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Social Commentary In The Hunger Games By Susanne Collins

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Science fiction in my opinion is often used as social commentary. Social commentary is defined as a spoken or written act of rebellion toward an individual or group; commentary on social issues of society. There are plenty of hidden messages from author. Take Susanne Collins novel The Hunger Games, for example.This fascinating story could work as a center piece on table hidden messages. A Commentary on society, an article written by Alexander Vassillidis on March 29, 2012 states most opinions that the author of The Hunger Games was trying to convey in the novel. Some of the aspects would be obsession with reality television and expectation of outer beauty. The most significant message she was trying to articulate was wealth against poverty. …show more content…

Veronica Roth, the author of Divergent along with many others has done the same. In an article titled The Divergent movie is Social Commentary for Simpletons ,written by Laura Hudson on March 24, 2014 states the reasons behind the Veronica Roth aspiring trilogy. The government much like the leaders of Erudite are somewhat threatened by non-conformity. They want all of us to be the same and to all be treated the same . Also we all play our own roles in the community, where we fit in the best , which would be our faction. Jeanine Matthews who is the leader of Erudite even says in one of her speeches that non-conformity is a threat to peace. Another prime example is included in Aaron Taos article named , “The Givers Dystopia: Total Equality and No Humanity” , written on September 18, 2014. This passage starts out with a quote that reads ”Submitting to censorship is to enter the seductive world of The Giver. The world where there is no bad words and no bad deeds, but it also where choice has been taken away and reality distorted. And that is the most dangerous world of all.” Lois Lowry. She wrote it to where a world is without war, poverty, suffering, and

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