Critique of Contemporary Popular Culturein Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games

Abstract

The proposed research workdenounces thetheme of violence inreality shows and their extreme form of entertainment in future fictional society of Panem in order to warn the present generation on its nature of watching such shows where violence is the main focus. There by, condemning the real world of America (USA) or any other advanced capitalist society where profit and mechanism are implemented via the source of television culture. It is argued that how the so-called entertainment in Panem is in facta medium to earn wealthy sponsors, divert the ones who have nothing to lose and works as a reminder of the utter powerlessness of the rest, eventually dominating them. Along with the criticism, it conveysa message as well as a warning to the readers, especially to the younger generations, who are in arightposition to change the society for the better.