The movie The Hunger Games is more than just a fantastic futuristic view on anarchy and governmental corruption after an uprising (war). The movie touches on many moral and ethical issues, not limited to the murder of innocent children, violence, corruption and instilling fear. Panem is where the story takes sometime into the future where the world is divided into twelve districts and ruled by the Capitol. The districts represent territories and the Capitol is the government that rules them. The districts were ridden with famine like conditions, torn down neighborhoods and citizens struggling to survive. To keep the people in line after the uprising the Capitol instituted a reaping cleverly coined as the hunger games as a tool to control the already downtrodden …show more content…
The Capitol represents the hunger games as penance of bringing war to Panem. In reality it was a sick and twisted power struggle on behalf of the Capitol to demonstrate who yielded the most power. The reaping was an event that was held every year to continue the tradition of the mercy the Capitol believed it bestowed upon the citizens and to cultivate continued peace and harmony. But the hunger games were far removed from peaceful and harmonious, the Capitol pulled innocent children from districts to sacrifice for their own perverse need to show strength. The Capitol viewed the reaping as some sort of national holiday; celebratory even. While the districts loathe it because it meant that someone’s loved one would not be returning. The Capitol citizens lived lavishly and extravagantly while the people of the districts suffered. Ironically, when the chosen ones known as Tributes are sent to the Capitol for the hunger games, food and comforts are plentiful. The Capitol also used previous victors from past hunger games as mentors for the new Tributes. They show Tributes how to gain sponsors to help during the games as the