Comparing Themes In The Hunger Games And The Hunger Games

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A multitude of authors have written novels about a dystopian society in which most of them share similar themes and motifs. These novels present a government that unjustly revokes the citizens from their freedoms and ability to live a prosperous life. Most of the characters that follow the government rules live in oppression and a repetitive lifestyle of making their contribution to the leader. Throughout reading the novel 1984, the reader could make several connections to The Hunger Games series because of the comparable ideas and themes. These two novels share the similar ideas of which the birds represent hope for the people, giant screens allow the government to communicate to the citizens, and multiple divisions that provide for the whole …show more content…

However the lower class, proles and Outer Party they face hunger, wear shabby clothing, and work blue collar jobs. While the Ministry of Plenty calculates surplus of materials and production, in actuality many of Outer Party members and proles lack basic necessity items. This leads to the illegal trading in the black market which could get the Outer party members arrested. The Hunger Games also has a similar society because they have the Capitol members that live a posh, luxurious life while the district citizens do the laborious work. Capitol members have no care for living a meaningful life because they purge their food, dress in ridiculous clothes, and have an absurd adoration for television. This extreme difference in the two classes emphasizes the severe mistreatment and oppression that occurs. Also it shows that no change in society can come for the oppressed because the elite citizens remain oblivious to real-world problems while the lower class continues to stay too impoverished to rebel. The extreme level of maltreatment to citizens show how both of these novels uphold a dystopian

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