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The Uprising of the Marginalized Society and Its Relation with Knowledge in The

Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Fiona Ferdiana

Abstract

Analyzing

Catching Fire

by Suzanne Collins, this paper draws on postcolonial

theory, paying particular attention to the work of Edward Said about power and

knowledge, to analyze the districts’ uprising. Postcolonial criticism generally

examines the relationship between the center and the marginalized. Edward Said,

in his theory Orientalism, examines how the center sees the marginalized in the

networks of power and its inseparable relation with knowledge. In

Catching Fire

,

the Capitol is the center and seen as superior and the

Districts in Panem are the

marginalized and seen as inferior. Based on the theory above, applying it to the

novel set in the future, will make us think not only about how Said’s theory about

power and knowledge is not always true with the presence of humanity, but also

how the existence of colonialization is still happening and will present in the

future.

Keywords:

Postcolonial, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Said, Power, Knowledge,