Catching Fire reaction paper

The setting of the film Catching Fire is a mixture of high and low-tech societies. T he 13 districts are the low-tech societies, in which their level of technology is lower than that of today. On the other hand, the high-tech society is the Capitol. For me, the film is a science fiction because it is futuristic and the level of technology in the film is much higher than today. I’m talking about the technology that is seen in The Capitol. Yes, there are holograms, but controlling a piece of land inside a dome during the hunger games, super fast trains with comfortable interiors, fiery outfits, medicine that easily heals wounds and bruises, and many more requires a high level of technology that I think might not be existent in the present, but very possible to occur and exist in the future.

The film is also a commentary of the past, present and future of the society. The low-tech societies, or the 13 districts, represent the past. The use of different tools and weapons of the past and their livelihood and lifestyle clearly shows the past and somehow the present human society. The present may be the number of technologies that are existent both in the film and in the present. Lastly, like what I stated in the previous paragraph, Catching Fire’s technology is futuristic, and it clearly represents the future as well, because the technology that is shown in the movie is not impossible and very achievable.

Science and technology didn’t fail in the 13 districts. Even if they are considered low-tech, they used their utilities and tools wisely, and it really helped them gather food and survive. Science and technology is still present in them in the form of those tools and weapons, like hammer, bow and arrow, etc. Technology is low, but it is not a failure. On the other hand, the society is not that good because equality among people is not present. They have to undergo the annual hunger games in order to commemorate the years that the districts rebelled to The Capitol people. Freedom is clearly not present also. Plus, the distribution of technology is not equal. But I can also say that the society among the districts is not a failure because they are good people. The leadership and the mindset of the Capitol people clearly ruin the society in the Catching Fire.

Pauline de Leon

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