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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a perfect example of
a text that has running themes similar to other texts. Collins wrote about the future where Panem is
the only remaining civilization, consisting of the Capitol and 12 districts,
formerly 13 districts. Each district is
responsible for contributions to the Capitol.
For example, District 1 is the luxury district and its industry involves
producing luxurious items for the Capitol.
Whereas, District 12 is the mining district, so its no mystery that
there industry involves providing the Capitol with coal. District 13 was in the industry of producing
nuclear weapons for the Capitol. In
response to the Capitol’s unfair treatment of the districts, District 13 rose
up and fought against the Capitol’s authority with the weapons that they were
producing. The war lasted for a while,
but eventually the Capitol prevailed and destroyed District 13 in its
entirety.
To remind the remaining 12 districts that the Capitol is
all-powerful and will always be in control, every year on the anniversary of
the destruction of District 13, the Capitol holds a Hunger Games. In other words, each district is required to
provide two tributes between the age of 12 and 18 (one male and one female) to
go to the Capitol arena and battle to the death. The victor of each Hunger Games is the
Capitol’s way to remind each district of the Capitol’s generosity in not
destroying every district during the war.
Also, parents and family are forced to watch their young ones die on
broadcasted television to remind them that defying the Capitol brings nothing
but pain and suffering.
In the Old Testament, as long as the people serve God, then
God will provide for them all that they need.
However, whoever defies God has had fair warning not to do so and will
be punished. While reading the Hunger
Games, whenever the Capitol talked about providing for the district and
intolerance of district’s defiance, stories from the Old Testament would run
through my mind.
Which stories ran through your mind? Could you be more specific? Are you saying that the Capitol represents God's wrath? I'd love to see you expand on your last paragraph. I want to know more.
ReplyDeleteI can kind of see where you are going with this. The more the people follow the leader, the more content they will be and if they disobey, the people will be punished. Having read the books and watched the movie, thats the idea I got about Panema. But I also think that is as far as the Old Testament and Hunger Games have in common.
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually read the Hunger Games but I saw the movie so I'm familiar with what you're talking about. I think the story could be related to a lot of the stories in the Old Testament, if not the entire book as a whole. I never thought of either stories as simple as if you obey your master then good things happen. The Bible is also being used a lot more than I would have though in these post. I used it in mine and thought people were going to criticize me for trying to compare something to the Bible but I guess I was wrong.
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