In our society today, we thrive on watching television, especially things that appeal to us. Reality television is watched the most because people are willing to watch others make a fool out of themselves. This is a source of entertainment. Everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame, and some people will do whatever it takes to get the little fame that they can get. This relates to Hunger Games, not in a sense that some people waning there 15 minutes of fame, but that they held the hunger games as a source of entertainment. The Capitol put children into a ring to fight to their death. The Capitol sees this as not only having authority, but as their entertainment as well. It reminds me of a football game, but the Super Bowl Game. There are sponsors for the advertisements during the super bowl and people bet on who they think are going to win. Just like Hunger Games, the children have sponsors and they bet on which child is going to win. So even though people like the characters in Hunger Games do not ask for 15 minutes of fame, they received it without an option.
I completely agree with you that people are willing to make a fool out of themselves just to have 15 minutes of fame. They will embarrass themselves in front of millions of people just for the shot to win a prize even though they have to compete against unbelievable odds to win the prize.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree that people will do anything just to be noticed. I do agree that many of the children do not want that fame in the Hunger Games, there are the ones from the richer districts that train for these moments (the ones who volunteer).
ReplyDeleteReality is TV is huge in America because like you said we like to see people make asses out of themselves. Reality has grown from Survivor and the Bachelor to a huge phenomenom that is on almost every channel. Needless to say, America's TV is going down the drain.
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