Catching Fire Reaction Paper

Catching Fire, or The Hunger Games itself, greatly reflects a big civilization with its leader right on top. I believe it was a film based on science and historical facts, and that it can and may happen in the present world. It depicts a structural civilization where you have the big man on top: President Snow, and his correspondents like the game makers, etc. Social classes are evident, like from the people from the Capitol, to the people in some of the poor districts and even to the servants. It also has the peacemakers, or the guards in the society. Basically, it can be seen in real life.

Despite the advancement in technology as seen in the film, these are, I believe, just a few advancements in present day's technology. The place where they held the games, was like a big greenhouse where one could control the temperature and the amount of sun. Animals were simply evolutions or mutations of what we have now. Take for example the jabber jay. It can be a mutation of the mynah birds, which can mimic the sound we produced. The symbolic mocking jay, is a bird derived from mockingbirds, only to mimic the sound humans make and not other birds.

Science and Technology play a great part in the games. The point of these games is to give hope to each one of the twelve districts. Because of this hope, it molds the society to think. As President Snow would say (during the first film), "too much hope is dangerous." That is what exactly happened with the other districts, causing the uprising of the Rebellion. So, because science and technology failed to take part on some of the districts, like 7, 11 and 12, the society or community in these districts fought back, therefore forming the thirteenth district. This rebellion would probably cause the fall of the great Panem civilization.

This civilization may have happened in the past, present, or the future. We are uncertain of its timeline. For one, civilizations like the Mayans have advanced technology for their time. Likewise, the Panem civilization have some few advancements in technology from ours. However, some lack in technology can also be seen, especially in the poor districts like district 12. So we see that there is a futuristic society in rich districts and in the Capitol, and some past society in the others.