Tuesday, September 25, 2012

How does the novel, The Hunger Games, fit in to the genre of dystopian literature?Some literary examples would be appreciative like maybe quotes or...

A dystopian society is basically a police state with
unlimited control over its people. It many times has humans abusing and/or misusing
technology.  In The Hunger Games, the Capitol controls the food,
district boundaries, and occupations of the people in each district.(Chapter one). The
people live in fear.  The people even allow them to take two children from each district
- ages 12-18 - to die in the Hunger Games each year.  They have coerced the population
to allow their children to place their names in the reaping more than once so that the
family can survive. (pg 14).  When the Hunger Games begin, the children are placed in a
huge arena controlled by a computer.  The computer creates hardships, physical and
mental (pg 334), which drain the tribute's energy, strength, and morale, making them
easy victims for the stronger competitors.  It sends food (pg 238) and medicine (pg 261)
from their districts, exhibiting strong control over the games. It even changes the
rules (pg 244) in the middle of the game.

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