The scene depicts Rue's death in The Hunger Games. It shows Katniss finding Rue trapped in a net and releasing her. A contestant from District 2 then shoots an arrow at Rue, but Katniss shoots the contestant first. Rue is then shot by another arrow and dies. The scene is presented linearly in a single location in the forest, with no flashbacks, graphics, or cuts between multiple narratives. Katniss is established as the hero who tries to help Rue, while the contestants who shoot arrows are portrayed as villains opposing the hero.

1. Assignment 7; Narrative Analysis in a
scene.
• Rianne
• Michaela
• Pamela

2. Part 1
The Hunger Games; Rue’s Death.

3. The Hunger Games
We are analysing a scene in the Hunger Games where the
character ‘Rue’ dies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ins2kYZqQ&safe=active
Story:
• The Capitol of Panem hosts an event called the Hunger Games
where two "tributes" – a boy and a girl – are drafted from each
of the twelve districts to be brought to an arena to fight to the
death.
• Katniss's little sister is selected for the Hunger Games, so
Katniss volunteers to take her place. Also selected is Peeta
Mellark.
• They are then rushed to the Capitol, where they undergoes
intense training, before being thrust into the arena to fight to
become the victor of the 74th annual Hunger Games.
• Katniss teams up with Rue, a tiny girl from District 11 who
reminds her of her sister Prim.
• Rue is killed around this time by one of the Career Tributes.
Katniss honours her body by covering it in flowers.

4. Narrative, Section or Enigma?

5. • The clip falls into conventional narrative
structure because it is linear.

6. Part 2; Narrative Structure.

7. Is it linear? How? Or is it non-linear? How
(Does it have flashbacks, flash-forwards, or
episodically)
The whole scene is
organised in
chronological order.
Katniss finds District 2 Katniss shots Rue gets shot Rue dies.
Rue and releases contestant district 2 by the arrow.
her from the net. shots Rue with contestant
a bow and with bow and
arrow. arrow.

8. Is it being presented in segments,
separated by changes in location or time?
No, the whole scene has been shot and set in one place, the camera does not
jump between scene’s or cut to new scene’s.
Entire scene is shot in Forrest,
there are no other scene’s or
flashbacks present in the clip.

9. Is it being broken up or linked by graphics?
No graphics are used to separate this scene.

10. Is there a single narrative (even if different
aspects in this narrative are being shown)?
Or are multiple narratives being shown?
Single Narrative.
Katniss finds District 2 District 2
member is Rue is shot. Rue dies.
Rue. member shots
at Rue. shot by
Katniss.

11. Are there clear character roles and functions being
established, such as a hero or villain?
How does their role(s) connect to the narrative?
HERO VILLAIN
ROLE/REPRESENTATION Pretty young Cold
determined expression
female.
Serious yet
inviting
facial Old man.
expression.
THEIR FUNCTION • Create a sense of sympathy. • To show that audience the
struggles the hero has to go
• Set the clear contrast between the through due to the villain.
villain and the hero.
• To give the audience someone to
be weary of and dislike.
CONNECTION TO • Katniss is present throughout the • President Snow is not the clear
NARRATIVE movie, she is the clear hero from that villain from the start, you only see
start when she takes her younger he is the villain towards the
sisters place to entre the games. middle/end of the movie.

12. Part 3; Narrative Structure.

13. Story time and Discourse time

14. Identify all types of time being represented...