In today’s world, dystopian works are a grossing book topic, simply because of how realistic they can feel to the reader. Although there are numerous different topics amongst dystopian novels, 1984 by George Orwell and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins both share the common theme of using authority to control their citizens. For example, in The Hunger Games, the Capital puts teenagers through a horrifying arena to fight to the death for their district, which is strikingly similar to the Romanian Colosseum from 80 CE. Similar to the idea of death and humiliation for control, in 1984, Orwell uses the idea of extreme surveillance and public humiliation as a form of authority to obtain the control that the government is seeking. Between these
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The conflict in the Hunger Games really portrays how much power the government has over their citizens because they can force a district to give two volunteers to fight to the death in an arena style fight. Seemingly enough, the poorer districts have a much more difficult time in the arena, simply because of not being as prepared as the other districts. Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.” (Collins) This quote from page 76 really shows the true intent of the Games, itś simply the government showing how they are in control of the citizens and will always be. ¨Conform or be like district 13¨, previously, the government destroyed the last district, district 13, for attempting a rebellion. This, again, proves that society is ruled by violence and flourishes in chaos and …show more content…
Big Brother is used as a tool to allow the citizens to know they are being watched all day, 24/7. Usually, surveillance is used as a hidden technique, but Orwell uses it in an unorthodox manner, allowing the novel to progress in a much more different tone compared to The Hunger Games. ¨Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC.¨(Orwell 4) In 1984, Orwell uses Big Brother infrequently, just like how the citizens forget they are being watched all the time. 1984 uses an interesting combination of surveillance and violence to create a completely moldable society that Big Brother can
The conflict in the Hunger Games really portrays how much power the government has over their citizens because they can force a district to give two volunteers to fight to the death in an arena style fight. Seemingly enough, the poorer districts have a much more difficult time in the arena, simply because of not being as prepared as the other districts. Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.” (Collins) This quote from page 76 really shows the true intent of the Games, itś simply the government showing how they are in control of the citizens and will always be. ¨Conform or be like district 13¨, previously, the government destroyed the last district, district 13, for attempting a rebellion. This, again, proves that society is ruled by violence and flourishes in chaos and …show more content…
Big Brother is used as a tool to allow the citizens to know they are being watched all day, 24/7. Usually, surveillance is used as a hidden technique, but Orwell uses it in an unorthodox manner, allowing the novel to progress in a much more different tone compared to The Hunger Games. ¨Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything, except the posters that were plastered everywhere. The black mustachioed face gazed down from every commanding corner. There was one on the house-front immediately opposite. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption said, while the dark eyes looked deep into Winston's own. Down at street level another poster, torn at one corner, flapped fitfully in the wind, alternately covering and uncovering the single word INGSOC.¨(Orwell 4) In 1984, Orwell uses Big Brother infrequently, just like how the citizens forget they are being watched all the time. 1984 uses an interesting combination of surveillance and violence to create a completely moldable society that Big Brother can