The Mockingjay Phenomena: A Study on the Position of Young Adult Women in Dystopia

Author

Hannah Hultman, University of Mississippi. Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College

Date of Award

2016

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Karen Raber

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore the messages and impact of three young adult dystopian trilogies, The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Uglies. In particular, the role of the American female teenager in political, economic and social spheres is discussed through examining the three female teenaged protagonists of these novels. For comparative purposes, George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World function as counterpoints to the young adult novels; the analysis of these different novels will prove that young adult dystopian novels show young adult women that their choices and actions can be integral to their societies on a political, economic and social level.

Recommended Citation

Hultman, Hannah, "The Mockingjay Phenomena: A Study on the Position of Young Adult Women in Dystopia" (2016). Honors Theses. 372.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/372

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