Sunday, November 13, 2011
Hunger Games Connection
Watching the clip of the Sleeping "Anti-Flim" in class I realized how embellish our movies and reality shows truely are. If movies were of how life really is no one would want to watch them. If instead of seeing people fight we saw people just eat and sleep on reality TV no one would watch them. We like to watch excitment on TV and in movies and we tend to find violence extremly exciting. This is where our society ties together with the ideas in the Hunger Games. The people who were not in the games were so excited to watch the charaters kill each other. The thrill of the violence is what entertained them, just as our socitey today enjoys watching killing movies like Saw. I don't think tha makes us immune to violence that occurs in the real world though. I know if I saw people fighting right in front of me I would be very upset about it. I hate seeing peopel fight it makes me sick to my stomach to watch, yet on TV it doesn't seem as bad. I am not sure what makes me feel that way but I guess it is because it doesn't seem as real on televsion than when it is happening right in front of you. The Hunger Games is a dramatic example of what our society finds entertaining. We like watching people fight and kill each other in movies, so if peopel from our town and to fight for their lives against peopel from other towns would we find that entertaining also? I personally would never be able to watch someone I know have to fight and kill other people to survive. I think that is sick if you would enjoy watching people fight for their life. I believe there is a fine line between all of this and everyone had their own opinion on how they feel about violence. My question to all of you is, would you enjoy being apart of the Hunger Games and watch your loved ones fight for their life?
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I would freak out personally if I had to be apart of this. I have no idea how to survive and I'm pretty sure my family doesn't either. I think that to know that if your loved one is picked that they most likely won't be coming back, you wouldn't want to watch and enjoy the games. Most of the Districts see it as a right of passage while others are disgusted. The Capitol seems to be the only place that truely enjoys it and that is just because none of their children need to participate in it. I think the way people see it is that as long as it doesn't affect them then they don't care. Every man for himself I suppose.
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