In Suzanne Collins awards winning novel The Hunger Games, she writes out the experience of main character, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is only one of the twenty-four children who are forced to take part in a fight to death race to survival known as The Hunger Games. It is a yearly event where a boy and a girl are chosen from each district to be placed in an enclosed wooded area and pressured to fight each other all while being televised. The novel takes place in Panem, a post-apocalyptic dystopian country. In this world that was once North America, the citizens live off of limited resources while the government, run by the Capitol, keeps its citizens separated by dividing them into twelve districts which reinforce severe class separations.
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Before the Games, Katniss Everdeen was a hunter and gatherer who primarily focused on keeping her family alive which is typically a male 's position. In an article written by Emily D. Ryalls, she states about Katniss, "She is framed as naturally feminine, in part because she expresses disinterest in the rituals attached to femininity while effortlessly (almost against her will) appearing this way." When The Hunger Games begin Katniss creates a version of herself that upholds the expected image. Through manipulation, Katniss masks her feelings and portray collectedness while in front of the cameras. While in the arena Katniss confronts her feminine strengths while learning to value things more. Katniss befriends a younger girl named Rue. The two girls form a bond by supporting each other through a tough time of the harsh abuse. To the viewers, Katniss is seen as Rue 's older sister. In Katha Pollitt 's article, she states, "At the same time, she’s feminine: never aggressive or swaggering, tenderhearted and protective of the defenseless." Katniss ' character is not only feminist because majority of her skills are masculine but also because Collins writes her out to learn how to maintain those skills and open herself up to the power of mutual support and sisterhood. Through this, Katniss shows the image of an ideal role model for female …show more content…
The novel’s criticism of reality television is evident when Katniss explains, "It’s true. We spent one Hunger Games watching the players freeze to death at night. You could hardly see them because they were just huddled in balls and had no wood for fires or torches or anything. It was considered very anti-climactic in the Capitol, all those quiet bloodless deaths. Since then, there’s usually been wood to make fires," (#). The Capitol emphasizes more on the audience’s entertainment rather than the pain and suffering of the children. In many ways, The Hunger Games is a pick at reality television by the illustration of contestants against each other in competitions for the benefit of viewers. The comparison between The Hunger Games and reality television, in which people often vote for contestants rather than being randomly picked, are obvious. The similarities between The Hunger Games and modern reality television is also evident when the tributes are interviewed before a studio audience before beginning the official
Before the Games, Katniss Everdeen was a hunter and gatherer who primarily focused on keeping her family alive which is typically a male 's position. In an article written by Emily D. Ryalls, she states about Katniss, "She is framed as naturally feminine, in part because she expresses disinterest in the rituals attached to femininity while effortlessly (almost against her will) appearing this way." When The Hunger Games begin Katniss creates a version of herself that upholds the expected image. Through manipulation, Katniss masks her feelings and portray collectedness while in front of the cameras. While in the arena Katniss confronts her feminine strengths while learning to value things more. Katniss befriends a younger girl named Rue. The two girls form a bond by supporting each other through a tough time of the harsh abuse. To the viewers, Katniss is seen as Rue 's older sister. In Katha Pollitt 's article, she states, "At the same time, she’s feminine: never aggressive or swaggering, tenderhearted and protective of the defenseless." Katniss ' character is not only feminist because majority of her skills are masculine but also because Collins writes her out to learn how to maintain those skills and open herself up to the power of mutual support and sisterhood. Through this, Katniss shows the image of an ideal role model for female …show more content…
The novel’s criticism of reality television is evident when Katniss explains, "It’s true. We spent one Hunger Games watching the players freeze to death at night. You could hardly see them because they were just huddled in balls and had no wood for fires or torches or anything. It was considered very anti-climactic in the Capitol, all those quiet bloodless deaths. Since then, there’s usually been wood to make fires," (#). The Capitol emphasizes more on the audience’s entertainment rather than the pain and suffering of the children. In many ways, The Hunger Games is a pick at reality television by the illustration of contestants against each other in competitions for the benefit of viewers. The comparison between The Hunger Games and reality television, in which people often vote for contestants rather than being randomly picked, are obvious. The similarities between The Hunger Games and modern reality television is also evident when the tributes are interviewed before a studio audience before beginning the official