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Theme Of Autonomy In The Hunger Games

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An individual’s autonomy will change and be affected by the authority that the individual is under. The Hunger Games (published in 2008) is a novel by Suzanne Collins, who successfully identifies how and individual’s autonomy can be affected. The theme of authority impacting one’s individuality in explored carefully through the eyes of Katniss Everdeen. The role of the government definitely controls an individual’s freedom, limiting their autonomy and not allowing them to do whatever they desire, the government has the ability to control any individual’s autonomy as they ranked highest in social class in society. Being poor can also affect one’s autonomy as they are limited of their freedom due to issues involving finance, they are unable to do as they like due to their poverty and social rank in society. Gender equality is another factor that can limit one’s freedom as males are considered more powerful in the modern era than females.

The government has the ability to control every individual in society as they have the highest rank in society. The districts of Panem are all under the authority of the Capitol and the government as they have the utmost power between them. “They’re already taking my future! They can’t have the things that have mattered to me in the past!” The technique used in this quote is tone. Katniss says this quote in a very worried quote, as they have the ability to force Katniss into telling the audience about her past and is resulting in telling the audience about District 12. She has no freedom among the citizens of the Capitol as she has very …show more content…

The Hunger Games explores the experience of the poor and their minute value in autonomy. The poor are an insignificant group of people in society as they do not have the ability to do anything as they wish due to financial

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