The theme of survival means to keep something alive.
In the film, "Rush", the theme of survival is prevalent throughout the entire film. The film, based on a true story, follows the one of the most fearsome rivalries of Formula One's golden era, focusing on the events of the 1976 World Championship between Austrian, Niki Lauda, and Brit, James Hunt. We see the theme of survival when Niki returns to the race track after his massive crash in order to allow his championship hopes alive. The often heated rivalry between Hunt and Lauda had stepped up a notch at the 1976 German Grand Prix as Lauda was leading the championship over Hunt and the difficult Nürburgring circuit was soaked in water and with the rain not stopping any time soon, Lauda called …show more content…
In the film 24 teenagers, two from each district (12), are selected to take part in a ‘last man standing’ type game held annually in a controlled arena and broadcasted on TV. The ‘tributes’ have to kill others to remain the final person standing in hope of doing their respective districts proud. The theme of survival is shown when Katniss shoots open a net of apples sitting on the enemies food supplies so they roll out onto land mines, which in turn causes the land mines to explode and destroy the enemies supplies. This hurts the survival chances of that group as all there supplies were destroyed. This is similar to "Tomorrow when the War began" when the teenagers blow up the Heron bridge in order to cut off the army’s main route in and out of Warrawee. This is similar because it increases the chances of Katniss in "The Hunger Games" and the teens in "Tomorrow when the War began" and decreased the survival chances of the