The movie i chose was the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a movie about a collection of districts each being represented by individuals. The winner helps their district because after they win the government gives them food. In the end love comes to shock the districts and make a huge change. The chapter i choose to use first is,"....More Than Its Gonna Hurt You: Concerning violence." The Hunger Games is all about violence. To win the Hunger Games the chracters must kill each other until only one is left. As author Thomas Foster says in his book How To Read Literature Like A Professor, "Violence is one of the most personal and even intimate acts between human beings, but it can also be cultural and societal in its implications." I see this as saying even though a killing may just seem like a simple killing, it can mean so much more in literature. I beleive that symbolization in this story is, what people will do to survive, including putting all morals behind. Foster also describes how violence is not only a physical act but how it can be a "narrative violence". He describes how narrative violence is the violence an author uses to help him further the plot. He says it is the violence of the author and not the characters. For example when Rue dies, this is used to further show not only the emotion and love Katnis shows, but to also show the violence and aggresion that the other chracters show. But when the boy from district ten dies, no one knows how. All this does is move the story along. No matter the type of violence, it is all not just a killing or a beating, it meens something. When a chracter is killed in this movie it doesnt feel like a huge deal emotionally. As a viewer you know that this will include violence and you expect to see people dying. So when a chracter dies, I personally beleive the plot change isnt momentous. But do some deaths meen more than others. To the plot, absolutely. When Rue dies it is more important to the plot than the girl from district 3, who dies second. If Cato would have died second and the girl from district 3 would have made it to the end, the story would have been completely different. Is death and violence important to the plot? Do you really need to make your movie and or book dramatic. Well if you look at the Hunger Games, you will see one of the best films of the year. The death and violence helps reach a certain part of a viewer thak makes them feel different. They feel the rush and addrenaline that the chracters feel(if acted properly). The viewer is in the situation. You are Katniss, you are Peeta.You feel the rush of excitement when Katniss pulls back that bow, and when Cato tries to attack her, you wish you could attack him. When you are emotionally involved in the story, death can deal a savage blow. When you see that your favorite character dies, first you're sad, then you are angry.You want revenge, you want payback. Death makes you feel emotion. Death makes a good story. The chapter I chose next was "Its all political". Some may not see it but this book is all about politics. The reason the games exist, the founders, and the winnings. Everything is based on the politics. Really I believe that this whole story is a symbol about the cut-throat world of politics, and the people who want change. In this story the country is divided into districts after the attempted overthrow of the government. There it is, the first part of the story is political. The districts come together to hold the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games put two competitors from each district in a all against all type fight. They use anything they can get ahold of to finish off their opposers. This symbolizes how the politicians in our world, will do anything to get an advantage. They all battle to there is only one left. Until the love interest between Katniss and Peeta influence the controllers of the games to change the rules, now two people of the same district can when . There you have the symbol of how certain thing influence law makers to change. When the Hunger Games draws to a close and Peeta and Katniss are only left, the rules are changed back and Peeta and Katniss have to kill eachother. This is when political rebellion sets in. They both decide to take there own lives. This completes the rebellion because the rulemakers are now embarassed and have been defeated. What really hurts the rulemakers, is that they where completely outsmarted and Peeta and Katniss arive alive. This now creates a big problem and the rulemakers need to replace the man in charge. Kind of like in the United States government, if the leader makes a big impacting decision, they can be impeached. You see this story is full of political symbolizations. If you think about most stories can be related to politics. You just have to use your imagination. In the story of the three little pigs you have three pigs you want change and they want to do something about it. So they come together and help each other out. This could symbolize people who are tired of government wrong doing coming together and protesting. Saying we wont take this anylonger. Throughout the times politics have been a huge issue. Whether its Burt the caveman who was tired of not being able to use the fire he had just made, or its a group of people who are mad about someone of their race being wrongly beat by someone who is supposed to enforce rules, politics cause drama. Drama is a very good tool to use and every author should include it. How else should you create drama than create a little political dispute. Its pure writing gold and it always works. So why not use it in a movie? As i have stated both violence and politics are huge ways to advance your story. When you can combine these like they have in the Hunger Games, you create a story that is hard to miss.