Objectives of the Study
revealed the end point of its logical maturation? Consider those rhetorical questions. Crabb, 2012
In the other hand, Kim Scharfenberger’s article “What’s So Great About “The Hunger Games”?” is about what in The Hunger Games are. Scharfenberger
found that moral message on the topic of consumerism and self-sacrifice exists in The Hunger Games. Self-sacrifice is seen when Katniss sacrifices herself to take
her sister’s place in Hunger Games. Consumerism is seen when the privileged members of the Capitol are uniformed about realities of poverty and suffering just
outside their doors and remain cocooned in luxury just like what happen exactly nowaday.
One good side effect of the story is the political and socioeconomic undertones of The Hunger Games that could succeed in getting younger
audiences thinking. How did Panem get this way? What are the consequences of relying on a totalitarian government? The blatant excess
and materialism of the Capitol can become a jarring self-portrait of the dangers inherent in consumerism. The privileged members of the Capitol
are uninformed about the realities of poverty and suffering just outside their doors and remain cocooned in luxury. Their interests revolve mainly
around the latest fashions and trendiest hairstyles, and as such their social awareness and willingness to challenge the obviously corrupt system that
provides them with wealth is dulled by lavish distractions.
The Hunger Games is mediocre at best in terms of ingenuity and moral message – but it’s not damaging to a young person’s social conscience
either, and might even make some valuable impressions on the topics of consumerism and self-sacrifice. So if you find yourself chauffeuring your
children, siblings, or friends to this newest flick, don’t despair – you’ll get more out of this series than from the likes of Twilight. Scharfenberger,
2013
From the two related studies above which are representing the real meaning of the violence in the book and about the moral message in the book, it
can be concluded that the writer’s undergraduate thesis is different from the other
studies and it also develops other studies because there is no analysis of the main character’s struggle in showing her existence in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger
Games yet.