Marxism in The Hunger Games
If there is any perfect representation of Marxism in film it is in The Hunger Games. For this case study, I will be focusing on the first movie of the trilogy. This paper will overview the way Marxism is shown in The Hunger Games using a few examples from the movie. In this paper, I argue that The Hunger Games’ plot line has Marxism theories extremely exposed and almost blatantly exposed. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed Marxism in the early 1900s.
“In broad outline Marx 's theory asserts that in the course of making a living and utilizing their technical and industrial equipment the members of society become segregated into classes which carry on different functions in industry and therefore occupy different positions in the social organization. Between these classes there arises an antagonism of interests and a struggle” (Moore).
The way that I have come to understand this theory is basically the prominent wealthy people in a society exploit the others “below them” for goods and such. The Hunger Games was one of the most talked about movies because of the struggle of classes throughout. It seemed that the author of the novel, Suzanne Collins, wanted the Marxist theory extremely prevalent in the book/movie. Using Marxism to analyze this text is justified purely based on how similar the …show more content…
When a district wins The Games they receive money, food, and an abundance of supplies to stimulate their economy and become prosperous. In order to make The Games more interesting, the viewers in the Capitol can send supplies to their favorite tribute taking part in them. The Hunger Games is just pure entertainment for the Capitol and they have complete domination over the districts (Parks). The people who pay for the supplies to be sent to their favorite tribute are referred to as “sponsors” and they can potentially control the destiny of the
If there is any perfect representation of Marxism in film it is in The Hunger Games. For this case study, I will be focusing on the first movie of the trilogy. This paper will overview the way Marxism is shown in The Hunger Games using a few examples from the movie. In this paper, I argue that The Hunger Games’ plot line has Marxism theories extremely exposed and almost blatantly exposed. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels developed Marxism in the early 1900s.
“In broad outline Marx 's theory asserts that in the course of making a living and utilizing their technical and industrial equipment the members of society become segregated into classes which carry on different functions in industry and therefore occupy different positions in the social organization. Between these classes there arises an antagonism of interests and a struggle” (Moore).
The way that I have come to understand this theory is basically the prominent wealthy people in a society exploit the others “below them” for goods and such. The Hunger Games was one of the most talked about movies because of the struggle of classes throughout. It seemed that the author of the novel, Suzanne Collins, wanted the Marxist theory extremely prevalent in the book/movie. Using Marxism to analyze this text is justified purely based on how similar the …show more content…
When a district wins The Games they receive money, food, and an abundance of supplies to stimulate their economy and become prosperous. In order to make The Games more interesting, the viewers in the Capitol can send supplies to their favorite tribute taking part in them. The Hunger Games is just pure entertainment for the Capitol and they have complete domination over the districts (Parks). The people who pay for the supplies to be sent to their favorite tribute are referred to as “sponsors” and they can potentially control the destiny of the