Essay On Catching Fire By Katniss

Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, a 281 page novel, the n-word occurs approximately 48 times. The frequent use of the word demonstrates the racial biases and prejudices that occur daily in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a black man gets unfairly sued and proven guilty due to racial bias. In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, Katniss uncovers the truth about District 13 despite the government’s lies which made her develop untrue biases. Both Lee’s and Collins’ books demonstrate a bias that distorts reality. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the theme of unquestioned biases distorting reality is demonstrated when Scout hears others call her and Atticus a n****r-lover. When Scout is talking with Francis during

Scout’s biases distort reality by making her believe that she is superior to a group, specifically black people, for no reason. In The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins reveals the theme of unquestioned biases distorting reality through Katniss’ perception of District 13. When Katniss meets strangers in the forest and hears that they want to go to District 13, she immediately tells them “‘There is nothing but rubble,’. ‘We’ve all seen the footage’” (Collins 187). Katniss says that District 13 is all destroyed because of what she has seen on TV her whole life. She doesn’t question if what she has seen is the truth or not, and due to the TV, she has developed a bias that distorts her view of District 13 and the people living in it. When Katniss returns from the forest, she pays attention to the TV clips and realizes that “The reporter has simply been incorporated into the old footage. She's not in District 13 at