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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Introdustion to Political Science : Movie Review Anggun Dewi Astuty The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the second movie of The Hunger Games series. The background of the story is dystopian future, where a totalitarian country named Panem was created from post-revolution of North America . Early in the history, there are 13 districts, but District 13 led a rebellion against the Capitol (Panem Government) and lost. It led to the destruction of District 13, and punishment to all of its allies . The punishment comes in a form of oppression and limitation. It also led to the creation of an annual event called, “The Hunger Games” where every district has to send 2 representatives to fight against each other in a specific …show more content…

This method actually can be advantageous to use as a way to ward off any revolutions. However, just like double-edged sword, inflicting too much fear can result in public hatred toward the government. If that happened, then it would be no surprise if the people would organize a rebellion This principle goes hand in hand with what Machiavelli wrote in his book, The Prince. Taken from chapter XVII, He said: “(…)a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not win love, he avoids hatred;(…)” I think this is where the Panem government went wrong with its strategies. The fact that the cruelty inflicted upon the people by the government is way past its limit that the people could not help but think that this is enough. If only the Panem government did not overdo its deterrence politic, lessen its rigidity and cruelty or even show a bit mercy, it can brought back, possibly not trust, but at least tolerance from its people. These could lead into the preservation of power held by the government. After all, as it is wise to think that mercy should be given once in a while to win its

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The government known as the Capitol uses propaganda all the time to try and keep the people of Panem under control. They use The Hunger Games as something to keep the capitol in control. If the Hunger Games didn’t exist, there would have been an uprising years ago. The first example is that in the beginning of the movie, they have a video that they show before the reaping to try and justify what they are doing. Another example is that they have the pageant in the movie to try and make it look like a nice game show type thing they are doing.

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In a place that was known to be North America, now known as Panem, is a very rich city surrounded by twelve other districts. The very rich city is known as Panem, which is the capital of all the districts. Every year the capital likes to do a Hunger Games. This is where two children, one girl and one boy from each one of the districts between the ages of twelve-eighteen, if called upon have to leave their families and compete in the Hunger Games. The event is aired live on TV all over Panem.

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There is no longer a District 13. They also mention that the games are their way of forgiving the districts. A final example of propaganda from The Hunger Games is when Haymitch tells Peeta and Katniss to convince the people watching they love each other. He says that if they were “star crossed lovers” they could get more sponsors and people would feel sorry for them. Another characteristic used in The Hunger Games, is that citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.

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In the Hunger Games, the government punished the inhabitants after the rebellion, to punish them, the government invented the hunger games. The hunger games is a TV show that makes two people of each tribute go in an arena. In the arena, you need to kill or die. Nowadays, we can’t even think of who could actually invent a TV show like that, but in the Hunger Games, it seems to be totally normal. In the book, the government changed because they became stricter and stricter, they wanted more and more.

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In Hunger Games what creates the rebellion is inequality and extreme differences between poor and rich people. Country called Panem is divided in Capitol and districts from 1 to 12. The wealthiest is the Capitol and from District 1 to District 12, the level of poverty and hunger increases. Withal, Hunger Games are mortal games which are designed to

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In the Hunger Games the Capitol, led by President Snow is behind the brutal competition that took place annually, one boy and one girl are selected from each twelve districts and our sent to fight to the death. President Snow holds a tyrannical dictatorship which places the power in the people, the majority of whom makes the decisions. He holds total political and economic dominance over panem which is enforcing capital punishment and nuclear devastation. The Capital puts on the Hunger Games world wide to the twelve districts to the Capitol’s power and entertainment. President Snow is a powerful president creating a negative effect on

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The Hunger Games: A Modern Day Odyssey? The Hunger Games is about a civilization that randomly selects two members from the different districts. Those two members are then forced to fight in an “arena” in which there is only one victor. In a way the Hunger Games is very similar to the Odyssey. The Odyssey begins years after the Trojan War has ended and Odysseus has not returned home.

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“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a suspenseful and frightening story about a 16 year old girl, Katniss everdeen who is born into a small village called District 12. The capitol, which controls the districts hosts an annual Hunger Games each and every year. Two tributes, a boy and a girl from each district are chosen between the ages of 12-18 to compete against 22 other tributes, but only one can win. Katniss is not chosen, but her younger sister Prim is chosen at only 12 years old. Katniss volunteers in Prim 's place and is now in the hunger games.

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In the Hunger Games series, a dystopian future is set up. The government of Panem, The Capitol, holds the wealth of Panem giving it the power to control all districts. In order to enforce this theory, they created the Hunger Games. They suppressed the rights of the citizen’s of Panem and selected their children in order to fight each other do death for survival. These games were created to scare the people and show them who was in charge.

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The twelve districts in theory should view the Hunger Games as the necessary tool that keeps Panem from uprising and self-destruction, however, the reception of the Games in the really poor districts clearly shows that the Capitol cannot reform them to think so. Statistically, the poor districts are always the most likely to lose one year’s competition because they lack resources to train tributes and their children are starving. Therefore, the response to the Hunger Games in the poor districts who are on the brink of starvation is the most dramatic. Citizens of districts such as 11 and 12 can only view the Games as injustice because once a child is chosen at the Reaping he or she is evidently doomed to die. There are rare exceptions as the

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The Hunger games are ways to show how much power the capitol has as well as the punishment for the rebellion that happened 74 years ago as I mentioned before that “In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate.” That means every year, they chose two “tributes” (both ages 12 to 18, one male, one female) from each district, who are forced to fight to the death. Unfortunately, this is what happens where the way to control the people using the children to kill each other as entertainment. This makes us hate each other, and the other districts, spread violence, enmities, and cruelties. As I said, “Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — This is Capitol 's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy!”

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The Hunger Games trilogy revolves around universal dystopian themes such as :oppression, rebellion, class tension as well as appearance vs. reality ," Collins creates the world that on one hand seems quite improbable and extreme, but on the other, vividly reflects some specific issues in a real world, like social inequalities, ignorance and passivity of the people" (Macanić 7). Oppression is perhaps the most common and prevalent dystopian theme as it serves as a warning against a highly probable dark future through shedding light on the dark side of contemporary trends such as advanced technology and reality TV-shows .The Capitol 's oppression operates on two levels; districts and individuals. The districts in general and districts 11 and 12 in particular have suffered great injustices at the ruthless hands of the Capitol ; however, there is no greater injustice than The Hunger Games themselves not only are the people of Panem forced to surrender their children as tributes for the Capitol 's citizens viewing pleasure for a crime they had no hand in committing ,but they are also forced to watch helplessly as their children are killed in the most brutal of manners .In Catching Fire (2009) , President Snow decrees that " the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors" in order to get rid of Katniss once and for all ,and to further assert the Capitol 's dominance and quell any thoughts of rebellion(172).

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For instance, When the Mayor of district 12 begins to tell the history of Panem at the Reaping, Katniss says, “The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes to participate” (Collins 18). The Hunger Games require tributes from each district as a punishment for the uprising that happened in district 13. This punishment by the Capitol is a way to demonstrate to the people that any efforts of revolt against the system in future would result in severe punishments and deaths. Subsequently in the novel, when Katniss questions about the Avox, Haymitch comments, “Someone who commited a crime.

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The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins tells a story about a girl whose bravery changed the way people thought about their world. The three grueling challenges that the main character, Katniss Everdeen, had faced show what I believe to be challenging. The first challenge that I have chosen was when Katniss had to provide for her family by hunting in the woods for food. My second challenge that I have chosen was when Katniss and Rue began to form a bond during the games. My third challenge that I have chosen was when Katniss offered the Nightlock berries to Peeta.

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On the other hand, there is Capitol who has political control in the nation of panem. The story starts when each district must offer a male and female between the ages of 12-18 at a public reaping as a penance for their uprising. The tributes which are male and female shall be delivered to the Capitol and then transferred to a public arena where they will fight with other district until a lone victor remains. This tradition called the hunger games. The story centers was coming from poor district 12 where Katniss and Peeta as their tributes.

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