Comparing Oedipus Rex And Katniss

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The third form is the semiconscious, this means that human being are not completely aware of the suffering they are causing but they know someone is suffering. For example in the Capital they are aware tributes get killed during the game for their amusement, but it is not perceived by the people as something they are creating. Another example is Effie, she goes to district 12 so she sees the poverty and dispart of the people living there. Also she gets very excited when she meets the tributes and shows them the food, the clothes ant the place they get to stay for a couple of days. But her unconsciousness is interrupted by Katniss remarks and pain. Levinas explains that his totalizing sphere of the self can be broken open and transformed in …show more content…

The problem is that the people who are born in the districts are destined to be a type of workers they need in a specific district. At the same time Aristotle would say that there are some people in the Capital who do not belong there. But the citizens of the Panem cannot choose according to their aptitudes, and their predilections. They are bound to do what society tells them, this way human flourishing will never be possible. For example Peeta should be a painter and he should be given the possibility to do so, not just on cakes. He was able to paint parts of nature on himself, this allowed him to survive the Hunger Games. Such as the flute player, Peeta should be given a brush, colors and a canvas. another brutal example of how this society is not letting people choose but it is deciding for them is when Cato right before he dies he says to Katniss “I’m dead anyways, it is what I always wanted right? the only thing I know how to do , bring pride to my district”. In his district they have academy and they prepare possible tributes, so they volunteer after this academy and they are pushed to