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brilliantideas,Katnisscomestoreceivealotofattentionfrom
theCapitolcitizens,gettinganintriguingnickname,“TheGirl
on Fire.” Boosted by this upswing in public appeal, Katniss
becameco-championswithPeetafromthesamedistrictinthe
74thHungerGames.
However, the Capitol whose concern is that her immense
popularity can ward off the revolution of the districts,
announces that the tributes for the 75th Hunger Games will
be selected from the existing pool of victors. Since Katniss is
theonlylivingfemalevictorfromDistrict12,sheisforcedto
participate in the nightmarish competition once again. In the
arena,however,sheisrescuedbyrebelsand,inafreakturnof
events,decidestobecomethe“Mockingjay,”thesymbolofthe
rebellionagainsttheCapitol.Inotherwords,Katnissisreborn
as a leading revolutionary, contrary to her past as a passive
tribute.Assuch,Katnissbravelyfaceshercruelfatecreatedby
Fortunaandactivelyfightstoovercomeit.
If the Capitol’s purpose was simply to remind
each district of its power, annually executing
24 teenagers would have been more efficient.
However, as the Capitol’s real purpose was to
maintain its dictatorship, it gave the 12 districts a
reasonable level of hope?Hunger Games?and
infused learned helplessness by drawing joy from
thetributes’desperatestruggles.Katniss,whobore
upthisadversity,showedgreatpromiseforabetter
future to the downtrodden people of the districts,
and change was brought forth starting with a
seeminglysmallincident,eventuallyleadingtothe
overthrowoftheregime.
In particular, the scene where the oft-said words
of encouragement, “Happy Hunger Games! And
maytheoddseverbeinyourfavor,”isturnedinto
positions of those on the wheel; some suffer great misfortune,
thephrase,“Theoddsareneverinourfavor,”and
while others receive windfalls. In other words, Fortuna is
usedasasloganfortherevolutionencapsulatesthe
emblematic of the endless changes in life between prosperity
main theme of the books. Men are not prisoners
and disaster. Meanwhile, she is also portrayed as standing on
of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. As
anunstablesphereorwearingwingedshoes,eachrepresenting
such, the trilogy is not just an interesting series
life’scapriciousnessandgoodfortunethatdisappearinaflash.
of novels, but a work that illustrates defiance to
Katniss is not free from the “Wheel of Fortune” that the
an unfair society and various elements of Roman
goddessFortunaisspinning,frombeginningtoendofHunger
culture. The Argus hopes that readers do not
Games. For the people of District 12, where being the tribute
read novels such as “The Hunger Games trilogy”
isalmostsynonymoustoadeathsentence,theparticipationin
in fragments, but also savor the meanings and
thegamesisregardedasterriblemisfortune.However,Katniss
messageslaidwithinthem.
ends up facing an unexpected situation by a strange quirk of
nak3096@hufs.ac.kr
fate. With the help of her mentor Haymitch, the only living
victor from District 12, and her stylist Cinna, who is full of
35
NOVEMBER 2020
brilliantideas,Katnisscomestoreceivealotofattentionfrom
theCapitolcitizens,gettinganintriguingnickname,“TheGirl
on Fire.” Boosted by this upswing in public appeal, Katniss
becameco-championswithPeetafromthesamedistrictinthe
74thHungerGames.
However, the Capitol whose concern is that her immense
popularity can ward off the revolution of the districts,
announces that the tributes for the 75th Hunger Games will
be selected from the existing pool of victors. Since Katniss is
theonlylivingfemalevictorfromDistrict12,sheisforcedto
participate in the nightmarish competition once again. In the
arena,however,sheisrescuedbyrebelsand,inafreakturnof
events,decidestobecomethe“Mockingjay,”thesymbolofthe
rebellionagainsttheCapitol.Inotherwords,Katnissisreborn
as a leading revolutionary, contrary to her past as a passive
tribute.Assuch,Katnissbravelyfaceshercruelfatecreatedby
Fortunaandactivelyfightstoovercomeit.
If the Capitol’s purpose was simply to remind
each district of its power, annually executing
24 teenagers would have been more efficient.
However, as the Capitol’s real purpose was to
maintain its dictatorship, it gave the 12 districts a
reasonable level of hope?Hunger Games?and
infused learned helplessness by drawing joy from
thetributes’desperatestruggles.Katniss,whobore
upthisadversity,showedgreatpromiseforabetter
future to the downtrodden people of the districts,
and change was brought forth starting with a
seeminglysmallincident,eventuallyleadingtothe
overthrowoftheregime.
In particular, the scene where the oft-said words
of encouragement, “Happy Hunger Games! And
maytheoddseverbeinyourfavor,”isturnedinto
positions of those on the wheel; some suffer great misfortune,
thephrase,“Theoddsareneverinourfavor,”and
while others receive windfalls. In other words, Fortuna is
usedasasloganfortherevolutionencapsulatesthe
emblematic of the endless changes in life between prosperity
main theme of the books. Men are not prisoners
and disaster. Meanwhile, she is also portrayed as standing on
of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. As
anunstablesphereorwearingwingedshoes,eachrepresenting
such, the trilogy is not just an interesting series
life’scapriciousnessandgoodfortunethatdisappearinaflash.
of novels, but a work that illustrates defiance to
Katniss is not free from the “Wheel of Fortune” that the
an unfair society and various elements of Roman
goddessFortunaisspinning,frombeginningtoendofHunger
culture. The Argus hopes that readers do not
Games. For the people of District 12, where being the tribute
read novels such as “The Hunger Games trilogy”
isalmostsynonymoustoadeathsentence,theparticipationin
in fragments, but also savor the meanings and
thegamesisregardedasterriblemisfortune.However,Katniss
messageslaidwithinthem.
ends up facing an unexpected situation by a strange quirk of
nak3096@hufs.ac.kr
fate. With the help of her mentor Haymitch, the only living
victor from District 12, and her stylist Cinna, who is full of
35
NOVEMBER 2020
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