Preliminary Exercise 2: Barthes Theory Semiotic Analysis of The Hunger Games Catching Fire Table 2

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 In this clip of the movie Katniss is being presented to a whole crowd and her dress is the highlight. Katniss later burns this dress, and it turns black which could symbolize her defiance against the president. The wings on this dress symbolizes her freedom and the dress looking like a mocking jay also builds on her defiance as mocking jays are often connotated with being defiant. Them revealing they have a baby is the first step in defiance as the games will be postponed because of this.

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