{"id":27,"date":"2017-11-08T07:32:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-08T07:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/?p=27"},"modified":"2017-11-08T07:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-08T07:32:58","slug":"christ-figures-in-western-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/2017\/11\/08\/christ-figures-in-western-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Christ Figures in Western Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Readings:<\/span> The Hunger Games<\/span><\/i> (Suzanne Collins)<\/span><\/p>\n

In our reading of <\/span>The Hunger Games<\/span><\/i>, we have come across a literary motif used time and time again throughout Western literature and culture. This motif is that of the \u201cChrist figure,\u201d a character who sacrifices him or herself for the greater good, and ultimately serves as a catalyst for change in the conflict of the story. In <\/span>The Hunger Games<\/span><\/i>, Rue embodies this ideal, as she is an innocent being gifted with special abilities (singing to the mockingjays) who dies as a result of an oppressive evil. Moreover, she is killed by a spear through her torso, much as Christ was speared by a Roman soldier while on the cross. <\/span><\/p>\n

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I would like to take the opportunity to make comparisons between the imagery of Rue\u2019s death and other \u201cChrist figures\u201d of the modern age to assert the everlasting presence of this specific motif in our culture. Take for example, Roy Batty in the film <\/span>Bladerunner<\/span><\/i>. Towards the end of the film, as he pursues Rick Deckard, he pierces his hand with a nail to keep himself from losing his senses and dying. This is akin to Jesus\u2019 death by being nailed to a cross. Additionally, after giving a moving speech on the nature of his existence, he dies and a dove flies up into the sky; this parallels the Holy Spirit flying from Jesus on the cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another apt parallel would be Superman\u2019s recent death in <\/span>Batman v. Superman<\/span><\/i>, as Superman is impaled in the torso in an effort that ultimately kills the villainous monster, Doomsday. Additionally, in the final shot of the film, the dirt lying on Superman\u2019s coffin rises up; this indicates that the man of steel will rise again, just as Jesus did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Readings: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) In our reading of The Hunger Games, we have come across a literary motif used time and time again throughout Western literature and culture. This motif is that of the \u201cChrist figure,\u201d a character who sacrifices him or herself for the greater good, and ultimately serves as a catalyst … Continue reading Christ Figures in Western Culture<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":1,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"agustinarcos","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/author\/agustinarcos\/"},"qubely_comment":1,"qubely_category":"Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Readings: The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins) In our reading of The Hunger Games, we have come across a literary motif used time and time again throughout Western literature and culture. This motif is that of the \u201cChrist figure,\u201d a character who sacrifices him or herself for the greater good, and ultimately serves as a catalyst…","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/agustinarcos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}