Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And The Hunger Games

The Book and Movie, The Hunger Games, is an allusion to The story of Theseus and the Minotaur from Greek Mythology. The story goes that Minos, the king of Crete, once sent his only son on a visit to Athens, and he was sent by the Athenian king to fight a bull. When the boy died from the fight, the angry Minos captured Athens and declared that he would destroy it unless they completed his bizarre demand: once every nine years, the Athenians had to send a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths, who would then be forced to confront the Minotaur, who would devour them. This directly parallels the story of The Hunger Games. This rewritten version of an old Greek legend shows a theme of how history can repeat itself.

In the book, we are introduced to a dystopian society in which the Capitol of Panem holds entire power over the different districts. This power it’s based on the wealth that the Capitol possess and in the mere meaning of the word violence. In order to maintain that domain the districts are warn continuously of the dangers that rebellion may bring, and the stronger oppression under they will have to live in if a rebellion was to happen, arise clearly. The Hunger Games themselves are the vivid exhibition of the violence that the Capitol inflicts over the different districts. Its basic principle comes from the idea of warning the population about the consequences of a rebellion, but at the same time, it’s a vehicle for the government to keep the districts from joining forces and once again demonstrate the powers of the totalitarian regime. “…Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch - this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy…” (Chapter 2.) During these “life or death” scenarios where the games are placed at, only one of the “tributes” can win, and in order for that to happen those teenagers will have to kill other district’s tributes and one tribute from their own district, creating with it resentment not just among the different districts towards each other, but a division inside their own district as well.

"A book is a loaded gun in the house next door" (Bradbury 56). This quote was from Fahrenheit 451, a book where technology takes over a society and diverse knowledge is banned. People who own books are deemed crazy and have everything burned down. It connects to Harrison Bergeron, a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, where everyone is equal by bringing everyone down to the lowest average. People in this dystopian society are handicapped mentally and physically and when someone decides to rebel they are met with grave consequences. Both Fahrenheit 451 and Harrison Bergeron show us that the censorship of knowledge and thoughts has a negative impact on individuals and society. However Fahrenheit 451 emphasizes more How society gets antisocial without books. While Harrison Bergeron targets more the negative effects of no competition.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book that talks about a battle royal were 24 participants fight to the death. The book is held in the future in a country like the United States, there are 12 districts and a capitol Panem. The games are played every year and people from the 12 districts get chosen or volunteer to go to the games. The main character from the book is Katniss Everdeen and she has to volunteer in place of her sister to go to the games. The book has major themes such as romance, trust, and hope. The Hunger Games has a powerful message for readers today because of similarities between our society and novel’s world because of social stratification based on economy and self-obsession.

In Ray Bradbury and Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, their protagonists Guy Montag and Katniss Everdeen shared evident similarities. If closely looked at further, a couple of differences can be spotted as well. Although one may notice a few differences between the protagonists in Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, there are actually more similarities than one may realize, such as both protagonists conform to the dystopian society in the beginning but object to it in the end, both create alliances along the way, and they are both confused about their relationships.

The differences and similarities between the book’s society and our modern day society really bulged out at me while I was reading the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. In Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. And instead of having firemen that put out fire, the firemen start the fire to burn down books and houses.There are many differences and similarities between our modern day society and the the society in the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. Such as our Government, Technology, and Behavior.

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!” which seems the main purpose is to remind the Districts how weak we are — and that their deaths are televised entertainment. In addition, “whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them, and there 's nothing you can do” This is an extreme violence, unfair and inhumane treatment.

The Hunger Games (2008) is set in the future in a modern world analogy of USA but the country is given a fictional name of Panem. There were 13 districts in the country; each specializing in the extraction, production and manufacturing of different goods and raw materials like coal, for example, which were handed over to the Capitol resulting in the extreme poverty that the districts faced. District 13 rebelled against the power of The Capitol, the hub of power and technology, and met their doom. To prevent other districts from doing the same, the Capitol decided to hold a televised reality show-- the Hunger Games in which a boy and a girl from each district are selected as tributes to fight till death in the arena; the victor of the Hunger Games being rewarded with a house and food for a lifetime. As the districts face extreme poverty they participate in the games, which are a source of mere entertainment for the people of the Capitol. The more number of times a name is entered in the draw, the greater the share of food and stock the respective individual gets. Poverty stricken, the children from ages 12 to 18 put their names forty to fifty times to save their families from starvation. It is to be noticed, however, that this practice increased the probability of selection for the Games, thus making the whole procedure risky as well as histrionic.

There are several illustrations in the three novels that give a better understanding of what tools the Capitol uses exactly to maintain the social order and its ruling state via media and televising. Firstly and perhaps most importantly, the population of Panem has to follow the events of the annual Hunger Games on their television at home or at public screenings at the town square simply because it is mandatory viewing for every citizen of Panem. The institution of the Hunger Games serves the purpose to remind the twelve districts of the Capitol’s power over them. The Hunger Games are nationally televised punishments that not only remind the populace but also manipulate and intimidate it. The Hunger Games were created after the Dark Days that

The novel, 1984, can be most closely compared with the popular book and movie series, The Hunger Games. Overt comparisons between the two novels include their futuristic approach and the dystopian societies that emerged after periods of war. Additionally, both novels highlight poverty as a highly effective method of control. Building on that method of control, both novels have a strict hierarchy of society used to control the masses. However, the most interesting comparisons are more subtle. Both authors use children in unique ways to maintain control on the population. Skilled readers will also discern that both authors use hope as a means of control; however, it has differing results.

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Brabury, and 1984, by George Orwell are booth science fiction novels that have elements of fantasy. Although they are science fiction they each can be still known to connect to our current society. Many themes in the novels society can relate to our society, such as government corruption and human interactions.

Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. During the reaping in The Hunger Games, they show a video from the Capitol and it is a propaganda video. It tells them that if they don’t perform The Hunger Games, it will end in a war and rebellion against the Capitol. It also tells them that the tributes are heros and help them to remember the people who fought in the rebellion. The rebellion was held by District 13, and they fought against the capitol, so they said that in order to keep peace they must punish all for district thirteen's actions. There is no longer a District 13. They also mention that the games are their way of forgiving the districts. A final example of propaganda from The Hunger Games is when Haymitch tells Peeta and Katniss to convince the people watching they love each other. He says that if they were “star crossed lovers” they could get more sponsors and people would feel sorry for them. Another characteristic used in The Hunger Games, is that citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. When the tributes are in the arena there are cameras everywhere. The people watch them from a room and react to situations. For example, when Katniss was sitting in a tree, a person in the room informed Seneca, who is the game maker that makes obstacles, that she was heading towards the end of the arena. The way they knew that was because she had a tracker on her and they can see her on the cameras. Another element of dystopia that is displayed in The Hunger Games is that they live in a dehumanized state. The Capitol is rich and they have all the luxuries, while some districts can barely survive. District 12, where Katniss and Peeta were from, are the coal miners and they were very poor. They actually lived in the As you move up the districts they get more wealthy, one of the higher districts get a training school before the games and they volunteer to be in

Since the people in the society of Panem view the country as a locked down, restricted and a place full of inequality, Dystopia is one of the main themes of The Hunger Games. “Dystopia is an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one” (Dystopia).The book is based on Katniss Everdeen’s point of view who is a part of district 12 which you will find out is not one of the best districts to reside in. The government is totalitarian and therefore views the whole situation as a part of a utopian society. The whole picture of the book could be described as a food chain, the weak on the bottom and the strong on the top. In the Hunger Games itself, kids fight to their death so that the world can be entertained. The games are also publicized through the media. The government of Panem makes it seem like it is okay to do what they are doing, however, the people in certain districts would say otherwise. Propaganda is used to control the citizens of the society.

A dystopian society in literature is defined as the oppressive societal control. Also, in a work of literature about dystopian society, the government uses propaganda to convince the people that they are living in a utopian society. The government is always totalitarian which means that the

The society of Panem, in the film ‘The Hunger Games”, is constructed with the Capitol and its 12 subsidiary districts. Each district provides goods and produce for those in the Capitol. This happened while the latter governed the districts with strict laws, the worst of which was the event called “The Hunger Games.” It is a Capitol sponsored battle royale that features 12-18 year old tributes from each of the 12 districts. This immortalizes the consequences of the past rebellion of the districts against the Capitol by demonstrating their power and control through the games.