Many individuals believe that the storylines in movies and books such as Divergent or The Purge where things are very twisted in the world could never actually happen, but thinking more deeply about The Hunger Games, the idea does not seem so far-fetched. Although the morphed idea of society in this movie seems beyond unrealistic, some things tend to be more related to our world than people may think. Every day, people talk about the struggles of our country and the way we function as a whole. People worry about our future after looking at our countries issues, especially about our power and control laws. Through The Hunger Games movie directed by Gary Ross and written by Suzanne Collins, we see how this series of events foreshadows
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Most people in the districts know that if a young girl, like Katniss, was to volunteer and go into the Hunger Games that she would most likely die and not be able to stand her ground. Throughout the whole movie and games, Katniss struggles to prove that she is strong and worthy of this. For example, at one part of the movie, she perfectly aims her arrow right next to all the government officials who refused to pay any attention to her skills. This can be related to the modern day struggle that women still have in this country when competing for army or navy seal positions. Men and even some woman, every day, say how men are physically stronger which means they are much more capable. Katniss and woman all around the country everyday prove that it is not all about strength and speed, but intelligence and drive. For instance, Katniss did the unthinkable and was a woman from a poor town who won the Hunger Games. Not only does this relate back to women’s rights but the struggle still after years of fighting to prove that the two are equal. If the country was to go into another war soon especially with such a strong force like ISIS, thousands of women would volunteer to fight, but if this constant idea of putting down women and girls stays then we will have nobody to fight. The idea of women’s rights still being a problem in the future is something scary and should be unrealistic whereas women like Katniss and ones in the army prove the country wrong every
Most people in the districts know that if a young girl, like Katniss, was to volunteer and go into the Hunger Games that she would most likely die and not be able to stand her ground. Throughout the whole movie and games, Katniss struggles to prove that she is strong and worthy of this. For example, at one part of the movie, she perfectly aims her arrow right next to all the government officials who refused to pay any attention to her skills. This can be related to the modern day struggle that women still have in this country when competing for army or navy seal positions. Men and even some woman, every day, say how men are physically stronger which means they are much more capable. Katniss and woman all around the country everyday prove that it is not all about strength and speed, but intelligence and drive. For instance, Katniss did the unthinkable and was a woman from a poor town who won the Hunger Games. Not only does this relate back to women’s rights but the struggle still after years of fighting to prove that the two are equal. If the country was to go into another war soon especially with such a strong force like ISIS, thousands of women would volunteer to fight, but if this constant idea of putting down women and girls stays then we will have nobody to fight. The idea of women’s rights still being a problem in the future is something scary and should be unrealistic whereas women like Katniss and ones in the army prove the country wrong every