Catching Fire Reaction Paper

by Princess Rosales

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is the second installment of the Hunger Games film series which is based on Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games Trilogy. The series revolves around the government of Panem which is composed of the wealthy and dominant Capitol and the twelve poor and submissive districts. But aside from the issues on human society, the film also showcases the technological advancements and environmental changes which are shown by their weaponry, transportation, housing, multimedia and a lot more. And because of this, the film Catching Fire is considered as a science fiction.

The concept of the Hunger Games, in which the tributes must survive the games by finding food, shelter, water, weapons and other necessary things in order to continue living, presents the past human society. The main goal of the tributes is to be the last man standing in order to be called a victor. One of the common strategies at the start of the game is forming an alliance which we could attribute as a tribe in the past human society.  And when the number of tributes starts to trim down, a tribute will start killing the member of his alliance. This illustrates how the past human society deals with survival. But some parts of the film demonstrate the present human society. Their government is such an example. Just like in the present society, it is the wealthy who controls the poor.   

Even with the technological advancements, the science, technology and society still fails in the world of the 13 districts. One of the goals of science and technology is to help the society. But it is evident in the film that instead of helping the districts, they were manipulated by it because of how the Capitol implements science and executes technology. With this, the society also weakens.