Representation Task: Hunger Games Catching Fire

The representation of stereotypes in Hunger Games: Catching Fire are subverted. The stereotype of women being the damsel in distress isn't present with protagonist Katniss Everdeen being an independent survivor participating for the Hunger Games. She has the characteristics of a hero as she is brave by willing to sacrifice her life for her sister. Normally women are stereotyped as being weak or vulnerable but in this film, she is represented as a strong participant compared to her companion Peeta who isn't as strong or brave as he worries about Katniss as though a woman would worry about her partner which shows another subvert in the trailer. Normally we'd expect Peeta to be the main hero of the Hunger Games if we haven't seen any trailer or read the books then we'd think differently because of the fact that most films make men the heroes then Peeta would be the expected hero but in this film we see a gender role switch. The society that Katniss resides in, involves a game show that kills till there's the last survivor. Typically we'd expect a male to win because on average Hollywood films, they show more qualities of a survivor for instance; courage, intelligence, set skill in combat, and more compared to women who don't always engage in fights.