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 consist of the colonizer and colonized. The colonizer is the one who settled
from another without it becoming plagiarism? Is that the case between Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games and Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale? Both stories show parallels when it comes to plot, environment, the reasons that the children are pitted against one another, etc. The list of comparisons between the two could go on and on. Although a close analysis of Takami’s Battle Royale and Collins’s The Hunger Games illustrate their surprising number of similarities, Collins should not be accused of plagiarizing
Hope and Rebellion in 1984 and The Hunger Games Dystopian novels emphasize a need for the general public an understanding of politics because the people’s “ignorance” becomes the “strength” for the governments to maintain its power. The totalitarian societies in Orwell’s 1984 and Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games share degrees of similarities in structure, conditions, and methods of control. Both societies have distinct hierarchies and serious poverty issues. However, the two works differ in terms
particular scene from the world famous movie, The Hunger Games. To demonstrate an engagement with theory and readings relevant to this unit, there are going to be various theoretical concepts and ideas to support and strengthen this essay such as Theodor Adorno’s ‘’Free Time’’ theory as well as Appiah’s ‘’Theories of Identity’’ and influence from James Monaco’s book on ‘’How to Read a Film’’ in order fully analyse in depth the chosen scene from the The Hunger Games. The specific scene chosen for this essay
The Hunger Games: Rhetorical Analysis For the process of rhetorical analysis, I chose to focus on the ‘reaping scene’ because I thought it had good examples of two of the three appeals. This scene uses a lot of pathos and some subliminal ethos too. It is perhaps one of the most emotional scenes in the movie and for good reasons. Through carefully crafted scenes, with everything meticulously chosen, from sounds, to colors, to words, the whole scene is designed to leave an aching hole in your chest
Character Analysis: Desdemona Many classic novels and playwrights are about girls that must prove themselves to the reader. However, Desdemona, wife of army general Othello in Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, proves throughout the play that she is borne of loyalty, independence, and naivety. Desdemona’s many forms of loyalty are shown in subtle and clear ways. One of these forms of loyalty is loyalty to herself. This is shown in the idea behind the play. Desdemona’s family expects her to marry a
Before I get into the analysing, I would like to tell my interpretation of this text. As I stated above, I thought the characters' in the maze represented the children being forced to work and Dashner showed how they felt by focusing on them. Within the text, there were many times where the kids expressed their feelings towards the unfair situation such as,“He fought the urge
The plot of 1984 reflects Russian society during Stalin’s reign and the main character Winston is depicted similarly to Orwell. Syme, a constituent of Winston’s tells Winston, “Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it” (Orwell 52). As a writer for the new Dictionary, it is characteristic of him to defend his work. In addition, Syme does not think
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Chapter Analysis Cindy Ho Introduction ~ How’d He do That? Recognizing patterns or symbols in difficult works of literature make it easier to read. The patterns and symbols in “The Fall of the House of Usher” helps one be able to fully understand the short story. For example, in “The Fall of the House of Usher”, the deterioration of the house symbolizes the deterioration of Roderick and Madeline’s health. The house is linked to Roderick and Madeline. Upon
idea called, ‘Hegemony’ which explained that people are structured by the media such as TV and even social media. The Simpsons contains a large number of audience that watch the show daily on Fox News. In the famous comedy The Simpson they have a character named Apu. Apu is enormously stereotyped. Apu acts the role of an Indian immigrant, who is portrayed as an outcast in the Simpsons society due to the fact he is the only one of a brown skin color and only one that has the noticeable Indian accent