Verbal and Visual Communication in the Movie The Hunger Games

Communication can be made by using two kinds of mode; they are verbal and visual communication modes. Nowadays, people tend to focus on the verbal communication and ignore the visual communication itself, even though they have the same important part of communication by using language. This study entitled “Verbal and Visual Communication in the Movie The Hunger Games” is trying to reveal and find out the sentence forms of the characters’ verbal utterances, the visual signs of the scene among the characters and the relationship between those communications. In the study, The Hunger Games movie is used as the data source. It tells about a death game that was held by a capitol city which was inhabited by people of the upper class and the people of the lower class who live in the districts as the tribute of the game. The method used to analyze the movie is Qualitative method. The main theory used is proposed by Dyer (1986) with his Verbal and Visual Communication theory and helped by using a theory from Timothy Shopen (2007) describing the types of sentence in form of verbal utterance. Based on the analysis, all of the sentence types as the verbal communication analysis and almost all of the visual sign elements in the movie were found, except for the national and racial element in appearance category. The verbal and visual communications represented in the movie supports each other to convey the meaning. It shows the differences between two different social classes; they are upper and lower classes. How the characters of the upper class speak, act, and look, tend to be more polite, prestigious, classy, colorful, and more educated than the characters of the lower class. It shows the relationship of visual and verbal communication itself.

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Social Class and Poverty in American Society in the 2000’s Era as Seen in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Novel

Lexicon ◽

10.22146/lexicon.v4i2.42151 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Heidy Putri Permatasari

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Social Background ◽

Lower Class ◽

Upper Class ◽

The Novel ◽

Hunger Games ◽

Additional Information ◽

The Hunger Games ◽

American Society

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tells about the survival game in one country and the participant of the game is obtained by random election in each district of the country. The objective of this paper is to reveal the economic inequality in American society in the 2000’s era that is depicted in the novel. The method used is based on library research. The main data of the study were The Hunger Game novel. The secondary data to support the analysis were books, articles, and encyclopedias. Additional information is also taken from the internet.The theory applied in this article is mimetic approach. It analyses the character, setting, plot, and theme. The findings show that there is a gap between the upper class and the lower class. The lower class has to struggle to still alive, while the upper class becomes richer. The upper class also has more power than the lower class. Then, the lower class is suffering from the poverty. Social class is one of thing that determines people to have more opportunity in the society.It can be concluded that the novel is about the reflection of the society condition of American society in the 2000’s era. The author of the novel describes the social gap, social class, and poverty in American society very clearly and in detail. Therefore,there any differences between The Hunger Games and social background.

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Partner Commitment in Close Relationships Mitigates Social Class Differences in Subjective Well-Being

10.31234/osf.io/j3d4x ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jacinth Jia Xin Tan ◽

Michael W. Kraus ◽

Emily Impett ◽

Dacher Keltner

Keyword(s):

Social Class ◽

Close Relationships ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Lower Class ◽

Well Being ◽

Upper Class ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Class Differences ◽

Two Samples ◽

The Relationship

Close relationships can be a source of positive subjective well-being for lower-class individuals, but stresses of lower-class environments tend to negatively impact those relationships. The present research demonstrates that a partner’s commitment in close relationships buffers against the negative impact of lower-class environments on relationships, mitigating social class differences in subjective well-being. In two samples of close relationship dyads, we found that when partners reported low commitment to the relationship, relatively lower-class individuals experienced poorer well-being than their upper-class counterparts, assessed as life satisfaction among romantic couples (Study 1) and negative affect linked to depression among ethnically diverse close friendships (Study 2). Conversely, when partners reported high commitment to the relationship, deficits in the well-being of lower-class relative to upper-class individuals were attenuated. Implications of these findings for upending the class divide in subjective well-being are discussed.

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Let the Games Begin

Reading in the Dark ◽

10.14325/mississippi/9781496806444.003.0009 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Emily L. Hiltz

Keyword(s):

Natural Order ◽

The Political ◽

Hunger Games ◽

Political Commentary ◽

The Hunger Games ◽

External Forces ◽

Good And Evil ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City

This essay examines Suzanne Collins’s monstrous “mutts” in her phenomenally popular series The Hunger Games. Hiltz is especially interested in Collins’s characterization of human-animal hybrids, investigating the relationship between the political commentary at work in the novels and these “monsters,” from the half-wolf, half-humans that nearly overtake Katniss at the Cornucopia in the first novel to the lizard-humans whispering her name throughout the viaducts beneath the city in the last. Hiltz focuses on the mutts as abject creatures, demonstrating the ways in which these uncanny monsters, quite literally making the familiar strange, are at once metaphors for the political control exerted by the Capitol, the rebels’ resistance to the Capitol’s power, and the disruption of natural order. She also concentrates on Katniss and Peeta muttations, each of them reformed by warring entities in service of “the greater good.” Most importantly, Hiltz emphasizes that Collins’s mutts are designed to demonstrate the fine and wavering line between good and evil, calling into question the nature of monstrosity, especially as it relates to human behavior. Her location of monstrosity in the protagonists themselves especially offers a new way of thinking about teen dystopic novels that engage horror as a means of conveying identities assaulted by external forces.

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Juvenile Literary Hypertextual Fanfiction: evolution, analysis and educational possibilities

Psychology Society & Education ◽

10.25115/psye.v11i2.2187 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 241

Author(s):

Anastasio García-Roca ◽

José Manuel de Amo

Keyword(s):

Temporal Evolution ◽

Harry Potter ◽

Formal Learning ◽

Hunger Games ◽

Evolution Analysis ◽

Fan Communities ◽

Learning Contexts ◽

The Hunger Games ◽

Literary Practices ◽

The Relationship

In this work we analyse the evolution of fanfictions related to four of the most popular current fandom series: Harry Potter, Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent. This is a descriptive investigation wherein the temporal evolution of fanfic production is studied. The research focuses mainly on the relationship between the periods of greatest creative fanfiction activity and the publishing of the different books of the respective series, their transmedia expansion and film adaptations, among others. The study has allowed us to observe that these fan communities are generally ephemeral, although strongly united by ties of affinity, as well as being creative and active. The results obtained suggest that these vernacular literary practices are the source not only of motivation, but also of a formative process of reading and writing that can be planned and developed in formal learning contexts

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The Relationship between Dominance and Resistance in the Novel High Fidelity

Филолог – часопис за језик књижевност и културу ◽

10.21618/fil2022283z ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (22) ◽

pp. 283-298

Author(s):

Aleksandar Živanović ◽

Keyword(s):

Popular Culture ◽

Lower Class ◽

Upper Class ◽

High Fidelity ◽

The Novel ◽

Class Member ◽

Moral Principles ◽

Successful Business ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

This paper provides an analysis of the relationship of dominance and resistance in the novel High Fidelity. The aim of the paper is to identify the elements of popular culture in the novel and thus determine the nature of possible relationships in a patriarchal, capitalist society. The theoretical framework used in the paper is Fiske’s theory of popular culture (2001) and the analysis is based on regarding the characters as representatives of dominant and resistant forces. Men and the upper class constitute categories which are dominant in the relationship with subordinate ones – women and the lower class. In addition, the protagonist Rob is the prototype of a man who is subordinate to himself, i.e. to his representation of ideal male traits he lacks, according to his own beliefs. The subordinate put up resistance in different ways. Laura is a successful business woman who possesses a strong character, which places her into a better position than that of Rob. The protagonist uses music as one of the ways to express his resistance. As a lower class member (i.e. a poor entrepreneur), the protagonist opposes upper class members (wealthy entrepreneurs) in that he possesses moral principles which they often lack.

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Partner Commitment in Close Relationships Mitigates Social Class Differences in Subjective Well-Being

Social Psychological and Personality Science ◽

10.1177/1948550619837006 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 16-25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jacinth J. X. Tan ◽

Michael W. Kraus ◽

Emily A. Impett ◽

Dacher Keltner

Keyword(s):

Close Relationships ◽

Lower Class ◽

Well Being ◽

Upper Class ◽

Exploratory Research ◽

Subjective Well Being ◽

Romantic Couples ◽

Two Samples ◽

Close Relationship ◽

The Relationship

The present exploratory research examined the possibility that commitment in close relationships among lower class individuals, despite greater strains on those relationships, buffers them from poorer subjective well-being (SWB). In two samples of close relationship dyads, we found that when partners reported high commitment to the relationship, the typical deficits in relatively lower class individuals’ well-being compared to their upper-class counterparts, assessed as life satisfaction among romantic couples (Study 1) and negative affect linked to depression among ethnically diverse close friendships (Study 2), were mitigated. Conversely, when partners reported low commitment to the relationship, relatively lower class individuals reported poorer well-being than their upper-class counterparts. These patterns were not found with actors’ commitment. Implications of these findings for upending the class divide in SWB are discussed.

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Légitimité littéraire de la littérature jeunesse : les Hunger Games de Suzanne Collins

Romanica Silesiana ◽

10.31261/rs.2021.19.03 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 32-41

Author(s):

Anne Sechin

Keyword(s):

Popular Culture ◽

Young Adult ◽

Young Adult Literature ◽

Hunger Games ◽

Commercial Success ◽

The Hunger Games ◽

The Relationship ◽

Literary Quality

The Hunger Games trilogy, an international commercial success, enables us to question the relationship between sales records and literary quality as well as to think critically about the literary status of Young Adult Literature. Are there some objective criteria that make it possible to establish a literary status, and can they be applied to Young Adult literature, especially as those works are usually perceived as “popular culture”?

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Evangelical Religion and Victorian Women: The Belfast Female Mission, 1859–1903

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History ◽

10.1017/s0022046904001460 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 700-725 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. N. IAN DICKSON

Keyword(s):

Popular Religion ◽

Lower Class ◽

Upper Class ◽

Christian Belief ◽

Victorian Women ◽

Public Expression ◽

Evangelical Women ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City

In 1859, following the evangelical revival in Ulster, a Female Mission was founded in Belfast as an evangelistic agency and philanthropic enterprise. It was one of many voluntary societies. Upper-class evangelical women employed the services of lower-class women of similar religious energy to work among the poor of the city. This article explores the surviving documentation of the mission to assess its work, and, more important, to ascertain if involvement in this limited public sphere was a catalyst in the broader liberation of evangelical women. The issues go beyond the relationship of inner faith and public expression in popular religion to the notion that evangelicalism, as a heightened form of Christian belief and action, was a trajectory as well as a boundary in nineteenth-century society.

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