Discover the hidden meanings in Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Discover how it's a giant metaphor for the philosophies of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau. Find every easter egg, and discover how tightly Coriolanus Snow and Katniss are symbolically entwined. Who is Shakespeare's Coriolanus and how does he relate? How about the ballads? What modern issue is Collins protesting this time? Professor Valerie Estelle Frankel, author of two books on The Hunger Games, offers all this and more.

Songbirds, Snakes, & Sacrifice: Collins’ Prequel References and Philosophies Explained

Wonder Woman the 2017 film blazed into the theaters and thrilled audiences with its killer action. Boys and girls cheered when their superheroine dropped her cloak and raced across No Man's Land, eagle blazing on her chest. In fact, a deep symbolism lurks behind Diana's lasso, shield, and crown, especially the new film versions. Why is her island filled with shells and spirals? As she explores Edwardian London, and mucks through the trenches, how is her journey particularly superheroic? The characters, their origins, and the nuances of feminism reveal much about America's favorite superheroine and how she subverts them all.

Red, Blue, and Bronze: Inside the Symbols of the Wonder Woman Film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is crammed with delightful references - there are stacks of easter eggs, famous cameos, nods to the Extended Universe and computer games. Here they're all listed and described for discerning fans. There's also summaries - not just of shows and films but of the universe's history after Return of the Jedi covering thirty years of new canon in painstaking detail. Big questions from the film get answered, in-jokes get explained, and Star Wars love definitely gets celebrated in this book, exploring the ultimate fannish film.

We're Home: Fandom, Fun, and Hidden Homages in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

On the heroine's journey, the young woman quests for autonomy, with adversaries who reflect her shadow side. They polarize with her, evoking different aspects of the personality. Wrestling with these figures and achieving a rapprochement, the heroine discovers all the untapped potential and hidden strength that lies within. BBC's Orphan Black follows this perfectly. Sarah Manning discovers she's a clone when she meets her identical copy, Beth, and sees her commit suicide. Through the first season, Sarah plays Beth, learning discipline and responsibility. All this gives her the strength to grapple with her wild sister Helena and evil sister Rachel as she battles the patriarchy in an ancient feminist clash. This book analyzes the symbols and inner life of the five main characters' journeys, along with some of the lesser Ledas, as all seek the power of a united sisterhood.

Orphan Black and the Heroine’s Journey

Part of the delight of Xena: Warrior Princess comes from its campiness - she duels with swordfish, beats thugs with a diaper, flips and spins without a thought for gravity. As she and Gabrielle spar with Santa Claus, Lao Tzu, Julius Caesar, Goliath, Beowulf, Homer, Ulysses, Caligula, Odin, and Genghis Khan, they exist in a historical mish-mash impossible to take seriously.even without the rock music and American slang. Yet hidden within the silly storylines is an immense dose of subversion. Xena rolls her eyes as she seduces warlords in a harem costume and is the first to admit her own leather dress is just as much of a performance. In each historic encounter, Xena takes no credit for revolutionizing history, toppling dictators and saving heroes. As she sneakily saves the day, her unrealistic world underscores an idealized reality - one in which women have always outperformed men.

Xena Goes to Camp: On Feminism, Anachronism, and Subversion

Hamilton, the hip-hop rap musical, has revolutionized theater. It's the story of an immigrant, "young, scrappy, and hungry, " who kicked off the Revolutionary War and built the central government of today. Within this book appears the musical's backstory with many deeper insights. How do the Schuyler Sisters' signature colors reveal their personalities? Which stage equipment best amplifies the themes? What of the words like "Satisfied" and "My Shot, " with so many double and triple meanings? Most importantly, we'll explore how the show hauntingly echoes today's political climate and hottest issues. As the musical extends a mirror of vibrant, diverse, passionate America, it captivates all who discover it.

Who Tells Your Story? History, Pop Culture, and Hidden Meanings in the Musical Phenomenon Hamilton

Orange Is The New Black offers much that no show ever has. First, it slams us inside an unseen world - not just a women's prison but its toilet stalls and secret storerooms. While our guide is the blonde yuppie Piper, we expand to meet Black women, Latina women, a Haitian, lesbians, a transvestite, the poor, and the elderly - all minorities generally sidelined. Now Remember All their Faces offers a guide, not just to characters, but to each one's deeper significance as we meet Flaca the flirt, Soso the hapless activist, and Janae, who's learned to keep her head down. The book also analyzes themes from community and corruption to the series' poignant cry for reform. It unfolds the real facts of federal prison to show where the program exaggerates and where it offers the utter truth.

Remember All  Their Faces  A Deeper Look at Character, Gender and the Prison World of Orange Is The New Black

This book explores characters' agendas, from Sansa's secret schemes to Arya's ultimate goal. What is Cersei's true fear? What do trout or golden roses symbolize? Is the show a feminist success or a male playground? This book answers all these and more, revealing the enigmas and surprises hidden deep within the series. Martin's interviews, homages, and past works hint at the pattern he's chosen, while the classic pattern of the hero's and heroine's journey indicate the path of each protagonist and their ultimate destinies. From the Norse myth of ice covering all the world and the winter of wolves, to the War of the Roses that inspired much of the plot, the Game of Thrones is revealed secret by secret.including how it may be won.

Winning the Game of Thrones: The Host of Characters and their Agendas

Alors que le héros voyage pour une renommée extérieure, une fortune et un pouvoir, l'héroïne essaie de retrouver son esprit créatif perdu… une fois qu'elle entend les cris de cette partie perdue d'elle-même qui a besoin d'un sauvetage, son voyage commence vraiment.

Alors maintenant je sais. Je crains que l'inconnu si profondément que je préfère répéter le même schéma déchirant que de faire face à quelque chose ou quelqu'un que je ne peux pas prédire.

Étant originaire du New Jersey, descendant sur le rivage pendant toute ma vie, c'est une grande chose que les Towners soient très méprisés et qu'il y a un véritable conflit entre les habitants et les Bennies - les gens qui sont hors des towners, pas du rivage. C'est de l'argot qui retourne dans la journée.

Pendant le processus d'écriture du livre, j'ai eu cette expérience qui m'a révélé. Je l'ai eu et l'idée de base et j'ai eu les parcelles et tout, mais je ne savais pas qui était le public. J'existe dans cet autre monde - dans le monde de l'édition et du magazine des gens qui se moqueraient de ce projet. Nous rentrions chez nous après deux semaines dans le Maine, et nous nous sommes arrêtés dans une station-service dans le Massachusetts et avons vu que Snooki venait d'être arrêté. C'était un moment surréaliste. Mes dernières semaines ont été passées à essayer de se mettre dans la tête de cette personne, et elle était là sur la couverture du New York Post.

Aimer une chose est superficiel, seulement si vous n'appréciez pas profondément sa valeur émotionnelle.

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