Representation analysis

Hunger Games

Representation

The way Lions gate (the producers) show and represent, gender in the hunger games goes against the belief that strong muscly white males should be the main hero. Instead, Katniss Everdeen is the heroine and isn’t really muscly at all, nor is she rich. She comes from a poor back ground and has gained her skills through constant practise just to stay alive and feed her family. An example of her gaining her skill is right at the begging of the trailer where Katniss is hunting with a Bowen arrow.  This could be seen as unusual for a woman to be the heroine as you would normally expect a muscly male to be the hero.                                             Even though there is a herein instead of a hero, there are still male main character. But the representation of gender in hunger games reinforces traditional gender stereotypes. Peeta mellark plays the stereotypical male American action side kick. He is aggressive, brave and intelligent in helping the main character; katness everdeen survives the hunger games. When katniss is on the verge of death that when peeta really steps up to help and be the side kick of the heroine. But all after he has betrayed her once, unwillingly. This is a typical qualities associated with male sidekicks. This may make the audience feel for him and make them feel like he is really trying and giving all he’s got to help the heroine.

Films use unexpected representations in film so the audience will look  at the poster or watch the trailer and realise it’s not what they expected so will then go and watch the whole film as it’s something different to watch and possibly more interesting. But the film has still kept some stereotypical representations, for example peeta meelark. They possibly done this so the audience doesn’t feel like the film has represented all the characters differently to a past feel they enjoyed.

The hunger games also may have changed the stereo type of male men always being the hero as they are trying to get a real life point across. A point like, men are always the hero and women don’t do much but get in the way. So they have changed that, making the female the hero