English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Prims, Social Class

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

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Lecture 20 march 16, 2017 (the hunger games) Propaganda: all of the televisions are coming from a central feed that the capitol puts out; the capitol only puts out entertainment; meant to brainwash people into seeing uprising as a bad thing, powerlessness, pg. In the districts where there is a shot that they will actually win, maybe there is an expectation that they will win and then be showered with rewards. In district 12 the hunger games inflicts the deepest wound because it is the s(cid:373)allest; it"s al(cid:449)ays so(cid:373)e(cid:271)ody that you k(cid:374)o(cid:449), it"s al(cid:449)ays (cid:272)lose to home. Distraction: gi(cid:448)e the (cid:272)apitol (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s e(cid:374)ough fo(cid:396)(cid:373)s of e(cid:374)te(cid:396)tai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t a(cid:374)d they (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) the moral factors that go into it. Desensitization: lack of any kind of protest by the capitol citizens, the hunger games have been going on for so long that they have become desensitizes because it does not touch them in the capitol; emotionally detached.