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Major Themes In The Hunger Game Series By Suzanne Collins

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The major theme in The Hunger game series is the inequity between rich and poor In the books, the author points out that people from the poor district have never known what is orange juice, coffee or chocolate, things people normally know in our world; but for people in district 12, these are luxuries that they cannot afford in their lives (Collins, 2008, p.60). The author used this as an example to mention how poor people live under the Capitol’s control and also provide a reasonable motivation for the following revolution. To show the contrast, the author also mentioned lives in the Capitol in Catching fire. People in the Capitol drink a special liquid to make them vomit so that they can keep eating more food, which shows the extremely

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