모킹제이는 캣니스일까?: 새로운 주체에 대한 탐구

Is Mockingjay Katniss?: An Analytical Study on a New Subject

Two opposing views coexist concerning Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist of The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Some readers praise her as a strong feminist character who sidesteps gender stereotypes. Others argue that Katniss does not deserve the title of a hero, for she lacks autonomous agency and is acted on rather than act. The gap in the evaluation of Katniss as a heroine stems from the fact that critics identify Katniss with Mockingjay. Mockingay, the on-screen hero, is “a simulacrum, a copy that has no original.” Mockingjay is not only Katniss but much more, which implies that the original of Mockingjay cannot be pinpointed. The process of building Mockingjay shows that not only diverse human beings and their memories but also various electronic devices and computerized information are involved in the construction of Mockingjay. And it provides a clue as to the question of how to approach the issue of subject in this age of electronically mediated information exchange. Subject is decentered, destabilized, disrupted, and “dispersed across social space.”