Concept Of “Peace”: Conceptual Metaphor Analysis

Abstract

Through the analysis of metaphors, semantic fields, and linguistic oppositions, this study highlights that the term 'peace' in Collins’s dystopian work functions paradoxically—as a form of state propaganda and psychological control rather than absence of war, or tranquility. This article depicts the conceptual metapohor analysis of the concept of peace in Suzanne Collins’s “The Hunger Games”. Following the principles of cognitive linguistics and discourse analysis, the author explores how language constructs cultural meanings and shapes readers' perception of the world as a political and psychological category. The findings reveal that peace in Panem is linguistically and conceptually linked to domination, surveillance, and submission, which challenges the traditional moral, cultural and emotional association of the word.