Power Of Women In The Hunger Games

In a lot of books and media nowadays, there are a lot of stories that give women a powerful image. That is a big change from previous generations. Not only were women viewed as property, they were also treated as if they were uneducated and childish. The women that are rising to power are the ones that question those that have power. These types of women are known as activists. There are a few stories that will be included that show this idea of women being in the subordinate group including Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and Dracula, by Bram Stoker. However, there are a few books that show just the opposite including Divergent, by Veronica Roth and The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. This book was written in the 1800’s, when women, as the

Before this book was made, in the 20th century, the Woman’s Suffrage movement was a huge movement from the political stand point. Woman were given the right to vote and given more rights for themselves. (NWHM) This book, depending on which district, seems to view women as a burden to society. Collins seems to look at woman as a growing power due to Katniss, the main character of the story. Not only does Katniss show that women have power by bringing food to the community and having enough courage to volunteer for a position in the games itself, she likes to question society and make decisions that show how much, as a woman, that she can do. Katniss is viewed as “the girl on fire” Collins even put in that Katniss viewed herself as though she was not pretty, not beautiful, but as radiant as the sun. This just goes to show the power that she sees in herself and how much fire she can start to get a movement going. This shows the activist in her and the power she wants to have as a woman. Her younger sister, Prim, is viewed as a child that was always seems to be a risk. Katniss calls her “little duck” through the book giving her the child-like nickname that makes the reader look for the child-like qualities. (Collins) Their mother tends to be a burden, as if Collins used her character to show a connection between how women are treated in the book and how women were treated in the past. Although, it’s not just the women that seem to be like sheep, it’s almost everyone in society. Collins tries to push the idea of every person, no matter the gender, as unequal to the dominant