Hunger Games Part 2

My initial thoughts on why I believe the author wrote this book remain the same, but I would also like to add on to the purpose and message behind the writing of The Hunger Games. I still believe that Suzanne Collins wrote this book to open our eyes to the true side of war, the way how young adults and teens are exploited and used during war. I would also like to say that this book touches upon the issue of governments having too much power over their people and exploiting them in certain ways. The topic of war and governments having too much power are closely related because often times when a government has too much power, another country steps in to fix this. A modern day example of this is how the US has gotten itself involved in Libya in order to kick out the president Ghadafi.

Back to the book, an example where the government shows an over exertion of power is when they already have the teens in the hunger games, but they set up a perfect scenario for bloodshed, "When food is scarce, the game makers will invite players to a banquet, somewhere none to all like the cornucopia, as an inducement to gather and fight" (244).  This  quote portrays the image of how the government is corrupt and will exercise its immense power in order to strike fear into the public. It also demonstrates how the government does not seem to care about what the hell happens to the players the whole point of the banquet was to gather them up and to pit them against each other in a fight. This relates to war in general because troops are placed in specific areas on purpose because certain areas draw the attention of the enemy. Some troops are just used as decoy or bait to draw out the enemy. Its sad but its true.

To the naked eye The Hunger Games may seem like your typical novel about survival and violence, but upon further analisation the book reveals a deeper meaning of war and corrupt governments.