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Power l HP on HG
Travis of TheHogsHead.org brings us more beautiful insight into the world of the Hunger Games.
But the more subtle version is the dehumanization of the citizens of Panem. What is valued, as is evident by the Capitol, is melodrama, entertainment, and fashion. The stylists working on Katniss are so out of touch with reality that they don’t even think she looks like a human until they’ve given her an extreme makeover. This constant emphasis on the superficial creates a horrifying situation far too much like our own: Capitol people are scandalized when someone’s fashion isn’t right, but are entertained by gruesome violence and death.
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Panem’s Politics: HP loves HG?
It seems another popular Harry Potter Blogger has jumped in to give us more “Mockingjay” insights!
Peeta tells Katniss before the start of the 74th Games, “I want to die as myself.” That’s a much easier thing to say when one actually knows oneself, as Peeta does. He will not allow himself to be dehumanized by the games, because he knows who he is as a human.
Katniss, on the other hand, does not. She doesn’t know what a “spirit” is (HG, p. 121). Cinna, her fashion guru who dresses her as the girl on fire, tells her that people can’t help admiring her spirit. Katniss’s thoughts in response go like this: “My spirit. This is a new thought. I’m not exactly sure what it means, but it suggests I’m a fighter.”
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Hungry for the Next Big Thing in Tween Movies?
With the Twilight saga and the tomes of Harry Potter, it seems like these days Hollywood’s gamble on turning tween novels into movies has paid off. In fact, it is starting to hardly seem like a gamble at all with bastardized versions of Twilight like Vampire Diaries helping to resurrect the likes of the CW. (For the record, Vampire Diaries was written before Twilight.) Well folks, I think I have found it . . . the Next Big Thing – Hunger Games and its sequel, Catching Fire. Now, I’m far from the first person to uncover the magic of these little gems, but I want to go on record with this prophecy. Mark my words, Muggles – in the years to come, this series will become a household name, its story and characters infused into every pore of society, its title on the tip of every tongue.
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How Could a Charater’s Name Spell Out Their Fate?
Rue: to feel regret, remorse, or sorrow. To affect with grief, to repent.
Haymitch has absolutely no definition, meaning or history whatsoever. The name is comepletely made up by Suzanne Collins. However, Haymitch’s last name, Abernathy, is the name of a famous Civil Rights Leader.
Cinna was a poet in one of Shakespeare’s plays who tried to start a rebellion. He conspirated against the leader Julius Caesar and was thus killed… does this give us any hints?
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