Similarities Between Fahrenheit 451 And The Hunger Games

A dystopia is a futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system. Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games both display characteristics of a dystopian society. In both the book and movie, elements of a dystopia are exhibited. The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 451 have many things in common. In both, they have lost compassion and empathy for people and living things. This ties into the idea of how citizens conform to uniform expectations because everyone is supposed to

Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. During the reaping in The Hunger Games, they show a video from the Capitol and it is a propaganda video. It tells them that if they don’t perform The Hunger Games, it will end in a war and rebellion against the Capitol. It also tells them that the tributes are heros and help them to remember the people who fought in the rebellion. The rebellion was held by District 13, and they fought against the capitol, so they said that in order to keep peace they must punish all for district thirteen's actions. There is no longer a District 13. They also mention that the games are their way of forgiving the districts. A final example of propaganda from The Hunger Games is when Haymitch tells Peeta and Katniss to convince the people watching they love each other. He says that if they were “star crossed lovers” they could get more sponsors and people would feel sorry for them. Another characteristic used in The Hunger Games, is that citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance. When the tributes are in the arena there are cameras everywhere. The people watch them from a room and react to situations. For example, when Katniss was sitting in a tree, a person in the room informed Seneca, who is the game maker that makes obstacles, that she was heading towards the end of the arena. The way they knew that was because she had a tracker on her and they can see her on the cameras. Another element of dystopia that is displayed in The Hunger Games is that they live in a dehumanized state. The Capitol is rich and they have all the luxuries, while some districts can barely survive. District 12, where Katniss and Peeta were from, are the coal miners and they were very poor. They actually lived in the As you move up the districts they get more wealthy, one of the higher districts get a training school before the games and they volunteer to be in