The Hunger Games and The Lottery have many similarities and differences in terms of the dystopian society that is portrayed in each selection. The main event that happens in each story portrays the dystopian societies that they both contain in a few different ways, as well as a similar one. The purpose of the event in The Hunger Games and The Lottery is extremely different from each other. The hierarchy within each dystopian society also has some similarities and contrasts. Each of these stories has many characteristics that are alike and not alike in terms of the dystopian society that is portrayed in each.…
The Hunger Games is a novel about the "haves" and the "have nots -that is, the people who have money and the people who have money and the people who dont. The capitol has many of it. while the capitol is weathier than other districts, some of the districts have advantages than others. For example they can train there own people to get read and do well int he Hunger Games- a competiton they see as a ay to gain glory and fame. How about the poor districts? Well, they dont have much of an advantage there. District 12, Katniss's District, is an coal minning region that never stands a chance in the games. They view the games as a punishment that must be edured- Something that robs them of their children and family.…
Now in the film The Hunger Games there are a lot of themes that mirrored in our society today. First and foremost there is the politics of Panem. The government, or “The Capitol,” is corrupted. Their control over the country “Panem” is very iron like in the fact that they control everything from resources to where you can go and what you can do. After awhile of this the districts get fed up and rebel. The capitol succeeds in quelling this rebellion and then to prevent any more rebellions actions or from being embarrassed, they, the Capitol, ensure their power/superiority over their people through a “holiday” they created called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death between two tributes from the twelve districts displayed on a television program which is mandatory and to be enjoyed.…
The Hunger Games is a book series ripe with ethical issues. Panem is a post apocalyptic America in which the series takes place. The country is divided into 12 Districts and one Capitol that rules over them. As a response to District 13's rebellion, The Capitol instated The Hunger Games in order to keep the remaining 12 districts at bay. The Games involve a male and female tribute from each district between the ages of 12 and 18 to be taken from their homes and forced to fight to the death in a tournament. The victor will get a years supply of food for their district. Katniss is the District 12 tribute that the series follows in her journey to fight in the Games and overthrow the tyrannical Capitol. Katniss is a hunter and relies on the survival skills she’s acquired from her daily life to survive in the Hunger Games. Katniss’ killing of other tributes is not based on a desire for murder, but instead a need to survive. In the film adaptation of The Hunger Games Gary Ross, the director, had a difficult job to present children murdering and copious amounts of violence in a shocking, but not sensationalistic way. Ross' ethical approach to depicting children killing each other was presented in a manner that condemned the violence instead of hailing it. The camera angles and fast paced editing helped add a dimension of reality to the movie that reinforced Ross' vision of criticizing the Capitol in Panem as well as the violence in the movie industry as a whole.…
How can you stand by and watch those who create evil, continue? Albert Einstein once said, “The world is dangerous to live in, not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and let them do so”. This quote relates to The Hunger Games on many levels. This paper will attempt to explain the meaning of Einstein`s quote, along with the ramifications of condoning evil by three distinct characters in The Hunger Games. The characters identified as condoning evil are President Snow, the Peace Keepers, and the Citizens from various Districts. This paper will not only explore the evil nature of these characters; it will also demonstrate how evil is portrayed within their society.…
“The Hunger Games” is a very interesting book that makes you think. Throughout the book you can see Panem’s government/society is very similar to ours in terms of democratic foundations, the ideal citizen, media role, and government role.…
What made The Hunger Games a breathtaking story was its influences and similarities from the Greek tale Theseus. A similarity shown in both stories are the two major events, the Hunger Games and the sacrifices for the Minotaur. Another similarity in the two tales is the creation of monsters that plague both Panem and Greece. Lastly, what these two fables have in common is the bravery and courage of their main characters. The Greek myth Theseus was one of the fundamental influences of the incredible novel by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games.…
While the circumstances of The Hunger Games novel are viewed as extreme, many have noted that the novels are more similar to “the real world” than we would like to think. While today’s generation is not forced to fight to the death, many can relate to the theme of survival. “The hunger and starvation experienced by the districts can relate to issues in the United States by comparing the Capitol’s wastefulness to that of the U.S. population” (Simmons). Despite being a work of dystopian fiction, the issues of class inequality and the struggle to survive are extremely relevant to today’s society, and the parallels between such a harsh world of fiction and the one that we live in today has contributed to the mass popularity of the…
The Hunger Games is a book by Suzanne Collins, which is narrated by a sixteen year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle to the death. Some over arching themes in the book is politics and an overbearing government. This can be seen through the social hierarchy that the…
“The Hunger Games takes place after the destruction of North America, in a nation known as Panem, which consists of a wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. District 12, where the book begins, is located in the coal-rich region that was formerly Appalachia. As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol in which a 13th district was destroyed, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected by annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised event in which the participants (or "tributes") must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol until only one remains. The story follows 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th annual Hunger Games in place of her younger sister, Primrose. Also selected from District 12 is Peeta Mellark, a baker's son whom Katniss knows from school, who once gave her bread when her family was starving” (Wikipedia 1).…
A Dystopian society is depicted as a vision of society in which conditions of life are miserable and characterized by poverty, oppression, war, violence, disease, pollution, and the abridgement of human rights – which all result in widespread unhappiness and suffering. The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Michael Radford 's film 1984 of George Orwell both incorporate such dystopian societies expressed through themes of power, versions of reality, oppression and rebellion.…
3. The Hunger Games is an annual horror fest of murderous slaughter of innocent children. It is a “game” forced on 24 citizens ages 12-18 by the head government of the capitol. Only one of the 24 children comes out alive. The district the victor comes from is reworded with food and other goods. This is why it is called the hunger games, the winning district has a better chance of not starving.…
There are many similarities and differences between the book and the film version of The Hunger Games.…
I think the Hunger games depicts a horrendous dystopia because Suzanne Collins makes the Hunger Games as a child slaughter match. She makes the characters such as the Game Maker as a man who takes orders from a bigger man who is sick minded as he reminds the 12 districts that we can take your children no matter what and make them fight in the glorious Hunger Games. He also gives each District a speciality trade which they have to work and provide the Capitol with all the supplies that they can gather and leave barely anything for themselves.…
Katniss Everdeen- Katniss Everdeen is a teenage girl who lives in District 12, a poor coal-mining region in the country of Panem. She's a volunteer tribute in Panem's annual Hunger Games, having taken the place of her younger sister in an act of heroic self-sacrifice.…