Hunger Games And French Revolution Essay

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If rulers are busy suppressing people they wont be able to do the important work of leadership. We all know that President Snow and King Louis XVI were ruthless rulers and didn’t take care of there people. In the book Hunger games and the historic era of French revolution these unjust acts occur.
Firstly, President Snow in hunger games was very mean to his people because he didn’t care what happened to them. President Snow forced children form each of the 12 districts to take part in a dangerous game which he did because he was scared from his people and didn’t want him to stand against them so he killed anyone who was against his laws President Snow was wasting money on a game and didn’t benefit his people at all President Snow was scared

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