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Summary of Mocking-jay article MM52 Pg34

In this article the idea that ideologies are spread by people with power is evident as it uses the Hunger Games as an example that people with power "ruling class" keep the poor under. In the article there is a lot of links to Marxism. This philosophy/theory is about Marx's analysis of the complex and developing relations between these two classes. In this case we link the article to this theory as there are two classes; the ruling and working class. Marx's theory also talks about Capitalists and the workers. Capitalists views are also portrayed by the people in power in the Hunger Games "The Capitol" as they seems to be ones profiting in this post-apocalyptic America.

Those with power also control what people should and are allowed to know by spreading their ideologies through the use of their media and propaganda. Symbols of hope are also used on the other side to combat-en these ideologies in order to free themselves from the ideas that are being forces on them. The protagonist in acts as this symbol, a "Mocking jay", this connotes a sign of rebellion against the Capitol.

The Hunger Games shows everyone that just because you are being fed with opinions with people with much more power doesn't mean that you have to follow their ideologies and that your free and have your own mind to make assumptions and believe what you want to.

Summary of Understanding Ideology article MM52 Pg48 

In this article we see different theories explored from influential people and how people make and interpret ideologies. It is quite significant in the article that it names ideologies that Good should overcome Evil which in itself was created by ideologies by the worlds elites and top 1% (the people with power). Not all ideologies are negative and are true but a lot of these could be forced onto you by various media outlets and may go against what you value and believe in.

Dominant Ideologies, Hegemony The dominant ideology in Britain do not remain the same they change as new ideas develop, people discuss them, and they enter the mainstream.These ideas appear ‘natural’ and accepted without question or argument. Unlike some other cultures or regimes, in 21st century Britain it is not forced upon us through violence or coercion by government or the military. These ideas are considered a ‘given’,an obvious and unspoken set of values and beliefs that we accept and follow. They system, part of the social system which shapes and forms our identities, and makes us who we are today. An ideology is a set of ideas about how things should be, and how people should behave. Hegemony is the ability of the