part to the evolution of female characters in both young adult novels and films today. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, includes the character of Katniss Everdeen – an intelligent, courageous, and noble young girl who defies the norms of the traditional stereotypical female character, formulating a new definition of women in popular culture today. Through the novels and films, she acts as a role model for all individuals. In Panem, the country in which all the characters live, twelve
During the early stages of development, children are indoctrinated with specific codes and behaviours in correlation to their prescribed gender. These prescriptions are governed by the gender binary system – a patriarchy-inducing system, in which holds that males and females are separate entities, each with their own physical and psychological characteristics. Authors Ellyn Lem and Holly Hassel observe that this binary is reflected and enforced, “from advertisements that place girls in domestic spheres
Race, gender and class shape the experience of all people. This fact has been widely documented in research and, to some extent, is commonly understood. New studies interpret race, gender, class as interlocking categories of experience that affect all aspects of life. (Anderson, Collins, 1997:8) For a long time, society on and off screen, have been automatically constructed to what are considered 'norms'. Recent films of note to challenge this expectation, and will be discussed in further detail
Brave. Fierce In the movie and book, The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is one of the strongest characters as she is compassionate, brave, intelligent, and fierce, but to some, her strength can also be seen as a weakness. It was her strength that got her into the Hunger Games in the first place. Near the beginning of the movie during an event called the reaping, Katniss’s sister Prim’s name is chosen to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death between 24 chosen participants
Complete Heroism The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, poses many serious sociological questions which are pertinent to our current social times. During the course of the story Collins subjects most of her main characters to unscrupulous social scrutiny. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, is subjected to all sorts of public judgment, the main one being, from this reader’s perspective, is the question of heroism. During the reading of the Hunger Games the question of Katniss’ heroism continuously
society at the time. They do it to put a lens on the issue. There are a few lenses through which political reading can be read. There is race, gender, class, and postcolonial theories. Each of these theories are political issues that our society has faced. This paper will focus on the postcolonial theory. Through a postcolonial analysis of The Hunger Games and "The Lottery," Collins and Jackson both reveal the importance of the dominance or rule from the past. First and foremost postcolonial theory
Cinematic Gender Inequality: Combating Female Stereotypes Grease, a nostalgic love story set in the 1950’s, is considered a classic by English and American critics, but it is not commonly known that a gender stereotype of female dependence on male presence takes place in the film. Jenni Veitch-Olson brings the stereotypes to light in her scholarly article entitled “’We Go Together’: Nostalgia, Gender, Class, and the London Reception of ‘Grease: A New '50s Rock 'N' Roll Musical.’” The most prevalent
In the article What Really Makes Katniss Stand Out? Peeta, Her Movie Girlfriend is about the different gender roles established in the movie. In the movie Katniss is not a traditional movie star girl. Katniss displays masculine qualities in the movie. She carries a bow and knows how to hunt. She fights and kills when she has too and that is what makes her a survivor. She would rather let her actions speak instead of words, just like a man does. Katniss keeps herself guarded and emotional unavailable
The works of literature that originated from the Islamic Golden Age during 786 to 1258 encompassed diverse cultures that resulted in texts that would continue to influence Western literature even today. One such work that exemplifies the literature of this era is A Thousand and One Nights (also known as Arabian Nights). While there are many variations of the elaborate stories nested within the text, the overall frame is similar in both the Eastern and Western cultures. In short, King Shadrayar discovers
The Hunger Games is a science fiction and adventure film, based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins, which explores concepts of Marxism and numerous aspects of its principles through the dystopian world of Panem. The Hunger Games follows Marxist theories on bourgeoisie and proletariat class structure as well as capitalist production and the distribution of good. Thelma and Louise, a 1991 film directed by Ridley Scott, is often referred to by critics as “the ultimate feminist film”. This film