• R. Syed Ali Fathima
• Dr. D. Nalina Palin

This paper attempts at exploring the popular young adult fiction of The Hunger Games Trilogy consisting of The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010) with the power relation to existing in the totalitarian society. As Foucault expounds the concept of power in relation knowledge, he signifies it in different forms and different contexts. In a Dystopian Society, the disparity in power is highly apparent. In the trilogy, this disparity in power and the resistance that follows could be analyzed. As Foucault analyses, one form of resistance is contesting the truth as advocated by the authority. The trilogy can be analyzed from the perspective of the power struggles within the country that employs media and technology as an instrument of spreading it’s propaganda. The struggle for rebellion is evident through the characters and the incidents that also emphasizes the role of information and knowledge in every social discourse.

Power, control, Foucault, resistance, dystopia, knowledge.

"Struggle for Power in the World of Surveillance and Media inThe Hunger Games Trilogy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.697-700, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06148.pdf

"Struggle for Power in the World of Surveillance and Media inThe Hunger Games Trilogy", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp697-700, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06148.pdf