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Subcultural Norms In The Hunger Games

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The Hunger Games is a film series that was based off the novels written by Suzanne Collins. It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. The Hunger Games (2012) was the first movie in the series followed by Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), and then ending with Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015). The Hunger Games is the 15th highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$2.9 billion worldwide. This film is an American dystopian science fiction adventure (The Hunger Games (film)). The film takes place in the nation of Panem which is divided into thirteen districts. However, district thirteen was abolished due to rebellion. As punishment …show more content…

The mainstream norms would include being loyal to the president even though he demands immoral acts. The majority of Panem follow the president around blindly agreeing that annual killings of the youth is acceptable. These characters are either too blind or too afraid to speak out. I mean I can’t blame them for being afraid since the last rebellion ended in an extinction of an entire district. The subcultural norms would include not being loyal to the president and his outrageous demands. The subcultural norms are those of the characters who want an uprising. These characters are the ones who will speak out for change because they are through with living in poor conditions. Subcultural norms shape the characters who wish to be the change they want to see in the …show more content…

The film demonstrates how and why particular facts about the social world relate. I believe that this film has a functionalist perspective. This film focusses heavily on social order and keeping a society stable. The president uses fear tactics to control citizens and keep the lower class in its place while the upper class lives lavished lives. One way that this stayed maintained was that no travelling amongst districts was permitted so the citizens believed all districts were treated fairly equal (Crossman). The Hunger Games is a fascinating series that challenges ideas about government and society. The government and elite citizens force the youth of different economic backgrounds to hunt one another for the amusement of the society’s elites and to demonstrate leadership. The districts have no choice but to obey the president's commands unless they wish to be publically humiliated and killed. Does this represent our political system? We have the freedom of speech but if we tried to start an uprising we would be detained and

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