Hunger Games Vs. The Outsiders Over the years there have been numerous young adult novels that contain violence within. Some contain a good portrayal of violence and some have a bad portrayal of violence. When thinking of what exactly is a good or bad portrayal of violence two famous novels come to mind. One being The Outsiders and the other being The Hunger Games. When both of these books come to mind, one of them is a good portrayal and the other is a bad portrayal, in this case the bad portrayal is The Hunger Games. In Vivienne Mullers article, "Virtually Real: Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy" she is trying to show her readers how The Hunger Games is seeking to highlight the dangers of virtual entertainment and their capacity
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Within Mullers article, she uses to three other people’s point of views on the situation in order to further prove her point. As Muller states they are, “Jean Baudrillard’s ideas on simulation and simulacra, Elaine Scarry’s concerns for the reality of the bodies pain in representations of wartime combat, and Susan Sontag’s advocacy of the social and political important of images of the brutality and the horror of war” (108). Before Muller begins to put the three people in to play, she begins to compare the violence in The Hunger Games to Roman gladiatorial games. The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, shows the readers how they compare by giving a paradigm. Collins states that the paradigm consist of, “A ruthless government that forces people to fight to the death and uses these fight to the death as a form of popular entertainment” (Muller 109). In showing the readers this paradigm, it is showing the reader how this portrayal of violence is …show more content…
In The Hunger Games people within the capitol will watch the games as a form of entertainment, and then the gamemakers will begin to makes things appear in the games to deliberately makes things appear that will hurt the people in the games to make more entertainment for the people watching. Then on the other hand there is the violence that is within The Outsiders that is nowhere close to the violence in The Hunger Games and therefore making it relatable. Violence within The Outsiders is relatable because it is basically just two groups fighting to solve whatever problems they may be having, in this case one gang outranking the other. Nonetheless, something that makes a successful young adult novel is how it represents the violence and the fighting that is within. Ultimately, the violence has to be seen as something relatable so it does not seem like something someone could not see themselves doing. In order for someone to relate to a book, most of the time they have to be able to see themselves put into that situation. Therefore, showing why The Outsiders is seen as a relatable novel and is still seen as one of the most successful young adult novels still
Within Mullers article, she uses to three other people’s point of views on the situation in order to further prove her point. As Muller states they are, “Jean Baudrillard’s ideas on simulation and simulacra, Elaine Scarry’s concerns for the reality of the bodies pain in representations of wartime combat, and Susan Sontag’s advocacy of the social and political important of images of the brutality and the horror of war” (108). Before Muller begins to put the three people in to play, she begins to compare the violence in The Hunger Games to Roman gladiatorial games. The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, shows the readers how they compare by giving a paradigm. Collins states that the paradigm consist of, “A ruthless government that forces people to fight to the death and uses these fight to the death as a form of popular entertainment” (Muller 109). In showing the readers this paradigm, it is showing the reader how this portrayal of violence is …show more content…
In The Hunger Games people within the capitol will watch the games as a form of entertainment, and then the gamemakers will begin to makes things appear in the games to deliberately makes things appear that will hurt the people in the games to make more entertainment for the people watching. Then on the other hand there is the violence that is within The Outsiders that is nowhere close to the violence in The Hunger Games and therefore making it relatable. Violence within The Outsiders is relatable because it is basically just two groups fighting to solve whatever problems they may be having, in this case one gang outranking the other. Nonetheless, something that makes a successful young adult novel is how it represents the violence and the fighting that is within. Ultimately, the violence has to be seen as something relatable so it does not seem like something someone could not see themselves doing. In order for someone to relate to a book, most of the time they have to be able to see themselves put into that situation. Therefore, showing why The Outsiders is seen as a relatable novel and is still seen as one of the most successful young adult novels still