The Hunger Games Sociological Analysis

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appy hunger games! And may the odds be ever in your favour." The Hunger Games directed by Gary Ross shows all of the three social sciences throughout the movie. Such as the thoughts, feelings and behaviour of Psychology, it inhibits traditions and conventions of Anthropology, and last but not least the relationships of a group in Society of Sociology. Firstly, The Hunger Game participants from district 12 share some of thier thoughts, feelings, and behaviour. According to Sociologist Emile Durkheim he Studied on Suicide in 1897. One of his three major types of suicide was the alturstic suicide, that means a person intentionally entered a problem by sacrificing him or herself to protect others. For example Claudius the man running the show() said that their will be a feast tonight meaning that their is some type of item that each individual will desperately need. Hearing this Kattnis Everdeen the protagonists in the story behaves in a way were she must go claim the item to help her partner Peeta to heal his leg. Katniss thoughts also revealed that Peeta can be saved and they can both go home together after the announcement that 2 players from the same district can be both winners before it was revoked. Peeta was feeling worried that if she were to go she may…show more content…
According to Karl Marx a Sociologist he concluded that there was an uneven distribution of wealth was normal condition in Society. For example district 1 were training ever since they were born and one of the wealthiest districs out of the 12said heymech.() Compared to District 12 they are very poor. () Karl Marx called this the class conflict, people who were wealthy, and also owned factories and machinery were classified as bourgeoisie. The people who were poor survived by selling their labour were classified as proletariat. () This shows the sociology in the environment of the groups living in their

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