Comparing The Hunger Games And The Road By Cormac Mccarthy

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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel about a powerful capitol reigning over twelve districts keeping them in constant fear of being wiped out, and their children being used in games of survival for entertainment. Katniss Everdeen is the heroine in this novel and she must survive the televised Hunger Games in order to live. The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a post-apocalyptic novel about a man and his son surviving each day while fighting to remain the good ones. The man and his son walk each day down a road while trying to find food, shelter, and stay safe from cannibals. A common theme each novel has is the struggle of identity while surviving. Many real people in the world have this struggle of being successful or just