Friday, April 13, 2012
The Hunger Games
Although many of you have read The Hunger Games, some people may not have seen the movie. For those of you that don't know, The Hunger Games is, as most know, a fictional, post-apocalyptic world where twelve districts (spread across North America) send a boy and a girl between the ages of rove and eighteen to the Capitol. Within the Capitol, there's an arena where these twenty-four children fight to the death, until one is left standing. So now that those that don't know anything about The Hunger Games know at least the basics, we'll start to "tear apart" this movie.
This movie seems to be in between a highbrow and a lowbrow. While it is a fictional story, there are some parts that can seem more intellectual. However, the movie is closer to the lowbrow side.
Throughout the year, our class has learned many things. The Hunger Games can defiantly be linked to society. These Hunger Games are the societal norm of the time. While many people believe that these games are wrong, many people refuse to do anything about it. That is, until Katniss came along. These districts a conforming to what society has been telling them is normal for the past 74 years. People lived in poverty throughout many of the districts, while the Capitol and those few districts that remain loyal to the Capitol live fairly good lives. The districts also live in fear of the Capitol. Fears that the Capitol will take away their children or drag them away, never to return their families.
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Hey MandaPanda17!
ReplyDeleteI also wrote about the Hunger Games and the cultural ethos it created. It's interesting to step into the shoes of the people of the Capitol and think as they do because it completely changes the significance of the games. To people in the Districts, the Hunger Games are an annual torturous event where their children are brutally murdered on live TV. However, to people in the Capitol, the Hunger Games are similar to the Olympics: they are anticipated, talked about, and held in a place of glory. One of the lines in the movie that most accurately displayed this mindset was one of the Effie's first lines where she said, "I just love that part!" when the movie showing children dying was over. Her reaction does not show that she is a cruel and heartless person but rather that she is a product of a culture that sees this event as one of glory, importance, and ultimately entertainment. The entire event is sickening, and even more so when we realize that the Capitol people do not see how sickening it really is.