Tropes In The Hunger Games

A torrid of young adult novels centering on a select group of young heroes defeating a corrupt institution have been published recently, beginning most notably with the publication of the immensely popular Hunger Games, which opened the floodgates for hundreds of similarly-themed books to invade the market. Arriving on the scene during the decline of the dystopian genre's popularity, The Program follows a predictable storyline and contains recycled tropes. Because of the predictability of the plot and the somewhat deus ex machina ending, The Program may not engage teens. Sloane and James began showing interest in each other when James was simply a friend of Sloane's brother, but the catalyst that brought them together as a couple was her brother's

death. Sloane expects James to uphold his impossible promise to keep them safe from the Program and James gets jealous of Realm despite the fact that Realm promised to leave the relationship with Sloane in the past, which shows her dependency on him and his possessiveness over her- both of which fall under the symptoms of a codependent relationship.The ethnicities, exact ages, and other nonrelative details of the characters are mostly left undefined. Aside from Sloane's mother's sporadic praise, there is no input from the pro-Program group.