ABSTRACT
Katniss struggles against a system which is unjust economically, socially, and environmentally. The popularity of The Hunger Games has helped launch the fashion of fiction with a rebel girl as the protagonist. The analysis must put together the message, the genre, and the taken-for-granted world of the author to understand what in popular culture is going to filter through to its audience. The genre and the taken-for-granted world of the author are also meaningful. A dystopian representation of the future may warn against the excessive power of corporations, consumerism, waste; at the same time, it may strengthen race and gender stereotypes, because in the taken-for-granted world of the author in question women are only housewives and people of color subordinates. The Hunger Games provides excellent examples from this point of view. Katniss’ role as a teenage heroine has aroused considerable scholarly interest about the saga in terms of gender, class, race, and also environment.
