Rebellion Against A Greater Power In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games

Rebellion against a greater power a very big part of this book. “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. In this book a girl and boy from each of the twelve districts are chosen to enter an arena. The two chosen kids from district 12 are these “star crossed lovers” who are fighting to survive the game. In the novel The Hunger Games, some examples of standing up to the capital are all the times when Katniss snuck under the fence in district 12, when Katniss buries rue in flowers, and when Katniss and Peeta threaten to eat the berries in the game. Towards the beginning of the book Katniss talks about how her part of district 12 is near the edge of the fence. She continues to say that even though it is illegal to go past the fence

During the game Katniss teams up with Rue, who she says reminds her a lot like Primm. Before separating from Rue they say that if they were safe they would Rue’s four note song, after Katniss doesn’t hear the four note song she gets worried and starts looking for her. When Katniss finds Rue, she is killed by a career tribute. After killing the other tribute she wants to show the audience that they are their own people. She does this by flowers all around Rue’s body.On page 237 it says, “One stem at a time, I decorate her body with flowers…. They’ll have to show it. Or even if they choose to turn the cameras elsewhere at this moment, they’ll have to bring them back when they collect the bodies and everyone will see her then and know I did it.”The quote from page 237 is telling the reader that Katniss is covering Rue’s body with flowers for many reasons. It also shows the reader that Katniss wants the audience to see what she did to Rue’s body. By Katniss wanting the audience and the capital to see what she did to Rue’s body, she is seen as rebelling against the capital because the point of the games is to see people’s true

While waiting to get taken back to the capitol the gamemakers announce that the previous rule is no longer in play which meant one of them would have to kill the other. Katniss uses the star-crossed lover situation that they are in to give the gamemakers an ultimatum. She does this by risking both her and Peeta’s lives by eating nightlock berries, this gives the gamemaker an ultimatum of having two victors or having none. On page 344-345 it says, “One. Maybe I’m wrong. Two. Maybe they don’t care if we both die. Three! It’s too late to change my mind…. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare….Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen I am pleased to present the victors of the seventy fourth hunger games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark.”This quote helps to show that Katniss and Peeta did this hoping that the capitol would stop them before it’s too late. This quote also helps show that the capitol had given in to them and didn’t let them die. This situation is one of the biggest examples of standing up against the capital in the novel. They willing to both die and the capital not letting them gives the people in the districts hope that it’s possible to defeat