Thursday, December 5, 2013

Catching Fire: Reaction Paper

Catching fire is the 2nd book (or movie in this case) of the Hunger Games series. It mainly focuses on the 75th Hunger Games which is the 3rd Quarter Quell. In this Hunger Games, all the victors of the previous hunger games were reaped as tributes. This was to signify that not even the strongest of the districts can overcome the Capitol.

The movie is not really science fiction because it does not focus on the scientific aspect of the film, but more on the class struggle. If it were science fiction, it would have focused on the technology used in generating the Hunger Games and the like.

The film is a commentary of past, present and future society. This is shown through its interpretation of the government and the vast class struggle. The government is obviously abusing its power by holding the Hunger Games every year to punish the people for the last rebellion made. They are being punished for something they didn’t even do which causes society to rebel even more in the process. This point is strengthened even more by the fact that the 13th district was obliterated. Though not pushed to the extent like in the movie (holding the Hunger Games), the concept is still the same in real life. The government right now is just pretty messed up. Technology wise, it is definitely of the future due to the highly advanced technology used in the film and especially in generating the Hunger Games arena.


 Each district has it’s certain “specialty”. For example, District 1 focuses on luxury, District 4 on fishing, District 11 on agriculture, and so on. Since each of the districts have a certain specialty, the burden of the tasks is divided between the districts, thus more efficiency. So the science and technology used succeeds because it helps Panem thrive as a whole. It allows each district to focus on manufacturing on a specific thing rather than each district doing everything.

Rix, Mayumi Katrina
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