Competition. Manipulation. Revolution. These seemingly ambiguous
words basically summarize the bigger picture behind the love story of Katniss
Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Catching Fire was about government, power, and
social status. It is about how people from the upper class used their advantage
to technology to achieve personal interests and favors. Also in this movie, the
wide gap between the rich and the poor is greatly emphasized. It implies that
as the rich people get to dominate and control over the high technology, the
poor ones get left out and eventually enslaved even more.
As a Sci-Fi Movie
With all the unrealistic scenes of transporting people from
one place to another, manipulating the weather condition, and using quite an
advanced technology, it can be said that Catching Fire is a science fiction
movie. The bourgeoisies from the capitol live a comfortable, lavish, and
over-the-top kind of life as they use modern technology – from holograms to
24/7- 3600 surveillance, to man-made arenas for the annual hunger
games.
Past, Present, and Future
Once in the arena, the tributes’ goal is to stay alive and
nothing else, just like the old age instinct. On the other side of the coin,
authorities use technology to sustain their standing in society. A combination
of the primitive survival instinct, modern-day government and societal
problems, and futuristic technological advancement pretty much sums up the
second installment of The Hunger Games.
The Main Purpose
In the Capitol of Panem, disorder, poverty, immorality, and
hatred prevail. There is war here and there, letting the citizens suffer and
die. Districts versus districts versus districts versus districts battle for supplies
and survival.
Technology is meant to give aid and assistance to all
people. It is further developed for convenience and utility. But sadly, upon
watching the movie, it seems as if technology became the means of division,
chaos and war across the 12 districts.
Garcia Dianne S.
2013 BS Chemical Engineering
12-04-13
Garcia Dianne S.
2013 BS Chemical Engineering
12-04-13
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