"The Hunger Games" and the Functionalism Perspective Theory Maria Maningo 22 January 2018 Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology "The Hunger Games" and the Functionalism Perspective Theory In a dystopian future, "The Hunger Games" is set in what used to be the United States of America. The movie is illustrated as a post-apocalyptic world divided by a revolution lost by those that wanted a change. As a consequence of the revolt, the powers that triumphed placed upon them a decree that one female and one male child between the ages of twelve and seventeen from each of the twelve districts. They must be delivered to The Capitol and fight to the death, until one victor remains.
The Hunger Games is a novel about a dystopian society controlled completely by the government. The people are separated into something called district’s. Each district has unique features. For example, district 4’s economy is based primarily on fishing and other such activities, while district 8’s economy is based on agriculture. There are a total of twelve districts, all completely controlled by the government.
Have you ever dreamt or thought about a huge game of people trying to kill each other. The Hunger Games is a novel about Katniss Everdeen, who's forced to fight other children in an arena. The book takes place in Panem, which was once North America and has limited resources. In order to keep the citizens under control, the government separates them into districts and reinforces class differences. In the novel the hunger games examples of standing up to the capitol are when katniss snuck under the fence around district 12 katniss , katniss buries rue in flowers,and when katniss and Peeta threaten to eat the berries.
The Games involve a televised fight to the death among twenty-four children, one boy and one girl from each district. The protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, volunteers to compete in the Hunger Games to save her sister and becomes the symbol of rebellion against the oppressive regime. The Hunger Games portrays a society where the ruling class is wealthy and powerful, and the lower class is exploited and oppressed. In this world, the government uses the media to manipulate people's thoughts and emotions and suppress any form of dissent. The central theme of The Hunger Games is the importance of freedom, rebellion, and
Imagine you are with your family, then all of a sudden you were taken away from them and the only way you get to see them again is to survive 23 other kids. In The Hunger Games written by Susan Collins. The capital puts on an event called The Hunger Games. In the game, you have been pulled away from your family and have to fight to the death against 23 other tributes. Two tributes come from each district.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel placed in the future where northern America is still standing, and after countless wars, the country of Panem is what stands, it is divided into 12 districts with the capital, and districts 1, 2, 3, etc, and the lower the number the poorer the district is. And since people in the capitol are so bored of life, they host the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games consists of
The Hunger Games is a book about a world where society is split up into 12 districts. Every year there is a game where two people, one male and one female, get reaped from each district. The 24 tributes get put into an arena to fight to the death, with only one victor. That victor comes back each year to mentor future tributes.
The Hunger Games are held every year as punishment to the districts for rebelling. Which forces all of the 12 districts to reap
The Hunger Games, by Susan Collins, is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss was selected to fight to the death along with 24 other tributes. This fight is an annual event created for entertainment of the Capital, within the country of Panem. The Capitol uses the games to demonstrate their control over the districts and to prove that the uprising will have severe consequences. Katniss has to face barbaric acts, young romance, and homicide.
"The hunger games "was made in 2012 by Gary Ross, the main character is Katniss Everdeen who is played by Jennifer Lawrence. "The hunger games" was based on the Greek myth of "Theseus and the Minotaur". In what was once North America, the Capitol of Panem maintains control over its 12 districts by forcing each district to select one boy and one girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called The Hunger Games. All citizens must watch as the young men and women fight to the death until only one remains. District 12's Tribute, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), has little to rely on other than her hunting skills and keen instincts.
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
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.
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
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to have to be a child and fight to the death? Well, Suzanne Collins wrote a book called the Hunger Games, where that exact thing happens. The Hunger Games is a fictional story taking place in Panam where the government has full control. The government forces 24 kids to compete in a nationally televised event called The Hunger Games, where they have to kill each other and survive in the wilderness. Katniss, the main character, volunteers to be a part of the games in order to protect her sister.
In Patrick Suskind’s “Amnesia in Litteris,” the narrator supposedly suffers from a total loss of literary memory. This means he cannot remember any written works he has read in the past. He references different books he knows he read at some point in time, but he cannot remember the contents of the book. In looking at Patrick Suskind’s “Amnesia in Litteris,” we will consider Patrick Suskind’s use of polysydeton and asyndeton, which suggests the writer is emphasizing his points, to find that a person cannot become accustom to their surroundings and must always keep a clear and critical eye towards life. One example of asyndeton portrays the narrator questioning the logistics of reading and explains the reason it is important.
