Gothic Elements In The Hunger Games

Are the odds ever in your favor? In the movie the “Hunger Games” the odds don't seem to be in district twelve’s favor. Katniss Everdeen, whose only pronounced skill is being good with a bow and arrow, volunteers in place of her younger sister Primrose to fight in the 74th annual Hunger Games. Both her and Peeta Mellark, who is just a boy who works in in a bakery, are the two contestants from district 12 to fight in the games which are hosted by the Capitol of Panem. In the end of the games, both Katniss and Peeta win after many many trials. When they win President Snow is very angry at Katniss because there is only supposed to be one winner. This movie is a great example of a Gothic literature. Gothic literature is a genre that combines fiction, horror, death, and romance. The five elements that need to be
An example of a macabre scene is when when Katniss saws down the branch full of tracker-jacker wasps and the wasps swarm Clove and she gets consumed by them and dies. The scene shows her screaming and trying to escape but she cannot get away because there is too many of the wasps. Another macabre scene is when Cato falls off of the metal object him, Katniss, and Peeta were fighting on. He falls into the pack of vicious mutts and gets eaten alive by them. The last Gothic element used is psychological or physical torment. An example of psychological torment is when Katniss gets stung by the tracker-jacker wasps. This causes her to hallucinate which messes with her ability to make clear judgements. An example of physical torment is when Katniss gets burned by a fireball in the leg. She is in a lot of pain because of how bad the fireball burnt her leg. These are the last two Gothic elements which are a part of the Hunger Games, these two elements seem to be the strongest ones out of the