Through constant separation and segregation between curious individuals, complicit figures, and the unjust system, and a maintenance of hope and fear, like the ones in Hunger Games and Minority Report, dystopian societies are able to maintain itself and injustice within. In both films, the system that controls the dystopia tries its very best to separate the curious individuals and the complicit, all the while isolating themselves into a very far away and unreachable place. To overthrow dystopias, in a way, a combination of intense hope and intense feelings of unity and empathy of a sadder reality are needed.
Throughout both films, false hope is spread throughout the people affected within the system. In a conversational scene with Seneca …show more content…
A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.” The games itself is a way to maintain false hope in front of the more disgusting and fearful reality that 23 tributes are going to die. On the other hand, in Minority Report, citizens superficially believe that Pre-Crime really solved all that the system of Pre-Crime would solve all the crime there is in the world, disregarding the corrupt system of Pre-Cogs the system uses, and then as resembled by John Anderton, the hidden, fearful situation of being deemed the murderer in crime scenes. Having maintained control and balance between hope and fear is one of the ways dystopias remain how they are--dominant, unjust, and corrupt.
The second way a dystopia keeps its unjust system in power is by segregating the curious individuals and the complicit figures to prevent unity and empathy. In Hunger Games, this segregation is achieved through the flawed system of districts, separating the most affected and oppressed--the poor, from districts opposedly composed of complicit rich citizens that are privileged to prepare for the games, seeing it as an honor rather than a brutal punishment. Because of this, the richer districts are unable to capture the struggles of the poorer districts, despite being in a way, “forced” into the game as well. In
Throughout both films, false hope is spread throughout the people affected within the system. In a conversational scene with Seneca …show more content…
A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.” The games itself is a way to maintain false hope in front of the more disgusting and fearful reality that 23 tributes are going to die. On the other hand, in Minority Report, citizens superficially believe that Pre-Crime really solved all that the system of Pre-Crime would solve all the crime there is in the world, disregarding the corrupt system of Pre-Cogs the system uses, and then as resembled by John Anderton, the hidden, fearful situation of being deemed the murderer in crime scenes. Having maintained control and balance between hope and fear is one of the ways dystopias remain how they are--dominant, unjust, and corrupt.
The second way a dystopia keeps its unjust system in power is by segregating the curious individuals and the complicit figures to prevent unity and empathy. In Hunger Games, this segregation is achieved through the flawed system of districts, separating the most affected and oppressed--the poor, from districts opposedly composed of complicit rich citizens that are privileged to prepare for the games, seeing it as an honor rather than a brutal punishment. Because of this, the richer districts are unable to capture the struggles of the poorer districts, despite being in a way, “forced” into the game as well. In