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The Importance Of Dystopia In The Hunger Games

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By analyzing the industries and wealth of each and every district we may come to the conclusion that district 1,2 and 4 are known to be the “career districts” which have much positive orientation towards Hunger games. Even though there is poverty and malnutrition prevailed in some impoverished districts, their tributes are generally healthy and strong enough to participate in the Hunger games. These districts give much importance to volunteers who can gain victory and hence regarded to be the highest. The children in these districts were often raised specifically to participate in the Hunger games even though it is against the rule of Hunger games. They are thus trained in the arts of combat and survival. These children are typically …show more content…

Utopia is nothing but the utter reflection of perfect world, where the problems like oppression, war, poverty, etc are completely excluded from the society. The direct use of this term “Utopia” was first used by Sir Thomas More. There is always a close resemblance between “Utopia” and the Greek words “no place”, “Outopos” and “good place”, “eutopos”. In his work More depicts a vision of ideal state. It is a society of highly desirable perfect qualities. It has to be noted that Plato’s “Republic” is said to be the first philosophical utopia. According to him par excellence should also has a place in fathomable world. Ernst Bloch had made a remark that “spirit of utopia” provides the content of the “hope principle”. It is an idea which focuses on better future for the people. The important characteristics of utopias are peaceful government, equality among the citizens, accessing education, health care, employment and enabling safest environment. The visions provided by the utopia have greatly affected the rise of several political movements in modern …show more content…

Most of the characters that are frequently isolated will be in contact with the natural world. Sometimes the characters were supposed to avoid nature as it was considered to be a dangerous social element in the novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ as well as Bradbur’s short stories. In the novel ‘Brave New World’ the lower society of people are conditioned to be away from nature because they are very much afraid of nature. Also in the novel ‘The Machine Stops’ by E.M. Forster the condition of contamination of atmosphere was depicted. Because of the highly changed global environment people were forced to live in the undergrounds. The destruction of nature because of the excessive pollution can be seen in dystopian films

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The elders fail at making at making a utopia because they ejected things that they thought they were bad for the community, such as eliminating individuality of people. We can clearly see that the elders try to take away the individuality of people because if you estimulate the individuality of people they will begin realizing that the lifestyle they are living is wrong. The elders have also taken away from the community because colors can make you see a perspective of something or experience new things from your point of view. A lot of individuality has been taken off the community and

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“The happiest man is he who is first in goodness and justice, namely the true king who is also king over himself.” (Plato) In view of this quote, Plato is making the affirmation the ideal life of prosperity is only achieved through holding true to one’s self. All of these writings come from the logic of what is judged, not by

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It is explained by saying, “that dream of a better, richer, and happier life for all our citizens of every rank which is the greatest contribution we have as yet made to the thought and welfare of the world” (Carpenter 5). This is saying that people can dream to have a better life along with more happiness and that the thought of this is the greatest contribution to the rest of the world. This can include people dreaming of what they

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The Hunger Games: A Modern Day Odyssey? The Hunger Games is about a civilization that randomly selects two members from the different districts. Those two members are then forced to fight in an “arena” in which there is only one victor. In a way the Hunger Games is very similar to the Odyssey. The Odyssey begins years after the Trojan War has ended and Odysseus has not returned home.

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Watching people suffer is an astonishing action that people love to see. This happens all throughout the world, with movies, shows, and even in schools. In the film, The Hunger Games, the world is similar in a creepy way. It shows people suffering, while others sit back and enjoy watching people suffer. The Hunger Games is trying to warn people around the world about segregation reoccurring, entertainment of suffering, and the effects of poverty on young people.

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In conclusion, poverty and freedom are the most common form of social/political issues that can be seen in real world that are very well documented in the novel Scored and in the film The Hunger Games. There is an interconnection between freedom and poverty. If there is freedom, it means that the government is taking action to keep people happy and because of that, there is less poverty. This is usually not the case. Most governments try to get the best out of its citizens and leave little for them and this causes poverty.

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The twelve districts in theory should view the Hunger Games as the necessary tool that keeps Panem from uprising and self-destruction, however, the reception of the Games in the really poor districts clearly shows that the Capitol cannot reform them to think so. Statistically, the poor districts are always the most likely to lose one year’s competition because they lack resources to train tributes and their children are starving. Therefore, the response to the Hunger Games in the poor districts who are on the brink of starvation is the most dramatic. Citizens of districts such as 11 and 12 can only view the Games as injustice because once a child is chosen at the Reaping he or she is evidently doomed to die. There are rare exceptions as the

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The Hunger Games trilogy revolves around universal dystopian themes such as :oppression, rebellion, class tension as well as appearance vs. reality ," Collins creates the world that on one hand seems quite improbable and extreme, but on the other, vividly reflects some specific issues in a real world, like social inequalities, ignorance and passivity of the people" (Macanić 7). Oppression is perhaps the most common and prevalent dystopian theme as it serves as a warning against a highly probable dark future through shedding light on the dark side of contemporary trends such as advanced technology and reality TV-shows .The Capitol 's oppression operates on two levels; districts and individuals. The districts in general and districts 11 and 12 in particular have suffered great injustices at the ruthless hands of the Capitol ; however, there is no greater injustice than The Hunger Games themselves not only are the people of Panem forced to surrender their children as tributes for the Capitol 's citizens viewing pleasure for a crime they had no hand in committing ,but they are also forced to watch helplessly as their children are killed in the most brutal of manners .In Catching Fire (2009) , President Snow decrees that " the male and female tributes will be reaped from their existing pool of victors" in order to get rid of Katniss once and for all ,and to further assert the Capitol 's dominance and quell any thoughts of rebellion(172).

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“Perhaps the greatest Utopia would be if we could all realise the no Utopia is Possible” Quote by Jack Carroll Good Afternoon/Morning Mrs Ramchandra and my fellow classmates. What is “Utopia” Exactly? The Definition by the Oxford English Dictionary explains it as “An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect” But to simplify the meaning it could be seen as an “Imaginative World” This Concept of creating the Utopian Society/World has been thought about across the centuries. In fact one of the most recognisable events in history was aimed to create this perfect world.

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Introduction: In the novel “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins an important idea the writer developed was the idea of Governmental Control and Oppression. This idea was important as it helped me understand an important message for teenager, the idea that laws could control some populations and abused of its power could cause those living suffering. Paragraph 1: Governmental Control in the “Hunger Games” was something that was really highlighted as people in the capitol had control over those living in the district. The district had strict laws inflicted upon them, making life difficult.

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The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is typically called a dystopian novel. Since it sheds the light upon a utopian society that is controlled by the government. A society that is fooled by the totalitarian government of the Capitol in order to maintain power, and prevent the uprising of the Districts.that authority is practiced by making people from the districts live in a dehumanized state using another form of dystopia which is propaganda for the reason that they showed them the penalty of disobedience. Another characteristic of a dystopian society that we can see in the novel are keeping the players during the games under surveillance at all times, and everywhere. The last thing that make "The Hunger Games" a supreme example of a dystopian society is the fact that freedom is restricted by forcing the families from the districts to send their kids to death, also known as the hunger games.

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Responsibility is key to survival in The Hunger Games because you must be responsible and careful before making a decision that depends on your life. “The price of greatness is responsibility.” (Winston Churchill) In The Hunger Games, two tributes, one male and one female under the age of eighteen, must leave their district to go and compete in The Hunger Games. While in the games all twenty-four tributes must fight to the death to entertain their Capital city.

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In Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, the concept of happiness is introduced as the ultimate good one can achieve in life as well as the ultimate goal of human existence. As Aristotle goes on to further define happiness, one can see that his concept is much different from the 21st-century view. Aristotelian happiness can be achieved through choosing to live the contemplative life, which would naturally encompass moralistic virtue. This differs significantly from the modern view of happiness, which is heavily reliant on material goods. To a person in the 21st-century, happiness is simply an emotional byproduct one experiences as a result of acquiring material goods.

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The famous Roman orator and senator Publius Tacitus once wrote that “the more the laws, the more corrupt the government.” A corrupt system always tries to put restrictions and create laws in order to ensure that their power as an authority is not in danger of being disregarded. In Suzanne Collins’ renowned novel The Hunger Games, the Capitol is a corrupt system in Panem because it abuses its powers to control the citizens. It does so by forcing restrictions on the freedom of the people, favoring the rich and imposing harsh punishments.

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On the other hand, there is Capitol who has political control in the nation of panem. The story starts when each district must offer a male and female between the ages of 12-18 at a public reaping as a penance for their uprising. The tributes which are male and female shall be delivered to the Capitol and then transferred to a public arena where they will fight with other district until a lone victor remains. This tradition called the hunger games. The story centers was coming from poor district 12 where Katniss and Peeta as their tributes.

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