Institusion
Universitas Katolik Soegijapranata
Author
Utomo, Dimas Pamungkas Sugiarto
Subject
400 Language
Datestamp
2016-01-07 06:33:54
Abstract :
Like a literary work, a film may give knowledge and moral values to the viewer. Hunger
Games is a 2012 American film directed by Gary Ross, which provides illustration about
a dystopian future where the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and
the Capitol. The film portrays a condition of slavery in this nation. In this thesis, the
writer discussed and analyzed the ideas of Master and Slave proposed by Hegel. The
writer wants to show how Master and Slave dialectic is implied on the movie. The writer
also wants to determine who the master and the slave are. The result of the analysis
shows that the inhabitants of the 12 Districts live in poor conditions which allow the
prosperous Capitol to treat them like/as slaves. The Capitol becomes the master and the
Panem becomes the slave; the condition which proves that the dialectics or the relation
between master and slave occurs as a product of interplay of mutual consciousness or
cause and effect of self consciousness. When some beings realize themselves more
powerful than others, they will do whatever they want and assume other people as
powerless.