Hunger Games: From a Feminist’s Prospective Up until recently‚ women were never cast to play the strong leading role of the hero‚ but in recent pop-culture the male dominated movie industry has seen a sudden shift. These days women are being cast in a new light. There are women playing the hero and their male counterparts have found themselves playing the damsel in distress. In the recent blockbuster‚ Hunger Games‚ based on a novel by Susan Collins‚ is about a young girl named “Katniss”.
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that we know as The Hunger Games. Rue One of the contributing factors to Katniss’ continued survival within The Hunger Games was her alliance and friendship with Rue. When sitting up in the tree‚ Katniss was‚ for the first time‚ aided by Rue. If it was not for her‚ she would never have noticed the nest of the deadly Trackerjackers perched high upon the branches of her refuge. This revelation lead in turn to her escape and the retrieval of the bow which later on in the games saved her life several
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even though the main audience targeted‚ the book has struck chords with parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. North America has been destroyed and is now run by the powerful Capitol and is divided into 12 districts‚ 13 was destroyed due to rebellion. In district 12 hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a scrimpy existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Chapter one summary Katniss Everdeen awakes in the home she shares with her younger sister Prim and her emotionally distant mother. Her father died five years ago in a mine explosion. It is the day of the reaping‚ which will take place at 2 pm. They live in District Twelve‚ or the Seam‚ populated mostly by coal miners. The entire settlement is encased in a tall fence to keep out predators‚ but Katniss goes through the fence often to hunt in the woods with her
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Outside Reading Assignment: Hunger Games The Hunger Games has a huge conservative Christian message‚ but the great thing is the message isn’t overpowering. This is the story that takes place in the remains of the United States after the liberals have succeeded in abolishing God and Christ from the culture completely by successfully creating their own Utopia- which isn’t really what it is hyped up to be‚ it’s a nightmare for anyone not in the liberal class. The liberals take residency
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The Huger Games The Hunger Games is a game‚ that occurs annually and it is set up by the ruling Capitol to show the other 12 districts of Panem that the Capitol owns them and that they are in-charge and it also serves as a merciless reminder to the price of rebellion against the Capitol. The hunger games consist of twenty-four teenagers‚ a male and a female from each twelve districts and they range in ages of twelve to eighteen. They are put in an arena‚ that differs every year and they have to
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Thoughts After Reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I am really pissed at Katniss. SWEEHEART‚ PEETA LUVS YA! And you love him too! Just admit it and live happily ever after! It is so obvious that when he "admitted" his crush that he was being real. And for some dang reason you can’t FREAKIN’ SEE IT! I mean it is in your face! Like right there. And you can’t see it. And why does your mind keep wandering to Gale? Did you not already say you were just friends? I mean‚ okay‚ I guess I can understand
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The hunger game definitely describes the conflict between worker class and capital class in a extreme case. And that’s the frequent criticism on capitalism such that it makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. Luckily‚ capitalism comes with democracy and the people can throw away their government if they suffer too much. I once took a philosophy class which we analyzed a lots of social model from different philosophers and discussed which is the best model. We came to the conclusion that a good
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Narratives Reading‚ Writing and Oral Language Since this is a unit that is focused around The Hunger Games‚ the reading portion of the lessons is rather obvious‚ as students need to read and comprehend the book to be successful. They are also asked to read various articles and interpret texts in order to respond thoughtfully and appropriately to discussion and writing topics. Since the reading aspect of language was covered‚ I tried to focus on the importance of incorporating the remaining three
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identify the three main currents within feminist thought as liberal‚ radical‚ and Marxist. Each responds to women’s oppression in a different way. Liberal feminism is concerned with attaining economic and political equality in a male-dominated society. Radical feminism is focused on men and patriarchy as the main causes of the oppression of women. And Marxist feminism is a theoretical position that uses Marxist theory to understand the capitalist sources of the oppression of women. In the early
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