In the modern day United States was the country of Panem, where their Capitol took their power for granted. They took many of the basic rights and freedoms that we have today away from the districts. Not only were the districts limited to their rights, but the Capitol itself was limited. With District 12, the poorest District, having a volunteer tribute, they are getting shocking reactions from the rest of the Districts. The Hunger Games is a young adult, fiction book on how the country of Panem honors the dark days, while to the inner-districts it seems to be a punishment. All the Districts sacrifice one man and one woman to fight to the death for entertainment. The author of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, shows the theme of inequality
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Here are some examples of how District 12 doesn't have the freedom of travel. Katniss has never been on a train before because she isn’t allowed to travel. Katniss says, “the speed initially takes my breath away” (). Katniss doesn’t know how fast and what a train feels like because she isn’t allowed to travel out of her district. Another example is how Katniss isn’t allowed to go in the forest, but she does anyways. “I always take a moment to carefully listen for the hum that means the fence is live”. Gale and Katniss have to sneak under a fence that is sometimes electrified, and go into the woods to hunt for food and things to trade with the black-market. They are forbidden to leave their district, unless told otherwise. The next example is how they can only leave when told by an official. District 12, along with the rest of the districts can only leave asked. Katniss says, “Of course, I’ve never been on a train as travel is forbidden except for officially sanctioned duties” Nobody from any district is allowed to leave, unless they have a duty, such as the ones Katniss and Peeta …show more content…
The first example of how district 12 is towards the beginning of the book. Since Katniss, and the rest of District 12 are poor, they need food. So, they have to add their name more times in with the rest of the names in order to get bread and oil. Katniss says, “The reaping system is unfair, with the poor getting the worst of it.” Since Katniss’s family is poor, they don’t have a lot of food. Because of their lack of food, they choose to put their name in more for bread and oil. Another example of inequality is, the older you get, the more your name gets put in. You start out at age 12, when your 13 your name is put in twice, the older you get the more times your name is put in. Katniss says, “And so on and so on until you turn 18…” Katniss describes the unfair system of tessarae. It’s even worse for the poor people because they add their name in even more. The last example of non-equality is how some people get better sponsors. Since Peeta and Katniss are from a poor district, they have to work harder for sponsors. “Unfortunately I can’t seal the sponsors for you…” says Effie. Instead of having Effie be able to talk to the sponsors, Haymitch has to talk to the sponsors, and he isn’t the best
Here are some examples of how District 12 doesn't have the freedom of travel. Katniss has never been on a train before because she isn’t allowed to travel. Katniss says, “the speed initially takes my breath away” (). Katniss doesn’t know how fast and what a train feels like because she isn’t allowed to travel out of her district. Another example is how Katniss isn’t allowed to go in the forest, but she does anyways. “I always take a moment to carefully listen for the hum that means the fence is live”. Gale and Katniss have to sneak under a fence that is sometimes electrified, and go into the woods to hunt for food and things to trade with the black-market. They are forbidden to leave their district, unless told otherwise. The next example is how they can only leave when told by an official. District 12, along with the rest of the districts can only leave asked. Katniss says, “Of course, I’ve never been on a train as travel is forbidden except for officially sanctioned duties” Nobody from any district is allowed to leave, unless they have a duty, such as the ones Katniss and Peeta …show more content…
The first example of how district 12 is towards the beginning of the book. Since Katniss, and the rest of District 12 are poor, they need food. So, they have to add their name more times in with the rest of the names in order to get bread and oil. Katniss says, “The reaping system is unfair, with the poor getting the worst of it.” Since Katniss’s family is poor, they don’t have a lot of food. Because of their lack of food, they choose to put their name in more for bread and oil. Another example of inequality is, the older you get, the more your name gets put in. You start out at age 12, when your 13 your name is put in twice, the older you get the more times your name is put in. Katniss says, “And so on and so on until you turn 18…” Katniss describes the unfair system of tessarae. It’s even worse for the poor people because they add their name in even more. The last example of non-equality is how some people get better sponsors. Since Peeta and Katniss are from a poor district, they have to work harder for sponsors. “Unfortunately I can’t seal the sponsors for you…” says Effie. Instead of having Effie be able to talk to the sponsors, Haymitch has to talk to the sponsors, and he isn’t the best