The article about Twilight vs Hunger Games was mainly about the usual gender dorms that are being challenged by journalists in the media lately. The biggest strengths about this article was the fact that the author was able to reference different scenes throughout both films to explain how the usual gender norm was different due to the readers knowing the popular movie, and the biggest limitation was the author's inability to categorize what type of feminism Katniss and Bella fell under factually. For example, the Hunger Games is an extremely popular movie that broke box-office records amongst teenagers and young adults. Because of this, when the author references Katniss as "athletic, responsible, politically-engaged, non-sexual and independent; the readers can then reminiscence Katniss since most of them have seen the movie and visualize her as a good model. The same goes for Bella. Most of the die hard '' Edward vs Jacob" fangirls can pictualize Bella when the author talks about her. When the author writes how Bella " likes sex, is depressed, and likes to jump of cliffs with her boyfriend," the readers can remember her being dependent on Edward. It is easy for the readers to see where the author is coming from, and how she compares both characters since it's a huge fan film.
The limitation about different waves of feminism can confuse lots of readers. It's hard to categorize which wave of feminism Bella or Katniss belonged to since it's completely objective. People may see Katniss one way, while other may see Bella representing something else. There are many different sects of feminism and it would have been way more clearly if the author had introduced them beforehand and also gave the definitions.
It was a typical article but those are some advantages the author used for her, but also also limitations that hindered herself.
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