Dystopian Themes In The Hunger Games By Harrison Bergeron

In the districts, everyone is forced to watch The Games, but no one likes watching it, while the Capitol people like and enjoy watching The Games. If the audience in the Capitol does not like it, the sponsors will not give money to the tributes, and this will make The Game boring. As a result, The Game will lose its effect on Panem, which might lead to stop The Hunger Games. The dehumanized people of Panem ironically feel excited about a love story, but does not give sympathy to those who are being killed each year. In addition, Katniss’ team proves this point again after the games when Katniss mentioned how they described the games.

The Hunger games are ways to show how much power the capitol has as well as the punishment for the rebellion that happened 74 years ago as I mentioned before that “In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate.” That means every year, they chose two “tributes” (both ages 12 to 18, one male, one female) from each district, who are forced to fight to the death. Unfortunately, this is what happens where the way to control the people using the children to kill each other as entertainment. This makes us hate each other, and the other districts, spread violence, enmities, and cruelties. As I said, “Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch — This is Capitol 's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy!”

All of these factors are presented in the novel throughout the experience of Katniss Everdeen in the games. Katniss is a 16 years old teenager from District-12, one of the districts where families suffer to put a something in their empty stomach. Her bad luck leads her to become a tribute in the hunger games, which is an undebatable evidence that the "Hunger Games" novel is a dystopia. To begin with, the hunger games are created by the government of Panem. So basically it is an annual competition where 2 kids - a girl and a boy- between the age of twelve and eighteen, are chosen from

The boys viciously murdered Simon, without even thinking or discussing the matter, since they had all believed that the dark figure emerging from the forest, was a “beast” and not one of their own. Up until this point, fear had been corrupting the boys’ minds, affect their actions negatively, and cause chaos within the boys as it could not be contained. There were no adults on the island who could comfort the boys, or keep them safe. There weren’t any proper laws enforced on the island or any order or communication, which allowed fear to easily topple down

The whole Hunger Games tradition was for the 12 districts to sacrifice two people. ages twelve to eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games. This symbolizes dictatorship and poverty, because the capitol is indulged in technology and riches, while the districts are stuck with minimal amounts of food and horrible living

The Hunger Games trilogy revolves around universal dystopian themes such as :oppression, rebellion, class tension as well as appearance vs. reality ," Collins creates the world that on one hand seems quite improbable and extreme, but on the other, vividly reflects some specific issues in a real world, like social inequalities, ignorance and passivity of the people" (Macanić 7). Oppression is perhaps the most common and prevalent dystopian theme as it serves as a warning against a highly probable dark future through shedding light on the dark side of contemporary trends such as advanced technology and reality TV-shows .The Capitol 's oppression operates on two levels; districts and individuals. The districts in general and districts 11 and 12 in particular have suffered great injustices at the ruthless hands of the Capitol ; however, there is no greater injustice than The Hunger Games themselves not only are the people of Panem forced to surrender their children as tributes for the Capitol 's citizens viewing pleasure for a crime they had no hand in committing ,but they are also forced to watch helplessly as their children are killed in the most brutal of manners .In Catching Fire (2009) , President Snow decrees that " the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors" in order to get rid of Katniss once and for all ,and to further assert the Capitol 's dominance and quell any thoughts of rebellion(172).

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A leader’s job should be involved so that his reputation is boosted. Leaders should choose clever advice-givers and dodge brown noses. With each of these character behaviors, Machiavelli goes against the grain. He knows that princes are always in the public eye. Their behavior will shake their public image and their status will involve their ability to keep

The Player urges the pair to stop talking, to stop equivocating, and to start making choices about their situation. However, they both reject this idea and use their freedom and will more as a destruction, than as an advantage. They hate the way people appear and ask them to do things, but neither Rosencrantz nor Guildenstern try to do anything to exert control over their life and fate. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern stand in for humanity as a whole, and their plight represents the individual’s struggle to derive meaning and significance from a life that will end in the complete nothingness of death. They cannot learn from their mistakes, nor can they conceive of acting in any way other than what they have done before.

would teach each and every one a lot about trying to solve world problems and make an impact in the current society. It is clear that if Martin Luther King Jr. was still alive today, he would teach people to prevent current segregation by being friendly, standing up in a peaceful manner, and by not being judgemental. The articles, “Worsening, unchecked segregation in K-12 public schools,” by Washington Post, “Civil Rights Leaders: Martin Luther King Jr,” by Biography.com Editors and A+E Networks, “DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., CHANGING AMERICA,” by Barbara Radner, and “Famous Speeches: Martin Luther King 's "I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., analyzes MLK’s life and teachings and some controversies that can be solved and are still occuring in the world, today. Lastly, if one wants to get rid of hatred in the world, you must use the power of love to accomplish

Dystopia is a popular genre in which authors write about a fictional society that is perceived to be perfect and ideal by the vast majority of the people in it. Authors must intrigue the reader, and this is difficult because they have to somehow illustrate a future that is vaguely similar to ours. However, it has to be completely fictional, which makes it tough to formulate realistic storylines. Nevertheless, these authors use literary elements to counter these difficulties and produce realistic characters and you can see this when Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, and James Dashner use symbolism in their respected novels, Fahrenheit 451, Anthem, and The Maze Runner. This literary technique gives Dystopian Literature the uniqueness and adds the key elements to make the story flow.

‘Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always hope, even in the bleakest future.’ -Lauren Oliver. Dystopian stories give readers a futuristic, imagined universe that portray an illusion of the perfect society through technological, moral, corporate or bureaucratic control.

Dystopian literature Is it not common for people to be controlled by others? For freedom to be taken away from their lives and not giving them the rights they deserve? The book Anthem and the film the Hunger Games are known as dystopian novels. Ayn Rand, the author of Anthem writes stories like these to catch the young audience's attention. Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games as another dystopian novel where people are not granted their freedom either.