The Cruelty And Corruption of The Panem Government
The Cruelty used in Panem is a sign of what a corrupt country could look like. The corrupt government also contributes to the suffering of all the other people who live in Panem. Suzanne Collins the author of “The Hunger Games” captures the sense of the corruption, and cruelty of the Capitol.
The corruption in Panem is shown in all the districts as all of them have limited rights and almost no freedoms. People in Panem are treated differently known as a hierarchy. The Capitol is in control on whatever they do and they basically see them as subjects or people who can be thrown away. The Capitol kills whoever they want and the people can do nothing and if they do they would be killed along with them. The president Coriolanus Snow is an evil dictator that seeks to make people suffer endlessly. Some districts are treated differently such as district one who enjoys the pleasure of luxury and district twelve who starves to
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In “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins Katniss says “ Rue’s death has forced me to confront my own fury against the cruelty, the injustice they inflict upon us.” This states that Rue's death was just another part of the game. The sophisticated torture of the twelve districts is so vile that everyone who reads the book can practically feel the pain that the other twelve districts feel. The oppression that the others feel is represented in the book. Suzanne Collins has explored the depths of the hunger games brutality. In the hunger games Peeta states “ Only I keep wishing I could think of a way to… to show the capital that they don’t own me. That i’m more than a piece in their games.” this explains that the Capitol just wants to use them for their own game. Forcing people to watch some of their friends or family slaughtered to remind them that they are in