Society evolves and changes in cycles when violence is involved, however, violence among children is rarely published, and when it is, it demands a resolution. As Suzanne Collins puts it in the final book of The Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay, “collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a greatContinue reading “Mockingjay or Mocking Society?”
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Gamemakers or Government?
The Hunger Games and society are similar in how they have hierarchies and the people considered “lower” are treated as disposable. They are only useful to the “higher” people’s benefit. Fani Cettl talks about the corrupt nature of society throughout the article. Cettl says that, “the exceptional killing of specific 23 youngsters and the victoryContinue reading “Gamemakers or Government?”
May Equality Be Ever In Your Gender
The first thing they show is when they’re picking the names and choose the ladies first because it shows how they don’t have faith in them to survive and the way the take the name out makes it even worse because it was in a “petty” way. . After Katniss’ sister is chosen, the wayContinue reading “May Equality Be Ever In Your Gender”
Feminism on Fire
When Katniss was younger, her father died in a coal mining accident leaving it up to her to provide for her mother and sister. To provide for her family she hunts in the woods of her district with her friend Gale. This is just the start of the masculine features Katniss has, and just likeContinue reading “Feminism on Fire”
Intro and Background
The ways we will be analyzing The Hunger Games… Gender Inequality Violence and Social Injustice
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