The document is a compare and contrast essay analyzing the films The Theory of Everything and The Hunger Games. It discusses the settings, time periods, technologies, and conflicts portrayed in each film. The Theory of Everything takes place in 1960s England and focuses on Stephen Hawking's life and work, while The Hunger Games is set in a dystopian future North America and depicts a brutal annual competition. While the people in both films value family and education, the upper class in The Hunger Games' society prize wealth and luxury. The major difference highlighted is the more advanced technology shown in The Hunger Games due to its future setting versus the 1960s period of The Theory of Everything.

1. SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
THE DESIGN SCHOOL
FOUNDATION IN NATURAL BUILD ENVIRONMENT
NAME : FARAH HANISAH BINTI ZAINOL
STUDENT ID NO : 0323433
FILMS SELECTED : THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING & THE
HUNGER GAMES
WORD COUNT: 645
ENGLISH 2 (ELG 30605)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 1: COMPARE – CONTRAST ESSAY
LECTURER: GOPIGHANTAN MYLVAGANAM
SUBMISSION DATE: DECEMBER 4TH 2015

2. The Theory Of Everything And The Hunger Games
The film industry has been a form of entertainment for all of us since the early 1900. One of the
earliest motion pictures was only five to eight minutes long as it was only one reel of the film. The
film industry then began to truly flourish and now we could create more stunning special effects
using the current technology which creates a highly realistic movie like CGI animation. The Theory
Of Everything was directed by James Marsh and it is a biopic that explores the amazing life of the
famous Stephen Hawking and how he met the love of his life, Jane Hawking during his university
life. The Hunger Games which was directed by Gary Ross on the other hand is a movie about a girl
named Katniss Everdeen who volunteered to replace her younger sister, Prim Everdeen in a horrible
game their government created called the Hunger Game. The differences between The Theory Of
Everything and The Hunger Games are quite conspicuous, despite having few similarities.
The Theory Of Everything focuses more on Stephen Hawking trying to explore and finding the
truth about our universe like the black hole and solving problems about our galaxy. Studying in the
University of Cambridge, England, Hawking was established as one of the honoured students there.
In terms of the movie settings, this movie took place mostly in Cambridge, England in the 1960s.
Since Stephen Hawking is British, the accent used in the movie was the British accent. The main
character of this movie fell in love with a woman who later became his own wife and they built a
decent loving family.
Felicity Jones who acted as Hawking’s wife, Jane portrayed a kind and patient wife in the movie.
She loved Hawking with all her heart and took good care of him even though he needed proper care
since he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. Jane took care of her family and maintain her
studies as well. The people during the era valued family relationships, religion and education. This
movie has a conflict where Hawking fell in love with Elaine Mason who was paid to nurse him. At
the same time, Jane do not feel like a wife to Hawking anymore and started to have feelings for her
choir’s tutor, Jonathan.
On the contrary, The Hunger Games which was written originally by Suzanne Collins tells more
about the citizens of Panem fighting against their government for equal rights. In terms of the movie
settings, The Hunger Games took place in North America thus the accent they used was American.
The year however is unknown but it has surely showed the future. Katniss Everdeen, the main
character of the movie, had a special friend back in her hometown but has met someone who has
been in love with her ever since the incident of the burnt bread. Katniss slowly grew feelings
towards Peeta Mellark during the Hunger Games.
The people of Panem values similar things like the people in the movie The Theory Of
Everything. However the upper class who lives in Panem praises money and wealthiness as their
God and live in luxury. The conflict of the movie started when Katniss were together with Peeta
Mellark during the game. Gale Hawthorne, Katniss’ special friend got jealous with their action and
started to get suspicious on Katniss’ love towards him.
In conclusion, the major differences between these two movies can be seen through the settings of
the movies. The Theory of Everything shows the past which is in the 1960s while The Hunger
Game shows the future known as the Dark Days. The technology used in The Hunger Games are
more advanced and modernised compared to The Theory Of Everything, considering it was in the
1960s where our technology was developing and people were still discovering new machineries.

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