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As human beings, we thrive to find the meaning of our existence and also the truth. In the books and movies, The Hunger Games trilogy, the very heroic character Katniss Everdeen is on a quest to find truth. As she peels back the layers of lies that swaddle her world, she finds truth within herself and everything around her. To reflect on the novels and films, we must look at the principles of axiology and also examine the plot, characters and how they react to each situation; for reflecting on “the girl on fire” we must study the grounds of epistemology with her own identity. The whole story starts off with the day of the reaping when Prim, Katniss’ sister is selected to enter the Hunger Games, a game created by the government at the time to keep the society scared. One boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected by an annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, an event in which the participants (or "tributes") must fight to the death in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one individual remains.
As Katniss takes her the place of her sister, I question the fact if that was her fate or freewill. Katniss’s willingness to substitute herself for Prim as an example of one precious thing that they believe is entirely immune from the tyranny of fate: our moral character, as reflected in the moral quality of our actions. Morality, they argue, is one dimension of our existence in which how we fare depends entirely on our own choices and not at all on those unpredictable forces beyond our control that we call fate. Fate could prevent Katniss’s action from achieving its intended purpose of keeping her sister alive, but nothing can ever rob her deed of its moral value. Accordin...
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...ots,” or the classical philosopher’s obligation to exercise reason to discover the forms of “the good and the beautiful” and live in conformity with those forms. Katniss compares her prep team to “a trio of oddly colored birds.” It’s an apt description, because for Capitol residents, being a real person means a kind of birdlike flight, freed from any kind of gravity—aesthetic, ethical, or relational—an effortless flapping of weightless wings on the way toward the always receding. Where does this desire to reject a stable identity and its limits come from? Ernest Becker (1925–1974), in The Denial of Death , described how human beings react against the “givens” of our biological inheritance, acting as though “the body is one’s animal fate that has to be struggled against in some ways,” an uncomfortable reminder that we’re vulnerable creatures who will eventually die.
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
During the route to the creation of science fiction action novels, authors commonly create characters with very different backgrounds because of the various themes science fiction action novels can approach such as ; man versus system, man versus man and man versus nature. In the case of the novel Hunger Games, how did Katniss Everdeen, the novel’s protagonist and her actions, affect the main theme of the novel. In a truly exciting and twisted story made by Suzanne Collins, the protagonist’s actions directly affect the main theme of the novel. Having read the first book of the Hunger Games trilogy, I have been able to realize that the reasons why the protagonist’s actions directly affect the main theme of the book, man versus system are the
... but there are some who love it like a girl on fire. They are the hope of Panem and the hope of our world as well. They are the ones who stand firm with Peeta, saying, “I don’t want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I’m not.” They are the ones who share Katniss’s recognition that no one benefits from living in a world where evil rules. In some ways, her story is like that of the philosopher Socrates (469–399 BCE), who embodied a view of wisdom and virtue that defied the powerful overseers of cultural capital in his city of Athens. To his followers, he was a wise teacher; to the Athenian leadership, he was a heretic. Because those with economic, social, and cultural capital in Athens had the power to define what was socially acceptable, they charged Socrates with corrupting the youth and imposed a death sentence on the face of death.
In a not-too-distant, some 74 years, into the future the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 13 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; these children are referred to as tributes (Collins, 2008). The Games are meant to be viewed as entertainment, but every citizen knows their purpose, as brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eradicate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. The main character throughout the series is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen.
In our Society when you don't follow the rules, you become an outcast to the rest of the society. Suzanne Collins’ novel series, The Hunger Games criticizes our society and its demands for people of specific genders to act in certain ways and become certain things. Stereotypes concerning gender are prevalent in our society and all over the world. However, The Hunger Games gives a very refreshing tone of “mockery” to these stereotypes. Katniss Everdeen isn’t your typical 16 year old girl, and neither is Peeta Mellark a typical 16 year old boy, especially when they are fighting everyday just to survive. The Hunger Games is a work of social commentary, used to convince us that there can’t and shouldn’t be any defined “roles” based on gender. A mixture of “stereo-typical” gender roles within a person and their actions is what people need just to survive in our world that is changing every day.
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
The Hunger Games is a film based on a novel by Suzanne Collins about a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world set in Panem. Every year, the Capitol of Panem maintains its control over the districts by forcing each to select one teenage boy or girl, known as tributes, to play The Hunger Games, which is a deadly fight between each district. Only one player has to make it out alive. Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games follows the hero’s journey, a layout that is commonly used in stories.
When Gary Ross’ 2012 adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ famous novel ‘The Hunger Games’ exploded on screens, it was received as an action-packed, thrilling story of survival, determination and over-coming corruption. Audience’s watched in equal parts awe and horror as Katniss was thrust into Panem’s battle arena and fought for justice, family and friendship. However, if we as an audience think more critically about the film; if we think beyond the wild costumes, gripping action and skilful performances, we can see that the story explores complex philosophical ideas that strongly relate to the experiences of humanity in the real world.
Exposition: We are introduced to Katniss Everdeen, who lives in District 12 of Panem. We learn she hunts illegally in the forest with her friend Gale, in which they make money off their kills while also feeding their family. We also find out that her father was killed in a mine accident, and she has a little sister named Prim and a mother. “My father knew and he taught me some before he was blown to bits in a mine explosion” (Collins 5). Furthermore, we also figure out that the Capitol, the central city in Panem, hosts a game called “The Hunger Games” in which 1 boy and 1 girl aged 12 -18 from each district are forced to fight to the death until one remains.
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor” (Collins 19). Those were some of the last words Katniss heard before her sister’s name was called out for the seventy-fourth Hunger Games. Without thinking about anyone else, Katniss bravely accepted her sister’s spot in the games, a basic suicide mission. Katniss Everdeen had a vibrant personality, she was bold, intelligent, and a loving person. Her country, Panem, was controlled by President Snow, who let his country suffer in poverty. The capital was harsh and forces every district to send one boy and one girl to take part in the yearly Hunger Games. While a Disney Princess would yell for her
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is the unbelievable story of Katniss, a young girl from a post-apocalyptic world where people are forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of the most lavish city, the Capitol, in an event called the Hunger Games. But as The Hunger Games becomes more and more sensationalized, even being made into a major motion picture, it seems the world relates to Katniss and her harsh life more than expected. Katniss’ story represents so much more about particularly the U.S: a failing economic and social structure, rebellion, revolution, and change against an unfair and oppressive system. The Hunger Games could even be interpreted as a criticism against modern
While reading the novel, “The Hunger Games”, written by Suzanne Collins, one could see without difficulty that a running theme flows through the writing. This theme being perseverance, the one thing that had allowed Katniss Everdeen, the main character that a reader follows during the events presented in the narrative, to live on and be crowned victor with her teammate, Peeta, a young man who ventures into the Hunger Games with Katniss. The theme of perseverance appears frequently as it is tied to every trait and skill of Katniss which includes the idea that she is persistent, caring, and resourceful when it comes to surviving in severe conditions similar to the Games. Every thought she has and every action that she performs drives her to
... their victory tour. After they both gave their speeches to the public, an old man saluted Katniss. As a result, he was executed by one of the peacemakers. This can refer back to the example of the Wal-Mart employees being arrested for refusing to stop protesting. Many people know that there is going to be a consequence to their action. This old man knew something was going to happen to him, so he took a risk to show his admiration for Katniss.
In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss, a young woman who lives in District 12 of Panem, which is post-apocalyptic North America, struggles to put food on the table for her family. A country where the Capitol oppresses its citizens by keeping them fenced off from the outer world. The Capitol also forces a teenage boy and girl ages 12 to 18 from each district to fight in a blood sport that the Capitol views as entertainment known as, The Hunger Games. During the reaping of the 74th Hunger Games Katniss’s sibling, Prim, is chosen as the female contestant for the game, which in turn makes Katniss volunteer herself to take Prims place. This sort of mistreatment by the Capitol is what causes Katniss Everdeen to change from a young, independent, woman who had a hard time putting trust in others, into someone who could trust, and be trusted by the citizens of Panem.
Society shapes human beings into what they think is perfection. People in today’s society follow the world’s rituals as they continue to conform to fit in to the latest trends. Today, implants, plastic surgery, and weight loss treatments are the reason people have money set aside in their savings accounts. The pressure of others claims to be the main reason people change their hair, skin, and size, and often forget about their own special characteristics. There is a reason Walt Whitman, writes “I Celebrate Myself, and Sing Myself,” to show the importance of loving yourself and cherishing your own personal qualities as a human being. He speaks of himself, hoping to grab his readers’ attention. Throughout the poem, “I Celebrate Myself, and Sing