The Hunger Games Rhetorical Analysis

Munachiso Achilike Achilike 1 Ola Geszczynski ENL1W1-02 June 4, 2024.

Is it right to use violence for entertainment? In the Capitol arena, violence becomes a chilling show for the repercussions of the districts. But can we justify its cost to human suffering? In the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the use of brutal force and violence is used in the tributes for the enjoyment of the viewers. In several instances, the capitol sacrificed the safety and well being of the tributes to spice up the show and show their control over the districts. In the book, we are enlightened on the capitol’s various instances of implementing various creatures that cause harm to the tributes. The Hunger Games' portrayal of violence as entertainment forces us to

The Hunger Games is known to be an action packed show for the viewers from the Capitol. The gamemakers who are responsible for the controlling of the location, biome, wildlife and all the resources that the tributes have to use do everything in their power to make the show more interesting. In the process of doing this, there is negligence in the lives of the tributes. Throughout the novel it is evident that the lives of the tributes are unimportant towards the gamemakers. This is evidenced when the Capitol created a wall of fire to draw the tributes closer to one another. “I’m barely on my feet before the third ball hits the ground where I was lying, sending a pillar of fire up behind me”(Collins 175). The gamemakers did this in an effort to spice up the games and round up the remaining tributes, but at the same time they completely disregarded human life. Katniss was injured and almost killed by fireballs that were ejected from the wall of fire. This is clear evidence of the tribute's lives being sacrificed and disregarded for the enjoyment of others. Collins shows this again when the game makers release aggressive creatures that chase and attack the remaining tributes. Towards the end of the hunger games, the gamemakers implemented dangerous wolf-like creatures. The “Muttations” are the same. No question about it, he said. I’ve never seen

In chapter 1 of the Hunger Games, the mayor tells the story of Panem. He narrates on how all the districts rebelled against the capitol causing mass killing and the usage of dangerous mutated creatures to control the rebels. During the initial reign of the capitol over the districts, there was a relative peace when the capitol held control over all districts. Despite the poor treatment, there was a contingent sense of calm. The districts understandably wanted a change to the unfair rule of the capitol, but their uncalculated eagerness for vengeance ruined the peace they had and made life harder for themselves by trying to go against the system and they paid dearly for it. So the hunger games now serve as a punishment to the districts as to why they should not go against the capitol ever again. As the reader progresses through the novel with the topic in mind, it really makes the reader question if the capitol really had to do what they did. Another evidence of the proposed justification of the capitol's wrongdoing is when, in several instances, Katniss has intentions to do things that retaliate towards the Capitol and cause bloodshed. Tired of being used as a pawn, Katniss has always wanted to retaliate against the Capitol so many times. She has