Sociological Concepts In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Sociological concepts are portrayed throughout many films of the American culture today, as they may be analyzed to view social theories that are included in them as the societies in the movie comes to a common goal. Many theories can be seen in the movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire exceptionally clear in many ways as the whole society lives with scarce supplies as the government lives in supreme wealth and comfort. Specifically the sociological theory of conflict can be viewed as the plot line of the movie moves along to depict the minority of the people, the proletariats, begin to have a thought process that they are something and will fight for justice against the people in power, the bourgeoisies. In the movie one of the first scenes …show more content…
President Snow discusses that the people have a new found hope with Katniss and believes that she should be eliminated in order to stop the people from rising up against the government as he knows that she has a power to have the people rise up against the government. He knows that he needs to try and keep the people at bay and will do whatever it takes; though, since the head game maker is on the people’s side, he carefully judges the situation in order to be in a position to give the people power to overthrow the government. The people are rationed in each of the districts while the main government lives in a surplus of food and in the movie it can be seen that they have the purple drink which would make them throw up in order for them to eat more. Peeta was in absolute disgust as he learned for the purpose of the drink as he knows that the districts never have enough food while the main government lives in the luxurious life style, which portrays yet another sociological issue where the people of the whole main community are handicapped because the elite do not share the wealth that they have; leading to many ways that the proletariats that have a small spotlight in the main view of the districts then go against the government in a passive aggressive …show more content…
The dress was against President Snow as it was his gift to Katniss, while her stylist Cinna shows his true feelings against the capital turning the dress into a mocking jay showing true defiance as it was aired across the districts. The dress was a symbol of the capitals control while the mocking jay is a symbol of the revolution and defiance that has united the districts. Then Peeta in the same scene gives the people a thought that Katniss could have a baby, thus the people are shocked and want the games stopped in order to allow for her ‘baby’ to live; however, this does not happen because the capital still shows off its power thinking it can do anything it would like. Following the movie in a later scene Katniss is seen firing her arrow at the dome which would lead to a stoppage of the games because the lightning killed the system. This like the scene of the berries is a lash out against the capital even though it is not clear what her intentions truly are; it would appear as she did not know of the true plan she is just against the games; however, she is a leading force for a revolution against the government as they know it. She yet again disrupts the Hunger Games and this then leads to hostility in the districts and no district 12 which was what