This paper uses the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology to analyze themeanings conveyed in relation to violence in Suzanne Collins' popular novel TheHunger Games and its film. As a representational popular-culture artifact marketed toyoung adults and teens, it is a primary example for the exposure of this age group to thelevels of violence regularly displayed in contemporary popular media. This analysis seeksto critique the assertion that the types of violent exposure in the novel and the film arepossibly inappropriate for the audience targeted. A new wave of attention and awarenesson the part of producers of popular media and people of contemporary society alike isnecessary.
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