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The Role Of Totalitarianism In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

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Collins ridicules the idea of war by exaggerating the fact that the various side has enough power and dictatorship to control the citizens by slaughtering one another. The other characters of the novel who are slowly introduce play a major part to. Peeta Mellark the fellow tribute from district 12 provides the much needed hope in the novel. He remains the stable one throught the games on whom Katniss leans on. Apart from these two we have Gale Hawthorne, Primrose Everdeen, Haymitch Abernathy, Cinna, Seneca Crane, President Coriolanus Snow, Effie Trinket and so on, who all represent a part or an aspect of the society. There are five major aspects that need to be addressed in the Hunger Games that contribute to dystopia. They are: a) Totalitarian
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