The Lottery Movie Analysis

Totalitarian Dictatorship is a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed. This is a form of government that is present in the movies the Hunger games and the Island as well as the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. In these stories hope was the factor that each government tried to take over. President Snow, the antagonist from the Hunger Games, quoted that ” Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained”.
In the Hunger Games the strategy they used to suppress the hope of the people was threw the used of the games. In the games two people from each twelve district and in the end only one will survive. The districts are always unsettled around the time of the games. Everyone has a sense of uneasiness also the hope of not being picked to be in the games. When the person is chosen emotions are high. Many are relieved at the fact that they were not chosen. The chosen people …show more content…
The clones in the movie long to be the one to be picked to go to the island. The island is supposed to be a good place. In this movie every aspect of their life is controlled such as where they work, what they eat and where they go. With all of this structure the clones would dream of going to the Island where they are free do anything and have complete freedom over every aspect o their life that was once being controlled. This cultivate a feel of hope and served as an distraction. Whenever the drawing for the island comes up everyone has hope that they will be picked but will heartbroken when they are not picked. With this hope the clones live life not minding the lack of freedom they have because of their hope of going to the