The Hunger Games: A critical analysis of a bestseller
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The document analyzes the role of food in The Hunger Games book and film. It notes that food is used as a political device, social trigger, and to organize society and determine life in the story. Throughout the book, food and hunger are prevalent themes, with the characters constantly struggling to find food or starving. The elite classes have access to more and better food, while the lower classes face food rationing and starvation. Controlling access to food is used as a weapon of power and domination by the authorities. Food and hunger are central drivers of the plot and narrative rhythm.
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OUR FOOD AS A COMMONS: Reframing the food narrative for a fair & sustainable ...
OUR FOOD AS A COMMONS: Reframing the food narrative for a fair & sustainable ...
La España Vacia está llena de comunes. Espacios de innovacion para economias ...
La España Vacia está llena de comunes. Espacios de innovacion para economias ...
REPENSAR EL SISTEMA ALIMENTARIO. Gestionar los alimentos como bienes comunes,...
REPENSAR EL SISTEMA ALIMENTARIO. Gestionar los alimentos como bienes comunes,...
#FoodCommons: a disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
#FoodCommons: a disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
Heirloom value as relevant policy belief for agro-biodiversity initiatives
Heirloom value as relevant policy belief for agro-biodiversity initiatives
Food commons. A disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
Food commons. A disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
Food commons: a disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
Food commons: a disruptive narrative and moral compass for human survival
The Hunger Games: A critical analysis of a bestseller
- 1. The Hunger Games: A critical analysis of a bestseller r. Jose-Luis Vivero-Pol
- 2. Food is agency, power and politics •Political device •Social trigger •Society organiser •Life determinant
- 3. CHAPTER 1 •Life in District 12 pivots around getting food or starving to death •Elite members get access to better and more food •Food as weapon of control /a prize to reward •Food rations - “Starving” appears 3 times •Nature provides food, but this Nature is enclosed (fences and prohibitions restrict access to food) •Katniss was hungry many times and her mood is cold, distant & unhappy
- 4. CHAPTER 2 •Poverty is portrayed as hungry situations: hunger, the worst face of destitution and powerless •Katniss was desperate to get access to food (detailed description of hunger plight, feelings and food-related difficulties) •Hunger-related deaths are hidden by Authorities because they may fuel anger and social unrest •Hunger & Food have agency (power to mobilise)
- 5. CHAPTER 3 • Katniss´ only goal in life was to provide food for her family (pp. 51) • GMOs as weapons (modified birds as spies, then dogs) • The different meals organise the narrative thread and rhythm (detailed descriptions, repeated sequences) • Symbolic differentiation in type of meals and food between the ruling Elite in the Capitol and the subjugated districts working for them
- 6. CHAPTER 4 •Hunting-gathering to satisfy survival needs, the rest for trade. •Katniss is a wild edible plant •Katniss always refers to food, food collection, hunting. Half of her memories are about food •In the Capitol, the elite never misses a meal .
- 7. CHAPTER 16 •Having food or not is a key driver of the Game. Katniss & Peeta pretend to be in love to get more food •Destroying food as a weapon •Food searching/eating is vital to survive •Dichotomy and power inequalities are represented as plenty of food in the Capitol VS hunger in subjugated districts
- 8. FINAL REMMARKS • One quarter of this bestseller is about FOOD!!! • Narrative thread articulated around food, meals & hunger • They do whatever is necessary to get food in the Games • No hunger equals freedom (Amartya Sen) • Hunger in districts is triggered by Capitol to control them • Katniss´entire life was about food search • She won because she knew how to find food in forest
- 9. 1.- Simmon, A.M. (2012). Class on fire. Using the hunger games trilogy to encourage social action. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy 56(1): 22-34. 2.- The Hunger Games: Book 1 can be accessed here: https://www.readanybook.com/online/565428#357177 http://www.kkoworld.com/kitablar/suzanna-kollinz-acliq-oyunlari-1- hisse-eng.pdf 3.- The full movie can be accessed here: https://solarmovie.sc/movie/the-hunger-games-4105/487683- 8/watching.html 4.- Accion contra el Hambre (2014). Guia Didactica de Los Juegos del Hambre. Derechos Humanos, hambre y soberanía alimentaria. In Spanish. https://fr.scribd.com/doc/190954019/Guia-Didactica-Los-Juegos-Del- Hambre Web Materials: book + film + academic paper + Teaching Guidelines