sample paper

In the Hunger Games series, a dystopian future is set up. Over-population seems to be one of the biggest concerns. In order fix these problems games of entertainment are held where there can only be one survivor. Everyone who is chosen to participate in these games is fighting for survival where only one person can come out on top. While these dystopian societies are going on,there are also utopian societies that we can see in most Disney movies.

The story shows the importance of hope and doing something for the nation where the willingness to sacrifice oneself for others. It depicts the reality where it shows what is really happening or the situation of the world today. People usually watch news that is about wars or other political issues wherein the story shows as the people in the districts and Capitol watch the killings or eliminations of the participants in the hunger games. It also tackles some issues like inequality where there is the existence of power in the story as it is portrayed by the people in the Capitol, the head of the game and Snow who is the president of

Many films, television shows, and books include concepts of Marxism. The Hunger Games illustrates Marxist theory by focusing on the struggles between the social classes. In this paper, I argue the battle of power and dominance between difference the opposing social classes. I will discuss the division and relationship between classes. I focused on providing examples from the trilogy where the government and upper class attempts to control and dominate the lower class. I emphasize the strict lifestyles of the citizens as they are forced to obey the laws and work for the upper class.

If every dystopia is someone’s utopia, how can a happy medium come about? If a middle ground was achieved, is that really anyone’s utopia? In the movie The Hunger Games by novelist Suzanne Collins, these questions are subjective depending on who is answering. The society is categorized into 13 Districts and a central Capital. For citizens of the Capital, life is filled with luxuries such as entertainment shows, gold, and a variety of lavish foods. On the other hand, for people in the 13 Districts, life is filled with uncertainties, hunger, and fears. Each year, one girl and one boy, between the ages of 12-18, are randomly selected from each district to fight until death. The winner helps out their district by allowing them to have enough food for a year. The injustices between the Capital and the Districts are similar to the inequalities that are present in

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a young adult novel that reflects real world reality problems which relate to humanity, poverty, and violence. The speaker of this book expresses many emotions throughout the book that keeps the book interesting and at the edge of your seat. The novel is written from the first point of view of the main character Katniss Everdeen. The opening line of the book “When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold” shows that the author used “I” to portray that the speaker is the main character and the story is going to be told through her thoughts and from her perspective. The novel is taken place during a time when the government, in this case the capital, is having a cruel event. All of the twelve districts

Introduction The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, presents sixteen year old, Katniss Everdeen, and all her problems including, social issues such as hunger and child labor. Katniss lives in the North American Nation of Panem, where the Capitol has set up a system of injustice. Two teenaagers, ages of 12-18, are forced to put in at least one slip of paper that inscribes their name. In return, they would receive a month’s supply of hard grain and oil, as almost anyone who hadn’t lived in Panem, hadn’t experienced hunger, at all.

1.1.5. Type of Dystopian control in the Hunger Games It is usual, for dystopian fiction, to incorporate some kind of societal control, which is oppressive in nature and the main purpose for which it is used is, to keep public under control. The Hunger Games presents the technological control in which a society is basically controlled by technology—through robots, computers, surveillance and/or scientific means. The specialists designed the arena through computers and other complicated softwares. A tracker chip is installed in the bodies of each tribute so that the game makers are well aware of the whereabouts of the tributes.