Trancendentalism

Transcendentalism is a movement which began in the 19th century in its search for truth. The word in it literal context means people who have knowledge on themselves and the environment that “transcends” or goes beyond their senses. Transcendentalists believe in “Individualism” and how social powers, like the government, are corrupted and not good for humans. They place high levels of importance to their connection with “Nature”, stand up for “Non-conformity” and “Self-reliance”, and believe that as humans we are best when following our instincts or “intuition”. These are all basic principles of transcendentalism. From the 1830’s to today, the media has been thoroughly influenced by this movement, and it continues to stay strong. An example of how the media has been influenced by transcendentalism would be the movie, The Hunger Games.
Seeing the first trailer air in November of 2011, many initial thoughts and opinions began to surface on how good this movie was going to be. In the first trailer, the lead, Katniss Everdeen, is faced with extremely difficult situations like being separated from her family, having to fight for her life, and being sent to a place that she had no idea of. But instead of crying throughout every moment and portraying herself as a weak individual she did quite the opposite. She was strong and focused, even for the whole duration of the trailer it is seen how she handles each situation with fearlessness. This is one example on how the transcendentalism idea of non-conformity and self-reliance play part in the movie. She is sure of herself and confidence in her knowledge. Not to mention, the music used for the commercial really enhanced that idea. In the beginning of the commercial, the music was a very soft and suddle instrumental and as she began facing her trials the instrumental would increase in volume and in intensity.
Throughout the movie Katniss isn’t the only character to demonstrate transcendentalist beliefs, her love