Wealth In The Hunger Games

Fame and wealth have a power that people can use and take advantage of. Money gets to people’s head and will change them. In Suzanne Collin’s book, The Hunger Games, power, fame and wealth can determine life or death. “Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death.” (fourth cover) In an interview with Suzanne Collins she was asked about what the most difficult part about writing the book was. She replies to the viewers by telling them “when you’re going to write a story like The Hunger Games, you have to accept from the beginning that you’re going to kill characters.”(Collins, Suzanne. Interview by Rick Margolis. “A Killer Story: An Interview with Suzanne Collins, Author of ‘The Hunger Games’: Under Cover” SLJ.com. Rick Margolis, 1 Sep. 2008. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.) In the novel, the capitol is the government figure in Panem with all of the wealth and power, that controls the unwealthy 12 districts. Each of these districts run an industry such as coal mining, and farming. The governments in countries today are in relation to the capitol in the book, they abuse their
“The Hunger Games are an annual event, in Panem, in which young boys and girls fight to the death in a televised battle.”(Collins, Suzanne. n.a. ¨Suzanne Collins Biography.¨ Biography.com. Biography.com Editors, n/a. Web. 17 Feb. 2016.) The capitol is wealthy enough to be in charge and control all of the districts and the people within them. They use their power of being able to control the games and their wealth to control the people of the districts. The Hunger Games happen every year when tributes from districts compete in an arena for their lives. “Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.” (1.75) These games are put together and ran by the capitol. The capitol could be looked at as the government of Panem, in The Hunger