Remember Who the Real Enemy Is

The author (screenwriter) of "The Hunger Games" was obviously intentionally describing the future Roman Republic. The Shi Huiguo in the movie is engraved with the mark of Rome in all aspects: the well-disciplined peacekeeping force has the shadow of the Roman legion; The Capitol is not only similar in architecture to Rome, but even the name is directly derived from an area in ancient Rome; hunger The opening ceremony of the game is almost the same as the triumph of ancient Rome; the difference between the Hunger Games, where tributes were selected from the rebellion area and killed each other, and the competitive game where the gladiators were selected from prisoners of war in the ancient Roman era, were only in the former competition. The arena is more advanced. The more obvious evidence is that the names of the characters in the play bluntly use the names of famous figures in ancient Rome: Caesar, Cato, Seneca, Plutarchus. In this sense, this is not a science fiction movie, but an epic movie. This dislocation in time and space reminds us of how an ancient and barbaric system has changed its appearance and ruled us in a "modern" appearance.

The most noteworthy thing in the film is Katniss's arrow at the sky in "Raining Fire". If it weren't for this arrow, what we would see was just another meaningless "battle royale". This arrow turned Katniss from an entertainer into a Spartacus of Shi Huiguo. But a few seconds ahead, her arrow was aimed at Finnick, and Finnick said:

Remember who the real enemy is.

But isn't Finnick her enemy? She will kill Finnick sooner or later, or Finnick will kill her. Because, according to the rules of the game, there can only be one survivor in the end.

No, the "rules of the game" are our enemy! Isn’t the arena a great metaphor for the situation of our modern people? Don't we just get the chance to climb up by "killing" our companions? (And this is the full meaning of "social mobility" required by our "conscientious" leftists) This is exactly a "all-to-all war" in which no one is "clean" of. The typical scenario is this: the doctor put away the patient's red envelopes after scolding the officials for corruption; the people who bought waste oil used the money they just earned to buy tainted milk powder for the children...Senators down At a glance, seeing these scenes, he concluded: There are bad people among the masses (slaves)!

This is why Katniss was stunned by the president after the 74th game: She proved that people can maintain human dignity in the harshest environment, or, in the words of the president, she gave them "hope." Once the slaves realized that they were not so unbearable, and realized that they could create a better world, Rome/Benevolent Nation would be destroyed. So the president wants Katniss to participate in the second game: He wants Katniss to kill people and destroy people's hopes. It was here that Katniss completed her heroic move: she aimed her arrow at the sky, aimed at the rules of the game.

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