Throughout The Hunger Games many different ideology’s can be examined. All ideologies are centered on the idea of power. As power is a very prominent aspect of The Hunger Games. Panem is the holder of power. But within Panem, who holds the power? Is it Snow or the willingness of the citizens to subject themselves to the capitol? Although each district holds a different relationship with the capitol each district is solely committed to the capitol and making the people of the capitol happy. Which is why each district must submit a male and female for the annual Hunger Games without fighting they are forced to give away a child, sibling, and family member to watch them die in front of a million other people. This ‘game’ is a terrible form of
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Along with the power pedagogy he is forcing each district to hate one another for the sole purpose of killing one another for entertainment, this can then be analyzed for the way in which the residents are controlled, how the different districts recognize power, how the geographical-based elements determine who will live and who will die, and how the role of power changes when the opponents are placed into the arena. In each district Peacekeepers are forced to keep watch and punish anyone who breaks the law. Although Katniss breaks the law daily by “trespassing in the woods” (Collins, p.12) the peacekeepers know that she is doing this but ignore the fact that Katniss is sneaking past the electric fence and hunting animals for meat she trades (Collins, p.12). The reason the peacekeepers ignore it is because they’re just as hungry as the residents. The peacekeepers are the capitols way of maintaining control when they’re unable to be in each district. The peacekeepers act as police officers, but with more vulgar punishments. If the capitol found out that that Katniss was sneaking away, catching animals and selling meat she would be “publicly executed for inciting a rebellion” …show more content…
Although each child is entered in once they have to ability to put their name in more times so that their families if drawn are able to survive with grain and oil while they’re in the games (Collins, p.22). Every year Katniss is forced to put her name in multiple times “so now, at the age of sixteen, my name will be in the reaping twenty times” (Collins, p.22). When the games finally come to district twelve to make the decision of who will serve in the annual Hunger Games Prim, Katniss’ younger sister, is called upon the stage. Katniss instantly volunteers herself “I volunteer as tribute!” (Collins, p.33); this is a signal of her power within her family. She holds power and is unwilling to watch her sister take part in the games. While games are being played everyone in the districts is forced to watch what is going on, this creates the illusion “that power first does not include everything (cf. Foucault, 1977) but is in everything and second ‘that that one kind of power does not exist’” (Ricken, p.551). This is a way the capitol is able to show that they hold power, but they want to make the residents of each district believe that they themselves have power within the districts, when in reality they don’t have any power. During the game the game makers hold power above the districts and the athletics participating the
Along with the power pedagogy he is forcing each district to hate one another for the sole purpose of killing one another for entertainment, this can then be analyzed for the way in which the residents are controlled, how the different districts recognize power, how the geographical-based elements determine who will live and who will die, and how the role of power changes when the opponents are placed into the arena. In each district Peacekeepers are forced to keep watch and punish anyone who breaks the law. Although Katniss breaks the law daily by “trespassing in the woods” (Collins, p.12) the peacekeepers know that she is doing this but ignore the fact that Katniss is sneaking past the electric fence and hunting animals for meat she trades (Collins, p.12). The reason the peacekeepers ignore it is because they’re just as hungry as the residents. The peacekeepers are the capitols way of maintaining control when they’re unable to be in each district. The peacekeepers act as police officers, but with more vulgar punishments. If the capitol found out that that Katniss was sneaking away, catching animals and selling meat she would be “publicly executed for inciting a rebellion” …show more content…
Although each child is entered in once they have to ability to put their name in more times so that their families if drawn are able to survive with grain and oil while they’re in the games (Collins, p.22). Every year Katniss is forced to put her name in multiple times “so now, at the age of sixteen, my name will be in the reaping twenty times” (Collins, p.22). When the games finally come to district twelve to make the decision of who will serve in the annual Hunger Games Prim, Katniss’ younger sister, is called upon the stage. Katniss instantly volunteers herself “I volunteer as tribute!” (Collins, p.33); this is a signal of her power within her family. She holds power and is unwilling to watch her sister take part in the games. While games are being played everyone in the districts is forced to watch what is going on, this creates the illusion “that power first does not include everything (cf. Foucault, 1977) but is in everything and second ‘that that one kind of power does not exist’” (Ricken, p.551). This is a way the capitol is able to show that they hold power, but they want to make the residents of each district believe that they themselves have power within the districts, when in reality they don’t have any power. During the game the game makers hold power above the districts and the athletics participating the