"Our whole social system is based upon Regularity, or Equality” (Abbott 23). Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are both books that were later turned into movies. Flatland involves an upper class square, A. Square, and his adventure through different dimensions set in a representational society of nineteenth century England. Meanwhile, The Hunger Games contains the journey a poor girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen, who is left to the mercy of the Capital. Although both Flatland and The Hunger Games are two completely different books, they both share similar hierarchical aspects. Each book contains some form of a hierarchical structure in their society. In Flatland, the …show more content…
The lowest class of workmen and the soldiers are made up of Irregular Triangles, or Isosceles as A. Square refers to them. The middle class contains entirely Equilateral Triangles, while the upper class, the professional men, consists of Squares and Pentagons. The nobility, however are Six-Sided plus Polygons, with Circles being the absolute highest class as Priests. Each Polygon cannot increase ones status; however, their children can as stated by the Law of Nature. “A male child shall have one more side than his father, so that each generation shall rise (as a rule) one step in the scale of development and nobility” (Abbott 7). In The Hunger Games, the nation of Panem is divided into twelve distinct districts and the Capital. Citizens are to remain in their district and therefore cannot move to a different one. Depending on which district you live in, depends on how wealthy you are. The Capital is the highest …show more content…
And when someone challenges against the ways of the society, the effects could be severe. In part of A. Square’s adventure, a Sphere comes down from 3-D Spaceland into 2-D Flatland. The Sphere informs him that every millennium a member from Spaceland travels to Flatland in order to provide and teach information about the third dimension. At first, A. Square believes everything the Sphere says is totally preposterous. However, after he is forced into Spaceland, A. Square begins to see the truth in the Sphere’s words. While he is in Spaceland, he and the Sphere are able to observe a secret meeting of the High Council. The Sphere crashes the meeting preaching about the third dimension. The Council reacts by creating a proclamation that states that prohibits anyone from teaching the real truth of the third dimension and Spaceland. It is because of this proclamation, that many people are killed or imprisoned. Unfortunately, A. Square’s brother B. Square is one of the many who are imprisoned. After obtaining his new found knowledge from the Sphere, A. Square tries to explain it all to the Council and without any luck, he too is imprisoned for his so called act of defiance against the High Council. While in prison, he tries to a least get his brother to understand the third dimension, but had no luck. After seven years of imprisonment, A. Square writes the knowledge he received from the Sphere in the book Flatland. Although
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The Hunger Games are basically the embodiment of society's off sense of entertainment. It combines the oddities that are violence and reality TV. However, what is it that insinuates the tones for this type of movie? Initially, there's a scene that addresses the fact that the society of this movie is conducting the games as though it was a standardized athletic tournament. In the movie, Haymitch Abernathy brings up how there are sponsors who deliver supplies to the “contestants”. Basically, sponsors influence the who will live or die, incidentally affecting the course of the games. During this scene, he claims, “And to get sponsors, you have to make people like you.” This scene mentions the thought on how people living in societies today work
Authors of dystopian literature often write in order to teach their audience about issues in the real world. Dystopian
The hero’s journey is a useful tool in analyzing narratives of all kinds, from myths to movies to everyday life. One of the most iconic stages in the Hero’s Journey is the ordeal, otherwise known as the belly of the whale or the cave, in which the protagonist has reached their darkest and most hopeless point – things cannot get worse. Once the hero gets through the main ordeal, their journey home is much more sedated. This can be paralleled to the encompassing plot structure, in which there is a climax, and then the intensity of the story winds down again. This stage is one of the most universal in the hero’s journey, because without conflict and climax, there is no drive or reward within the story. Popular movies such as The Hunger Games,
When Gary Ross’ 2012 adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ famous novel ‘The Hunger Games’ exploded on screens, it was received as an action-packed, thrilling story of survival, determination and over-coming corruption. Audience’s watched in equal parts awe and horror as Katniss was thrust into Panem’s battle arena and fought for justice, family and friendship. However, if we as an audience think more critically about the film; if we think beyond the wild costumes, gripping action and skilful performances, we can see that the story explores complex philosophical ideas that strongly relate to the experiences of humanity in the real world.
The book The Hunger Games is full of critical scenes. A critical scene is a type of scene that is necessary for the book to have a story. One very important critical scene is when Prim was chosen at the reaping. When she was chosen Katniss decided to take her place as a tribute. Why did Katniss take her place? What could have happened if she didn't take her place?
In Edwin Abbott Abbott’s famous masterpiece of scientific fiction, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensiosn, A. Square introduces his readers to a fascinating world consisting of only two dimensions. Our scholarly guide explains the inner societal workings of Flatland, providing detailed and insightful accounts of the history, culture, and traditions of him and his people. Afterwards, A. Square is transported in his dreams to a one-dimensional world called Lineland. Our persistent protagonist tenaciously attempts to convince the monarch of Lineland to recognize the existence of a second dimension but to no avail. Soon after, A. Square himself is visited by a being hailing from Spaceland, a world with three dimensions. After much internal intellectual
Josh Barnette English IV Mrs. Schroder April 26th, 2018 1984 Essay 1984 vs The Hunger Games 1984 is a novel set in the year 1984 about a dystopian society that has had a terrible fallout from war and a ruler has come to rule over a nation called Oceania. The ruler is known as “Big Brother”. Another novel about a dystopian society that mimics 1984 is the popular novel, The Hunger Games. There are several different aspects in both of these novels that convey the same message and have the same types of scenarios. 1984 and The Hunger Games both have dictator like leaders that deprive the people of what they need.
The movie “The Hunger Games” has many similarities and relations to World Mythology. While it may not seem like this movie is as myth related as others, such as Troy and Thor, many of the themes and situations in the movie were inspired by the stories of the great myths and epics. The overall theme of the movie is courage, strength, and destiny.
The pyramids of power found in both series are extremely similar. Snow represents the “president” of the capitol. He makes all of the major decisions and tells the lower inhabitants what they should or shouldn’t do. Just below him are the citizens of the capitol. They represent the doctors, lawyers, and other professionals of modern day America. Individuals who complete these tasks appear to belong to the upper class and hold a majority of the wealth for a nation. Next, the higher districts in The Hunger Games hold the jobs that are essential for the society to thrive, yet do not hold a substantial amount of wealth. I compare these people to the middle class of our society. Lastly, the final few districts in The Hunger Games handle the down and dirty tasks, similar to the lower class. 1984 portrays big brother and the inner party as the heads of their hierarchy. The outer party exists just outside of big brother and the inner party, handling the important jobs. These include, but are not limited to, erasing previous history, manufacturing important materials, and finding the people who go against big brother. Lastly, the proles are given the worst of the worst. Their jobs are dirty and fit the level they retain in
The novel Anthem by Ayn Rand and the movie The Hunger Games directed by Francis Lawrence and Gary Ross are popular among teens because they can relate to them by the high expectations put upon them. In a dystopian novel or movie, there is a dystopian protagonist. A dystopian protagonist is someone who often feels trapped, struggles to escape, questions existing systems, believes or feels as if something is wrong in the place they live in, and then helps the audience realize the effects of dystopian worlds. These are both good examples because it takes us on a walk through the protagonist's life and only then do we see what dystopian really is.
The Hunger Games that follows, the term that defines a dystopian fiction. One main belief that defines Dystopian society is the development into a “hierarchical society” (“Dystopia”). A hierarchical society plays a big part in the story that outline the whole plot. For example, Capitol is wealthier than all the districts. Some districts are more privileged than others. The Careers, being tributes from districts one to three, are prepared and trained for years before the games. However, this is illegal, but because of the support towards District two from the Capitol, they are let off, along with District one and District four, the other richer districts. In this cas...
In The Hunger Games, the inequality between the rich and the poor is the biggest theme presented in the book. Throughout the book, Katniss mentions that starvation is common in District 12, and she has often gone hunting illegally in the woods for food for her family. This is an example of how the rich and the poor are separated. Wealth is only centralized in the hands of the rich, while the poor are left to starve, leaving disparity. The best examples of the inequality between the rich and the poor is seen in the tessera system, and the way the tributes are selected for the games. In the novel, they have what is called “the reaping”, which is the lottery at which they choose the tributes for the games. It is said in the book that the poor is more likely to be picked than the rich are. In the tessera system, children
In both the Hunger Games and The Iliad, men and women’s roles differ within the levels of hierarchy. In the Hunger Games there is the Capitol and the Districts; In the Iliad there are the Gods and Goddesses and the humans. In both The Iliad and Hunger Games the men and women rolles differ within each
The glory of Panem, at least on sociological perspective, is that each of its’ 13 districts are divided by area as what they are required to produce as suited for their climate. Being divided as such has allowed each district to form very deep-set morals and values that have been unchanged and will continue to be unchanged through their lack of ability to communicate with other districts (2008). This is at most the best example of a “pluralistic society” (Henslin, 2003) that can be made.