SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN Foundation in Natural and Built Environments

English 2 [ELG30605]

Assignment 1 – Essay Writing

NAME : LEE FEI SYEN

STUDENT ID : 0323008

TUTOR : MR. GOPIGHANTAN MYLVAGANAM

SUBMISSION DATE :4TH DECEMBER 2015

Comparison Essay (Science Fiction Film)

There are different genre kind of movies and films and some of them are combined by more than one element or genre. Basically, the genre type of movie can be categorized into action, cartoon, comedy, disaster, drama, fantasy, horror, musical, war, romance, science-fiction and many more. Nowadays, most movies leave impressions on audiences, they will always left with the impression with “It was the best movie I ever watched!” but I do believe that not everyone watch films depending on genre-related reasons but also to get inspired by the story and its characters. For me, actresses and actors like Jason Statham, Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth are professional and astonishing. Movies and films are originated since thousand years ago, the early elements of films are basically dances and motions and there is neither any intimations nor allegories in it. Later, different kind of terminology used in film theory and criticism apply. Mostly auditors started to use films or movies to announce their messages very clearly. These messages have the potential to change our lives and they probably convey emotions, raise awareness about issues, educate about subjects or just to entertain the audiences. This is why a film can always can a person in the slightest wat, no matter what kind of movie it was. As for science fiction films, they are usually scientific, visionary and imaginative. These films take place in the future and feature world that is not exist.

The two movies that I have chosen for this essay are The Hunger Games and The Giver. These two movies are based on novels which were wrote by Michael Mitnick and Gary Ross. Years later, the movies of both novels were come out with their directors, Philip Noyce and Gary Ross. The genres of both movies are based on science fiction but with different categories. As for The Hunger Games, it is an adventure, science fiction movie. On the other hand, The Giver is also a science fiction film, but with the category of drama. There are some differences between adventure and drama films especially contents and scripts. An adventure fiction film is a genre of fiction which represents an adventure or exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger as the main storyline meanwhile a drama fiction is another genre of fiction which focus on story-telling, and it is strongly based in a character, or characters, that are conflict at a crucial moment in their lives. For examples, drama fiction films do not focus on visual effect while adventure films do and also drama fiction films show a lot on realistic characters dealing with emotional themes, such as alcoholism, morals, religion and more while adventure films do not.

Here are the storylines of both movies. Firstly, The Hunger Games is about the main character, Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death. Luckily, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have won the game and they have become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem. She started to reveal the truth behind the games and she has placed in District 13 after she shattered the games forever. Under the

leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage. In the end, Katniss Everdeen not just saving her folks but she free a whole nation from tyrannical oppression and poverty. As for The Giver, it is about a young boy, Jonas, who lives in a seemingly idyllic world of conformity and contentment. When he begins to spend time with an old man, The Giver, who is the sole keeper of the community's memories, Jonas discovers the dangerous truths of his community's secret past. Armed with the power of knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves, a challenge no one has ever completed successfully. In the end of the story, Jonas unsealed the histories of his community and brought all of them back to the world.

The similarities between two movies are based on their metaphor behind the stories. Both of the movies are far more political than any teenage drama written in the 21st century. First, The Hunger Games is actually talking about social level. As you can see that how those upper classes play with lower classes. They put those who live in poverty into The Hunger Game, and watch it as a televised competition. However, in the scenes of The giver, there are neither wars nor tortures. The president of the peaceful world decided to prevent her residents from torture, sadness and emotions. So lastly she has barred all the humans’ lives memories that has related to suffer.

Being over protective and despotic is the essential of political messages in both movies. It shows how do presidents in both of the world try to control their residents. Even though the main character of both stories, Katniss Everdeen and Jonas, live in a different world, but on the same point in time they were trying to save their loved ones, families, friends and the world which live under despotism. Lacking of democracy and the issue of tyranny were obviously shown in both films. The situation of autocracy makes both of the main character decided to stand out of the crowd and revolt. Through this we can see a direct relationship with the real world, which makes the story even scarier and the criticism fiercer as lower classes people got no rights to choose the lives they have always wanted because of the autocratic of their country. In the good ending of both stories, Katniss and Jonas successfully save their country and the peoples so it inklings that there is still hope for us to save our world before it is too late.

In conclusion, although The Hunger Games and The Giver are differ in storyline, settings and but their ending is the same as it announces the same messages. Democracy need for compromise because in a democracy all of the people are represented and all of the people need to be served. No one can have everything in their own way. Without compromise, there would be a tremendous part of society that would be unserved in any legislative or legal debate and that will be one of the path which leads the country to civil war.