Analysis Of The Film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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What if the government actually feared its citizens? How would life be? In Francis Lawrence’s 2013 film The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the film portrays the Capital as this powerful Pyramid that can not be collapsed. The capital and their beloved president, President Snow, keeps order by dividing the districts into twelve and striking fear into each community's mind. The whole start of the hunger games was to show that the capital was in charge and to let the districts know that there will not be another rebellion towards the capital ever again. But after arriving safely home from their unprecedented victory in the 74th Annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark discover that they must do a quick turnaround and begin a Victors Tour. As she and Peeta travel throughout the districts, Katniss senses a rebellion is stirring. However, President …show more content…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Throughout the film, there was a focus of fear which indicates that while the Capital is trying to scare the districts into being helpless and stay under their control, but in actuality the Capital is afraid of the thought that it might be another rebellion and if so, they might not win this one this time around.

President Snow is manipulating Katniss by using fear against her. This is portrayed in the scene where President Snow shows up to Katniss’s house an hour before her and Peeta leaves to go on tour. He is there to give her a chance to persuade him into believing that her and Peeta’s love story is real; if not there’s going to be a war. Thousands upon thousands are going to be dead. He gives her the option to change his mind, but in actuality he really wants to kill her at the end of the day, due to the fact that she started giving people hope in the last Hunger Games ( 00:06:19 - 00:10:20). President Snow states, “ imagine

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