Representation

In the Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the white female protagonist (Katniss) is represented as strong and powerful. This is subverted from most action movies as the main character is usually a man saving a woman/ damsel in distress. Also in most movies woman are stereotyped as being the sex subject, being saved and protected by men. This changes the thoughts about woman to show that women can have positive aspects other than negatives in movies. The fact that in this movie the female is wanting to protect her male friend indicates that the producers want to create questions of intrigue from the audience. This plot subverts from the natural action movies of men saving the women. In this movie the young white (sidekick) man is the damsel in distress changing the whole stereotype of how woman are weak and they have to be saved by the males. In this movie men are represented as less important and not as powerful as they would be represented in other action films. Also in this movie the political people in power (president) are represented as evil villains that should be stopped at all costs. This movie subverts of the stereotype of the government being the heroes that save the people such as independence day however in this movie the government is represented as dictators and the enemy. Since there is a stereotype that the government looks after the country, in this the movie the producer subverts reality to indicate that the government is destroying the country and they don't care about the people living in the country.