The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2. ADs. Watch online full movie: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 7. Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. Director: Francis Lawrence. Writers: Simon Beaufoy (screenplay), Michael Arndt (screenplay),Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam. ![]() Relive the Hunger Games books and prepare for the upcoming Mockingjay film with our playlist of Hunger Games videos. Real- Life Ways To Survive The Future Hunger Games. Guest post by Emily HAfter watching the movie “Catching Fire,” you are probably thinking about how you can possibly survive the Hunger Games. If you are Batman, you don’t really have that much to worry about. But let’s face it; you are not.
Human actions and technological advances are swiftly shifting, causing some experts to say that the earth’s capacity to support future needs is declining. So, if the nation suddenly lost its marbles and those who have power decided that it would be pretty cool to host an annual Hunger Games to control the world’s limited resources; you better start saying your prayers once the first reaping starts. Well, that would be the case until you came across this article. After watching the first two films of the “Hunger Games” trilogy, it is imperative for you to have concrete plan for surviving in one—you know, just in case it actually gets true because of the perceived unsustainability in the near future. There will be no lessons for fancy back flipping karate chops to be found in this article, because that’s exactly how you will get yourself killed. Without further ado, here are the most real and sane tips on how to become the winner of the Hunger Games (just in case you get to join in one). It’s a jungle out there. The same is even truer in real life. There are countless people who foolishly venture in the forest without knowing the dangers that wildlife presented. It will greatly help you in your quest to survive if you start acquainting yourself with the poisonous plants and dangerous animals that lurks in the jungle. Such knowledge will improve your chances of survival in the bloodbath. Knowledge in terrain allows you to use plants as solution to hunger. Remember: not all berries and mushrooms are safe; or else you may end up like Foxface. ![]() Avoid combat. I may be a party pooper for saying this, but under any circumstances, avoid getting into any combat because that’s what dense people do. You can also go straight to the forest and escape the bloodbath altogether. When locked in a combat, you are only risking yourself into unnecessary injuries, which will make surviving even harder. At the first few stages of the game, let them kill off one another and stay hidden in the sidelines. Even career fighters will get tired and will leave themselves open for attack. Once they have dropped their guard, that’s when you go for the kill. Remember, when the mussel and the snipe struggle, the fisherman benefits. Crush your enemies’ morale. Your enemies must be tired after all the fighting they did earlier. This is a great opportunity for you to take the counter- offensive, and crush your enemies’ morale. Jennifer Lawrence THE HUNGER GAMES Interview. Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and Liam Hemsworth star in the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. In Sun Tzu’s “Art of War,” morale stands for the condition of the soldiers to fight. Without it, they are as good as dead. The same can be said in the Hunger Games, you only need to break their will to fight and once battered, they can be easily eliminated off. You do this by staying hidden, as it allows you to dictate whether you wanted to fight or not. The next thing will put your brain to use. You sneak up on them, strategize and attack their supplies. As told before, you can either burn them to the ground or poison them to spread dissent, just in case they have allied themselves. A muddle like this will cause a casualty or two from the enemy ranks, and if they took the moral high ground, you can watch them starve together. Another approach is you keep them restless. You can do this by provoking them every night by making strange noises or starting fires in their camp. This will keep them on their knees 2. Well,all in all, what you need to survive the possible future Hunger Games is skill, knowledge and slyness. With the right knowledge of your surroundings and a decent knowledge in psychology, you are certain to outsmart your enemies to victory. So start practicing now, and may the odds be ever in your favor. ALSO ON THESURVIVALISTBLOG. The Political Message of The Hunger Games. This article contains spoilers for The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The Mockingjay, symbol for rebellion. Unless you were kept out of any news on cinema, literature and the latest cultural releases, you must have heard of The Hunger Games. Even if you don’t know anything about it, the name rings a bell for sure in a far corner of your mind. With 4. 3 million copies sold in 2. The Hunger Games might be just a passing phenomenon doomed to fade away. It probably will be replaced by the next series of adolescent dystopian books revolving around a triangular love affair and portraying the story of a . Yet The Hunger Games has something more, something explicitly outlined throughout the books that was probably Collins’s main reason to write them – a political message. Suzanne Collins’ Book. The Hunger Games is far more political than any teenage drama written in the 2. Katniss. Everdeen is not just saving her folks but she must free a whole nation from tyrannical oppression and poverty. For those who don’t know the plot, it is set in a near future where countries have been destroyed and replaced by 1. Districts under the control of the Capitol. To strengthen its tight control over the districts, the Capitol organises games each year where 2. The winner, after killing all the others to survive, has to deal with the pain, the nightmares and the Capitol’s control. Forced to appear on camera constantly, physically changed and shaped for entertainment, the tributes remain all their lives tied to the Capitol and its murderous president. Katniss is one of the tributes. She volunteers for her sister and takes her place in the arena. Since that first step, she starts embodying rebellion. Many have read between the lines (though the message is pretty obvious and explicitly crafted) and interpreted this message in different ways, depending on which political side they stand for or how the issue relates to them personally. Even actors themselves do not always agree on what this message is. But all in all, Collins warns against the destructive force of humans, the unjust social hierarchy and the danger of abusive powers. Not very modern, true. Issues that have always concerned intellectuals, politicians and artists. Yet her handling of the story is innovative. She creates an imaginary futuristic city, Panem, while at the same time tracing back its historical roots, drawing an interesting parallel with Romans and their arena games, linking past and future and showing how humanity always had, and still has, this violent impulse, this thirst for destruction. She gets inspiration from 1. Metropolis and A clockwork’s Orange while modernising them at the same time. Like these classics, she pushes the boundaries of violence to the extreme. But unlike them, she addresses it specifically to adolescents and has political violence penetrate their literature. A book for teenagers and where teenagers die, so young people can understand the dangers of extremist power and imagine what a world like this would be like. And do everything to prevent it from happening. Of course, the book is 9. Earth and not to make it an uninhabitable place. Avoid Panem and the Capitol at all cost. I. The Political Message. President Snow, at the head of the Capitol. The political commentary of The Hunger Games is made even more accessible to us as it links future, past and present in one big bowl. It is open to contextualisation. The world of The Hunger Games is much more like ours than any other young- adult literary sensational books or films, like Harry Potter or Twilight. In those, you always had a touch of surreal, of magic and of fantasy. In The Hunger Games, while some elements are a little fantastical, they are all developed through technology and can find believable explanations that can make them potentially real. The conception of the arena and its dangers, the weapons, the different machines. Thus we can see a direct relationship with the real world, which makes the story even scarier and the criticism fiercer. Democracy needs to eradicate tyranny and take over: this is a very easy and very simplistic interpretation of the plot, definitely lacking in reflection and failing to consider all aspects of the work. Democracy is never presented in the book as a model to follow. Collins goes beyond the simplistic and is not afraid to show the limits of that thinking. She addresses today’s people, those in power right now and the present population. In fact, she addresses the readers directly when she completely discredits our democratic system. Look at this dialogue for instance: “Everyone,” Plutarch tells him. Don’t look so suspicious; it’s worked before.”“In books,” Haymitch mutters.“In history books,” says Plutarch. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars and the broken planet. Clearly, they didn’t care about what would happen to the people who came after them. But this republic idea sounds like an improvement over our current government. Katniss surrounded by Stormtroopers. The ancestors are actually us, and as Collins says, we don’t have much to brag about between the wars going on right now, the remaining social inequalities and the environmental crisis. Here, she shows the future repercussions of our present actions and asks the reader to reconsider his own actions and help prevent the extinction of our planet. Through the fact that they don’t even trust the republic system to be efficient, Collins points out the limits of our political thinking and of the measures taken so far. That said, she doesn’t completely dismiss the idea either, but registers it only as an . Even the rebellion doesn’t inspire trust and Katniss is very aware of their own manipulations. Their leader, Coin, seems too much like the Capitol’s president, Snow. If rebellion is also limited, then what is the solution? Collins doesn’t give one as every system has its flaws. She doesn’t tie her work to any political camp or alliance. As Robert Thompson, a professor of media and popular culture at Syracuse University states: . To be and to think more like a human to protect those you love and share among a community. Not much to build a new political system in Panem, true, and the trilogy doesn’t really finish on a happy ending note where the new president is actually the best leader the districts ever had and everyone lives happily ever after. Collins doesn’t give a political solution because it is impossible to create the perfect system. It is an utopia. Her message is more plausible and, even if it will take a lot of time and work, achievable because it concentrates on a global human effort. We need to deal with our flaws one by one, on the political, social and environmental sides. Some actors in the film have expressed their own political understanding of the book. Donald Sutherland (President Snow) believes in its power to change our politics today and sees in the films the same potential as The Battle of Algiers, a film about the organisation of a rebellious movement during the Algerian War in 1. Hopefully they will see this film and the next film and the next film and then maybe organize,” Sutherland said. They might create a third party. They might change the electoral process, they might be able to take over the government, change the tax system.”Jeffrey Rights, who plays Betee in the films, is more neutral and praises the series’ openness to interpretations. I think others look at this and they view it from a more right- leaning perspective as a condemnation of government. Others may look at is as a validation of a need for strong allegiance to the 2nd Amendment. So it’s non- discriminatory, it’s nonpartisan.”Peeta and Katniss saluting District 1. Hunger Games. President Snow’s political structure is all based on supreme authority, government overreach and sadistic entertainment to satisfy the Capitol’s and his own thirst for violence. Control is the key word, whether it is through the repression of any rebellious movement (even peaceful protests) by the state police, the Stormtroopers, or through constant TV recording. His tight control of everything that happens in Panem gives him exclusive authority and security. He made himself the strongest and forced people to bow to his games and enjoy his form of entertainment. Thus he embodies all the tyrants and dictators that have lived in their most extreme brutality. Yet he also stands for more. He believes that . Is this just blind faith in his own authority and the strength of his political system, or is he suggesting that whether he lives or dies, nothing will change? That someone as thirsty for power and abusive will replace him, and that the whole system is inescapable? Probably a bit of both. War is on everyone’s lips, especially in the third book where a civil war takes place, a rebellion from the people against the Capitol’s tyrannical authority. Collins said herself : “I don’t write about adolescence. I write about war. For adolescents.” She specifies the major theme of her books and the target she wants to reach – teenagers, to prepare them for their coming of age. In Plutarch’s words, war is something humans carry within themselves, nurtured by this self- destructive impulse and this constant need to unleash violence, thus it is doomedto repeat.“Are you preparing for another war, Plutarch?” I ask.“Oh, not now. Now we’re in that sweet period where everyone agrees that our recent horrors should never be repeated,” he says. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self- destruction. Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss.”Plutarch’s words are not very comforting or encouraging but they are true. Still, he holds on to the little hope that it might end because hope springs eternal. Because Collins doesn’t want to make everything bleak. Hope is needed to shake people and is feared by president Snow: “A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous.
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