Stereotypes In George Orwell's The Hunger Games

studying us, discovering our weak points, deciding whether we are good enough or not. Well, good enough for what? I was six years old when they brought me here. What the hell did I know? They decided I was right for the program, but nobody ever asked me if the program was right for me,” (Card 143).

This is awful to read about how these children are growing up and how their mindset is after living here for a certain amount of time. Also, according to Dink, “The Battle School doesn’t create anything. It just destroys,” (Card 144). Throughout his time here, you can easily tell this little child has become depressed. He is living life every day by just going through the motions and feeling trapped no matter where he goes, “I’m trapped here,

Katniss always knew that the games, President Snow, and The Capitol were all corrupt, but that really didn’t come into play until she entered the arena. This is shown once they hear the announcement that only one person can win the games again, “Yes, they have to have a victor. Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemaker’s faces. They’d have failed the Capitol. Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country. If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were…,” (Collins 344). By eating the poisonous berries at the same time, this would show Snow that he doesn’t control them, that they are sick people. Katniss and Peeta want to do what is right and show the Capitol that this is wrong and that this should not be allowed. This is the main reason why Snow didn’t want people to get any ideas to rebel against him, so he knows Katniss must be eliminated as she now becomes the rebellions mocking jay. Rebellion in this story is an issue because, “…In adolescence, authority appears oppressive, and perhaps no one feels more under surveillance than the average teenager…. The adolescent craves more power and control, and feels the limits on his or her freedom

His new job rules consist of it being okay to be rude to people, to keep secrets from people, and the biggest one of all to lie. Basically, “The Giver depicts the conflict between the power of the individual and the power structures of a totalitarian society and suggests that radical social change may be possible through courageous acts of resistance,” (Latham 3). This book is able to show the readers about the power systems of our own society and have people question how powerful change can occur especially socially.

In Enders Game, rebellion is a strange concept. We have rebellion within Ender’s world, and we have rebellion when dealing with the aliens. For a first example, Peter and Valentine, two kids, manage to dominate the worldwide political system through their control of adults. They do this be becoming Locke and Demosthenes. This point in the book, Ender realizes just how much a of an unstable person he has become,

“’Don’t tell me ‘No, Ender.’ It took me a long time to realize that I did, but believe me, I did. Do. And it came down to this: In the moment when I truly understand mu enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in