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EPZ Pedagogy of Hope: Reliving Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Paulo Freire. 'Coriolanus': The Tragedy of Virtus | Miller | Sydney Studies in English. Faith, Hope, Love - Josef Pieper. On Hope - Josef Pieper. Hope and History: Five Salzburg Lectures - Josef Pieper. A Philosophy of Hope: Josef Pieper and the Contemporary Debate on Hope - Bernard Schumacher. Hope and the Hunger Games. The recent release of the first movie based on the Hunger Games trilogy has renewed attention to the wildly popular franchise from author Suzanne Collins. From a Christian perspective, one of the striking things about the film and the book series is the absence of explicit religion or references to God. As Jeffrey Weiss has observed, “The word ‘god’ does not so much as appear in any of the books. Nobody even says ‘oh my gosh.’ There’s no ritual that isn’t totally grounded in some materialistic purpose. Weiss’ analysis about the lack of religiosity is borne out by examining the Hunger Games through the lens of hope.
Even in a land without any conception of a deity, there is an undercurrent of hope throughout the story. In Peeta’s act of mercy we have a concrete expression of love, which results in hope. In the film version, there’s a meaningful scene between President Snow, the oppressor in chief of the regime of elites running the Capitol, and the lead Gamemaker. The theologian J. Literary Criticism Hunger Games.
The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason. The Hunger Games - "Hope" Clip. 5. 36.2-2 Moral Economy _1004_.doc. Acedia. DeYoungCV. Intro. Political Philosophy.
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