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In the novel, Katniss and Peeta, used the strategy of showing fake love in order to win hearts of the people and get attention of sponsors in order to survive the competition. Katniss’s on-air romantic relationship with Peeta, which helps her to survive throughout the course of the series, echoes the overtly dramatic romantic tensions at the center of so many reality shows, ranging from The Real World to The Bachelor. (Wright 102)
After Peeta reveals his secret infatuation with Katniss during his interview, Katniss and her mentor Haymitch discuss the event: 'You 're all they 're talking about. The star-crossed lovers from District Twelve! ' says Haymitch. 'But we 're not star-crossed lovers! ' I say.
Haymitch grabs my shoulders and pins
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In one of her interviews, Suzanne Collins told that her father was an Air Force officer who served in Vietnam, though he was not drafted. In her novel, she portrayed Panem’s families watching the reaping either in person or on television, waiting for the fate of their friends and loved ones, their children, to be determined by a drawing. In her article “Communal Spectacle”, Gretchen Koenig states “Collins seems to turn our own historical memory of the Vietnam War into a comment on our own capacity for, and attraction to, violence” (Koenig …show more content…
They exercise power over people by encouraging them to cheer for the success or failure of their district’s tributes. They also have full control over the game arena as well. They have rigged the arena with cameras all over the place. Also, they control the physical environment, as they can start fires, and perform other actions to manoeuvre the tributes accordingly. (HG 173) They work solely for the capitol. It is the Game Makers ' duty to make sure that they make the Capitol appear strong and righteous. If the Capitol seems to be weak, the districts might rebel against it, or if the wealthy citizens of the Capitol become bored, then they may rethink the situation of the nation.
The book also presents many examples of how media relates to power and control. For example, for the media to have an influence, it requires to be watched. The media of The Hunger Games utilize the spectacle of television violence both to frighten the people, but also to entice them into watching more. Throughout the books, it is apparent that the media has a strong effect on the ideas of the people of Panem, and the books raises the reader 's awareness of the fact that the media will always affect the people who
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Suzanne Collins has, through her writings, used great imagery to expose the meaningful side of ‘The Hunger Games’, the side that is not all about what takes place in the arena. The Capitol’s rule over the districts, the reality-show part of the Hunger Games and the Mockingjay pin are all fragments of deeper meanings that create the basis of all that the story is. Suzanne Collins has depicted the country of Panem as a place overruled by a large city, known as the Capitol. The Hunger Games is apparently a means to keep peace and a fair punishment for the rebellion of the districts, where district 13 was obliterated in the mess. However, Collins has spun this interpretation around and unveiled a different perspective – that The Hunger Games is
The Vietnam War was not a “pretty” war. Soldiers were forced to fight guerilla troops, were in combat during horrible weather, had to live in dangerous jungles, and, worst of all, lost sight of who they were. Many soldiers may have entered with a sense of pride, but returned home desensitized. The protagonist in Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible,” is testament to this. In the story, the protagonist is a young man full of life prior to the war, and is a mere shell of his former self after the war. The protagonists in Tim O’Brien’s “If I Die in a Combat Zone,” and Irene Zabytko’s “Home Soil,” are also gravely affected by war. The three characters must undergo traumatic experiences. Only those who fought in the Vietnam War understand what these men, both fictional and in real life, were subjected to. After the war, the protagonists of these stories must learn to deal with a war that was not fought with to win, rather to ensure the United States remained politically correct in handling the conflict. This in turn caused much more anguish and turmoil for the soldiers. While these three stories may have fictionalized events, they connect with factual events, even more so with the ramifications of war, whether psychological, morally emotional, or cultural. “The Red Convertible,” and “Home Soil,” give readers a glimpse into the life of soldiers once home after the war, and how they never fully return, while “If I Die in a Combat Zone,” is a protest letter before joining the war. All three protagonists must live with the aftermath of the Vietnam War: the loss of their identity.
...th this boy that the thought of not being with him was unthinkable. You...you'd rather die than not be with him. You understand?” Katniss is pressured by Haymitch to say she is deeply in love with Peeta in order to avoid them getting into trouble for switching the rules of the game. Katniss does not feel this way about Peeta but she proved to the audience she does, which is why she stays alive. The characters in both Lord of the Flies and The Hunger Games display very similar types of pressure.
Complete governmental control develops as an apparent theme of both 1984 and The Hunger Games. 1984 uses the concept of big brother for the sole purpose of instilling a dependence on the government for every aspect in the citizens’ lives. Similarly, the capitol of Panem in The Hunger Games censors information from the people so that any idea of revolution will be instantaneously
On the train back to District 12, Peeta discovers this entire romance thing between himself and Katniss was an act and a strategy to keep both of them alive. Peeta is devastated and disappears in his room and isn’t seen by Katniss until they arrive in District 12, where they have to act like they are in love. For the audience.
Entertainment can come and be enjoyed in many different forms. Television shows and movies are some of the different forms of entertainment can be in. The lives of famous actors from shows or movies are constantly scrutinized on and off screen. Within the world of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins a version of reality entertainment is the televised murder of innocent children. Those who are chosen to be within the Hunger Games become a scrutinized celebrity. Katniss and other tributes that are forced to fight and kill show how human identity can become lost as they become objectified for the people of Panem. The Hunger Games helps represent the harm that reality television can have by using the glorification of death with the objectification
...ith her peers. It is only when they couple desperately needs supplies that Katniss realizes, “ (Collins 297). Through Katniss’ unreliability, the reader is able to make realizations about her as she makes them about herself.
Collins portrays Peeta, as having feminine characteristics by showing him to be as emotional, romantic and more passive than Katniss. In the novel, Peeta “blushes beet red and stammers out” his love for Katniss on national television. He confesses that he has a crush and he tells the interviewer that his crush “[is] here with [him].” (Katniss, 130) Whereas Katniss’ reaction to Peeta’s confession is to “slam [her] palms into his chest” (Katniss, 135). This illustrates Peeta’s emotional personality and compares it to Katniss’s cold personality. This disproves the idea that gender roles are exactly true, and men cannot have similar features to
In other words, Peeta encourages Katniss to open up, talk about her feelings and share herself with other people. Perhaps the movie is not just about strict gender roles and their manifestation but about being brave and strong in whatever skill set or character that a person has. Also Peeta is softer and not strong enough and one of the evidences is when Peeta escaped to the forest and hid himself among the
Katniss was friends with Gale but she also had feelings for him too. She falls for Peeta because he is smart, sweet, strong and nurturing, which means to care, but she’s too confused to really think about it. Katniss
The Hunger Games, a film based off of a novel written by Susan Collins, was released in March of 2012. The film, and the book it was based on, chronicles the struggles of a girl named Katniss Everdeen, a girl who lives in a poverty stricken province or “District”, until untimely circumstances forces her to play in the Hunger Games, a gladiatorial like contest where children between the ages of 12 and 18 are forced to fight to the death. A contest that was set up by an oppressive and authoritarian government, and has thus far been sustained via the forced obedience of the rebellious Districts, the brainwashing and conditioning of Districts 1 and 2, and the conditioning of the residents of its Capitol. The movie has a variety of messages, most especially in regards toward social control and social conditioning. With these ideas in mind, a case could very well be made that The Hunger Games, throughout its two hour long run time, shows a very realistic look at a socially conditioned society and what humanity can become with the right amount of conditioning and control by an authoritarian force.
I believe that Peeta wants to be trained separately because he wants to plan against Katniss. He does not want to feel anything for her. Peeta does not want to get attached to Katniss nor does he want them to talk with kindness because then it will be harder to kill each other. I believe, the reason he is doing, this is because his mother does not believe in him his own son. Peeta's mother believes in Katniss that she will be the victor and that makes Peeta jealous and angry because his own mother does not believe Peeta will make it. I bet that Peeta wants to prove his mother wrong and finally will get some recommendation from her.
For this Final MIRR I did the book Hunger Games by: Suzanne Collins. This book is set in the future in a place called Panem. Panem rose from the remains of North America and it consists of a richer capital surrounded by 12 more poor districts that are under heavy supervision by the capital. Every year as a punishment for the rebellion against the capital there is an event called the Hunger Games that is meant to repress anyone from fighting against the capital and causing a revolution. The Hunger Games take children from the ages of 12 to 19 and you can enter your name more than once to earn food and money. The way they chose the people that go into the Hunger Games is called the reaping; this takes one girl and one guy from every district and forces them to fight for their lives. The two people that chosen where, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. They have to be trained by their mentor. A mentor is a person who won the last Hunger Games, and there job is to train the tributes about the Hunger Games. Before the Hunger Games starts you have a little time to prepare, this includes training, impressing the game makers and the capital and making some friends. You can receive donations when inside the arena, and to get donations you have to get lots of supporters, this is why you need to impress the capital. Once inside the arena anything goes, there are no rules. The last person standing will win and will be the mentor next year.