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Censorship In Suzanne Collins 'The Hunger Games'

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In Suzanne Collins novel 'The Hunger Games' Katniss (protagonist of THG) censorships her on thoughts of the people that controlled Panem as she fears for how the safety of her family could vanish 'I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out....about the people who ruled our country...Eventually, I understood this would only lead us to more trouble.' Collins uses the semantic field of fear through the words 'Scared...death...trouble' to indicate to the reader that Panem is a state that is repressive and violent toward their own citizens. Katniss isn't oblivious at the fact that Capitol of Panem is oppressive, leading to the self-censorship to create an innocent look to the peacekeepers( who are there with the job of stabilizing the people of the districts and maintaining order. The …show more content…

Orwell's 1984 which depicts the tale of a dystopia, in which a hierarchical system known as 'Big Brother' and The Party, Control and oppress everyone in absolute power. Winston (protagonist of 1984) lives in this dystopian world where he is force to think and work for this overpowered organization. Although Winston commits a crime against the dominant force 'Big Brother' as he meets a girl which results in sex crime,' Her body was white and smooth, but it aroused no desire in him, indeed he barely looked at it. What overwhelmed him in that instant was admiration for the gesture with which she had thrown her clothes aside.' Orwell's use of language ' Aroused..admiration...overwhelmed' outlines the feeling of physical attraction. This feeling isn't present in Winston as it contradicts Big Brothers laws which would result in punishment if Winston was to fall victim to it. However, Katniss is seemingly forced into a on screen relationship to boost her chances of survival which is the opposite of Winston

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“And right now, the most dangerous part of the Hunger Games is about to begin.” (Collins 359) This sentence towards the end of the young adult dystopian novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is the culminating factor to the dangers of punishment. In this part of the book, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have just won the Hunger Games. Normally, for these games, there is only one winner, but Katniss had the idea that she and Perta would eat a lethal berry unless the rules stayed true to the adjustment that was made earlier on in the game. The original plan was that if the last two people were from one district they would both win, but the Capital of Panem, the place where the games are run, changed the rule back to its original

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Censorship is defined as “when a person of group successfully imposes their values upon other by stifling words, images or ideas” (Gould 2009). When we think of censorship, we think of the bleeping out of words on television and the radio. Sometimes we censor ourselves in conversation around small children or in a professional environment. However, most people do not think about the censorship of literature. A famous example is when Hitler would collect piles of books and burn them because they did not match the ideals of his regime.

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