The Hunger Games By Megginson: An Analysis

“It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.” , Leon C. Megginson. All organisms carry a certain type of drive. We are endowed with the instinct to prevail; the instinct to survive. Whether this innate drive leads a hungry vagrant to resort to larceny to escape the draining poverty, or influences a soldier to commit treason in order to do what he finds expedient and will save his life, we will find the manner of surviving despite the circumstances.

Unfathomable situations, in fact, lead people to act on further unthinkable measures in order to persevere. In August of 2010, 33 Chilean miners were trapped in a 121-year-old gold-copper mine, 700 meters underground. Many of the miners suffered of pneumonia, dental infections and corneal problems. In interviews with the victims, some of them suggested that they had indeed considered suicide and cannibalism at various points in the course of the tragedy. Troubled, torn apart, and utterly distressed, the situation nearly precipitated the miners to take forth drastic actions for the sake of their sanity.

The book, The Hunger Games, tells the story of a girl and her sister—Katniss and Prim—in their struggle to overcome emotional and physical challenges under President Snow’s reign. An annual event is held by the government in which 2 participants from each district are selected and sent to battle to death. Prim is selected; nevertheless, due to Katniss’s evergreen love for Prim, she volunteers in her place. Katniss essentially sacrificed herself for her sister’s life, showing the extremes that people will seek in order to save lives, even if they lose theirs in the