On Katniss’ Challenge To Patriarchy In The Hunger Games

The movie series The Hunger Games and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire are adopted from The Hunger Games trilogy written by Susan Collins according to the trilogy. They have been released on 3.23 th.2012 and 11.21 th.2013 respectively. And soon many people start to pay attention to it. Especially the heroine, Katniss, attract many people’s eyes. This thesis will study Katniss’ challenge to patriarchy by adopting feminist theory. It will prove that Katniss successfully challenges the authority of patriarchy by analyzing her discourse, her gender role as well her defiance against patriarchy rule.But why Katniss is so attractive? That is because she poses a great challenge to patriarchy. People from the 12 districts have been controlled by the cruel Capitol and have been obedient to it for 74 years. And no one dares to say “no” to the orders of the Capitol, even they are asked to die in the homicide game “The Hunger Games”. While Katniss is the only one brave enough to say “no” and to say “no” to patriarchy. As a female, she has done something even men are afraid of. From President Snow to the game makers and from managers of the 12 districts to local citizens, patriarchy is everywhere. Men hold the power and guide the society, while women are obedient and subordinate to men. Katniss is special. The main contents are divided into three parts. The first is focused on Katniss’ challenge to patriarchy discourse by analyzing her conversation with some main representatives of patriarchy society; The second part tries to prove Katniss’ challenge to traditional gender roles and the third part analyzes Katniss’ attitudes toward patriarchy rule from her different identities to prove that Katniss’ challenge to patriarchy rule.