16. Another Reason The Hunger Games Is Awesome: Katniss Is Taller Than Peeta

Just like in the first Hunger Games movie, it was no big deal in Catching Fire that the actress was taller than the actor. There are scenes in Catching Fire that show how Jennifer Lawrence is slightly taller than her fellow actor, Josh Hutcherson. Although it may not seem like much, the Hunger Games series showing a woman being taller than a man is "equal parts transgressive and reassuring." It is very rare to find couples where the woman is taller than the man. Different studies and research data show that a couple like that is found one in twenty-nine couples. Most women find it more attractive and appealing for men and themselves when the men are taller than they are. The Hunger Games movies having a taller female is a small step. A small step to showing that women can be on the same footing as men and not have it be a weird phenomenon.

Ashley Fetters wrote this article to congratulate the Hunger Games movies use of a taller actress and not a taller actor. Fetters writes a very short article but it was also very concise and straight to the point. She used a vocabulary that was fresh and young, it seemed like her target audience was the generation of teenagers and young adults. The purpose of her article was to say how it is fine for women to be taller than men or stronger than men. She wants people to start getting used to the idea of equality between the genders, her article is very for feminism. She inserts her opinion throughout the article and she backs it up with studies and researches. However, because her article was so concise her conclusion lacked some development. Overall, Fetters wrote a strong article that proved her point and conveyed it to her audience.

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/another-reason-em-the-hunger-games-em-is-awesome-katniss-is-taller-than-peeta/281826/