Many cultures have a trickster in their myths, a being who behaves differently than expected and who does his own thing for his own reasons. Native Americans have Coyote, the Norse have Loki, the Ancient Greeks had Prometheus, and we Americans have Bugs Bunny, Bree Rabbit, and now, Mitchael Abernathy. Haymitch Abernathy is a true trickster. He goes through the stages of becoming a trickster by being a sell-out with the role of a mentor that the capital thrust upon him after surviving the Hunger Games. Then he becomes a drop-out by turning to the bottle but then emerges as a trickster upon finding his moment to tear down the dictator that the Capital had become. “Just remember, Katniss, you want the audience to like you.” Haymitch gave Katniss this one last piece of advice, on page 134, before her interview with Caesar Flickerman. Unlike Katniss, Haymitch is very good at faking it. He almost has an air of just not caring, a neutralism that has possibly saved his life on many accounts. When the train stopped to refuel on the way home after the games Haymitch interrupts Katniss and Peeta's awkward conversation, “Great job, you two. Just keep it up in the district until the cameras are gone. We should be ok.” Then he turns and walks away to leave Katniss to explain to an already upset Peeta what he means. Haymitch is a sellout, because he didn't want to die. The capital sent representatives to District Twelve to take four kids to die as martyrs in the Hunger Games, so that the Capital could show their iron grip on the districts and insure their continued blind subservience for another year. In the game, it came down to Haymitch and a professional from district one, Haymitch won by pure accident. But President Snow was furious with... ... middle of paper ... ...y Dereck Coatney, he quotes Haymitch saying “ And that is how a revolution dies”(179). After watching a very badly staged battle, staring Katniss against the Capital. That they were going to show to the Districts to convince them to join the revolution. Works Cited Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic P, 2009. Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. London: Scholastic, 2008. Dunn, George A., Nicolas Michaud, and Dereck Coatney. The Hunger games and philosophy: A critique of pure treason. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2012. page 179. "Haymitch Abernathy, Quotes." Internet Movie Database. 2012. IMDb.com. 26 Apr. 2014 . "What are some quotes from the book Haymitch Abernathy?" WikiAnswers. Answers Corporation. 26 Apr. 2014 .
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The Lies of James Gatz Many great novels such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby tackle the subject of passing, or being fake, which involves a character pretending to be something or someone that he or she is not. Although it takes a while for the reader to discover that Gatsby has been living a fictitious life, in order to pass for someone from a higher social class, this becomes one of the more important aspects in The Great Gatsby. Gatsby has created this magnificent lie about his past in order to be impressive, yet he still comes off as quite mysterious to the people he associates with. This may be due to the fact that Gatsby is a quiet but exceedingly generous man.
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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 must fight to the death in an outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one individual remains.
...hanks - but I have elicited something dangerous. An act of dissent from the people of District 11. This is exactly the thing I am supposed to be defusing" (Collins 62). Katniss impulsively gives public recognition to Rue in District 11 in spite of being warned against fueling the fire for a rebellion. Even though she wants to keep her and Gale’s family safe by giving in to Snow's stipulations, her sense of personal obligation overrides her promise to Snow.
In the book The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins displays a variety of topics that most readers neglect to consider. One of key aspects she displays is the restriction against individuality. This is a similar theme that dominated the 1920s in America during the Red Scare. During this era many Americans were fearful of expressing views that were not in sync with the government’s perspective; likewise the capitol creates methods that inhibit the citizens ability to voice any opposing views. Most of the time, when controversial opinions were spoken, the punishments put in place were not worthy of the crime, such as the Sacco Vanzetti case in the 1921 and the imprisoning of the Avox girl. In order to keep this power as many people were imprisoned as possible during the Palmer efforts, similarly the reaping is held every year to show the citizens of Panem that they have no power whatsoever. Consequently, when a government provides strict standards, it hinders a person’s ability to be an individual.
Katniss ends up in District 13, which she thought was destroyed years ago by President Snow, as she shatters the games forever. She accepts to become the symbol of the rebellion, “the Mocking Jay”, to go against and fight the Capitol. However President Snow broadcast Peeta stating that he is a live with the former victors and Katniss
The story of The Hunger Games is an intense depiction of a totalitarianism society that is reigned by the Capitol, whom of which has complete political control over the twelve districts that are all located in Panem. Those who live in the twelve districts must undergo the possibility of entering into the infamous Hunger Games that are intended to remind and represent the Capitol’s authority over the powerless districts. Suzanne Collin’s novel and Gary Ross’s film of The Hunger Games have several things in common but also a few differences as well.
The Hunger Games- “a futuristic dystopian society [Panem] where an overpowering government controls the lives and resources in twelve different districts” (The Hunger Games). The overpowering government lives in the Capitol of Panem and from there controls the citizens of the twelve districts through propaganda and other means. The Capitol has all of the economic and political power in Panem; they have complete control. The leader of the capitol is the harsh, dictator-like figure, President Snow. President Snow’s methods for keeping order in the districts are through Peacekeepers and the annual Hunger Games. The Peacekeepers are an army that monitors each district. Any sign of rebellion, and the Peacekeepers take care of it, usually by killing the rebel in some way. The annual Hunger Games are used to remind all of the citizens of Panem about the uprising in the now obliterated District 13. The Hunger Games, in a way, brainwashes all of the citizens, but a select few such as Katniss Everdeen, to believe that an uprising would be horrible and is not necessary and that the Capitol does what is best for all of the citizens. In
...ends. Also, Katniss begins to care about other districts, like when she decorated Rue’s body with flowers to show District 11 that they weren’t the only ones who mourned her death. They thank her with the gift of a piece of bread. Another way Katniss becomes more caring is by realizing that each kill affects a family. This leads to Katniss wishing that she did not have to kill any more Tributes. Katniss wishes that there were a way for her to win the Hunger Games without killing anyone else.
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...ames is the rebellion that breaks out in district eight. Katniss gets an unwarranted glance at a TV with updates on the action taking place there. She sees masses of people, flags with the Capitol’s emblem being burned and banners with her face waving from the tops of buildings. The disorder is ultimately traced back to Katniss.
With the constant notion of war in the neighboring situation, Katniss Everdeen reactions to her threats much differently than Harry Potter. As the Hunger Games contains a lot of futuristic elements, the society although as many innovative technologies, in the most part these technologies do not impact the people in the capitol or the districts. The only use of the common people of these advanced mechanisms is surveillance, as it control the separation of movement to prevent any alliances between the people. Hence, as Harry Potter is surrounded with his friends, Katniss is surrounded with the isolation of the
The contest within The Hunger Games is rooted deep in the film's backstory, in which the nation of Panem was rocked by a civil war. Twelve oppressed Districts rose up against an oppressive Capitol, and the end result of this civil war was a Capitol victory (Hunger Games). In response to the rebellion of its outer provinces, the government of Panem decreed the creation of the Hunger Games, in which each District would send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to fight in a battle to the death, until only one Victor emerged supreme, who would then, “be showered with glory”, by the Capitol, in order to show the mercy and ...
The main character, Katniss, volunteers as tribute for her district to save her sister from having to be tribute. Upon arriving in the Capitol for the games, she sees just how vast the gap between the Capitol and districts are. To fight against this class struggle, she begins to revolt. At first this comes in the form of small things, like shooting an arrow at a pig feast of Capitol higher-ups and refusing to kill her friend in the games, resulting in the first ever co-victors of the Hunger Games. Katniss’ actions soon lead to full blown rebellion in the districts, starting a revolutionary war between them and the Capitol. At one point Katniss remarks: “My ongoing struggle against the Capitol, which has so often felt like a solitary journey, has not been undertaken alone. I have had thousands upon thousands of people from the districts at my side.” (Catching Fire 90). In true Marxist fashion the working class needed to use a violent revolution to confront the class struggle against the ruling