Hunger Games Theme Essay

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In the novel Hunger games, the themes in this story is about a Capitol filled with crazy people who only worry about themselves. Having control over life and death over teenagers is a remorseful thing to do. Unlike the poor, they don’t have to worry about their children starving or having to make to decision to tribute like most of the children in the districts. The setting of the book The Hunger Games is in a post-apocalyptic North America by the name of Panem. At the beginning, Katniss lives in District 12 until later she travels to the Capitol to compete in the annual Hunger Games. The main idea of the hunger games is that there is a capitol and the districts and the capitol is the wealthy people and they own the districts. The tone that Collins wants to put out is that …show more content…

For example, that the bird reminds Katniss of her father, who loved mocking jays very much, and loved to whistle and sing with them. Also, seeing the dandelions, Katniss realizes that she will be able to feed her family with food she can gather from the forest What other people might consider useless, Katniss turns into her family's sustenance. This is both a lesson in survival. Many times, in The Hunger Games did she use allusions to show the bad things such as cliques in school, poverty and even the war's that are going on. Unlike other books that are just about survival, The Hunger Games shows the other side of characters’ lives and their emotions. Collins made a perfect environment, the mayor of District 12 describes the history of Panem: “He lists the disasters, the droughts, the storms, the fires, the encroaching seas that swallowed up so much of the land, the brutal war for what little sustenance remained. Katniss is the protagonist in this novel, she has the leading role and kills it. She is beautiful acting tom boy who isn’t afraid to be in the hunt to win for her family who needs her to provide for

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