The text/film Ive decided to chose for this assignment is the Hunger Games. I am still deciding whether or not I want to analyze the film version or the book version. I have seen the film version directed by Gary Ross. I may plan on doing my analysis on the book version written by Suzanne Collins. I will be doing my paper based on the first book/film of the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a dystopia because there are different districts that are living in poverty, within these confined grounds that look similar to concentration camps. One boy and one girl are chosen from 12 different districts and are chosen to fight to the death on a reality show. There survival all depends on a certain skill they obtain and on "sponsors". All the people chosen for the "Hunger Games" can range in variety of age. This is undesirable because it is not often thought as fun to engage in murdering, especially all for a show that others are watching as entertainment. The characters have to literally fight and kill in order to stay alive. The characters are dehumanized and thought of as game players on this show, and not thought of as real people. Life within the districts are a dystopia and those that live within the inner city are wealthy and view the Hunger Games as entertainment although all these "players" are fighting for their life.
I have yet to conduct any research on my text. As far as any analytical lenses or theoretical lens, I am still up in the air on details.
I'm doing mine on Battle Royale, which is apparently the book that inspired your thing. I'm sure this is obvious, but you'll be able to address how yours takes place for a reality show or whatever, whereas mine happens for no (currently known) reason. Are they fighting each other for food or something? Well, you'll be able to address that too.
ReplyDeleteIf you choose the book, then I'm sure you'll run into the same problem I'm having: finding scholarly sources among all the movie reviews.
If you choose the movie, then: "oh, that's cool"
I have been thinking on my research paper to include some psychoanalytic theory as well as marxism combined. I will analyze three main characters with the psychoanalytic criticism. and then tie in the marxism of the Capitol and the districts of Panem and the control..... any suggestions on the right or wrong way to do so? Ive been strictly working on a simple psychoanalytic lens through out the whole paper but found that to be a little tricky.
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