Dystopia In The Hunger Games
In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins depicts a dystopian world, in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist, Katniss? Is she able to choose to be, behave, and do, as she wants?
The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen, who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government who control the people and all the resources by fear, cruelty and by withholding food and forcing children into killing themselves in the Hunger Games. The establishment of the Hunger games is a form of control by the Capitol.
When Katniss’ sister Prim gets selected to play in the games, Katniss selflessly takes her …show more content…
They are first set up with a team of stylists to get them presentable for the games to be televised. At first Katniss is apprehensive and has negative views on them, thinking they are all shallow, since they are after all a part of a system run by the Capitol. She feels they don’t know what it means to be truly human as they have become desensitised by the tragedy happening around them. However she meets her main stylist, Cinna who she learns to trust because he does not fit the stereotype at all and becomes a friend to her. Cinna shows Katniss that people are defined by the choices they make, rather than who they are. He eventually assists in her rebellion against the Capitol such as holding hands with Peeta during the parade. Katniss allows herself to play along in the games and put on an act in front of the cameras, because she feels that is what the viewers/ sponsors want to see. She also plays along in a “love story” between Peeta and herself in order to evoke sympathy from watchers to send them
The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen, who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government who control the people and all the resources by fear, cruelty and by withholding food and forcing children into killing themselves in the Hunger Games. The establishment of the Hunger games is a form of control by the Capitol.
When Katniss’ sister Prim gets selected to play in the games, Katniss selflessly takes her …show more content…
They are first set up with a team of stylists to get them presentable for the games to be televised. At first Katniss is apprehensive and has negative views on them, thinking they are all shallow, since they are after all a part of a system run by the Capitol. She feels they don’t know what it means to be truly human as they have become desensitised by the tragedy happening around them. However she meets her main stylist, Cinna who she learns to trust because he does not fit the stereotype at all and becomes a friend to her. Cinna shows Katniss that people are defined by the choices they make, rather than who they are. He eventually assists in her rebellion against the Capitol such as holding hands with Peeta during the parade. Katniss allows herself to play along in the games and put on an act in front of the cameras, because she feels that is what the viewers/ sponsors want to see. She also plays along in a “love story” between Peeta and herself in order to evoke sympathy from watchers to send them