Marxism In The Hunger Games

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The series of “The hunger games” by Suzanne Collins is science fictional novel portraying the world of advanced technology with societal problem of class distinction and division. The Book 1 “The hunger games” reveals the reader to the world of Panem of 13 District ruled by Capitol. The Book II “Catching Fire” reveals the effect after the 74th hunger games on the people of Panem and union of rebel against Capitol. The Book III “Mockingjay” gives aftermath of rise of rebellion and chaos of war for survival to change the system. In above all, Marxism is portrayed in series of “The Hunger Games” through the district division, the power of Capitol and rebellion to change for better. This also leads the reader to see the picture of aftermath of …show more content…
It is like a punishment from Capitol to all the district for the rebellion action of District 13. The hunger games is held each year by selecting two tributes(or representative of one male and one female) who are from the age of 12 to 18 from each district during reaping. The term “Reaping” itself sound like those people of 12 Districts are treated like crop by the Capitol to harvest for their own entertainment. The protagonist Katniss Everdeen and her friend Gale had registered their name since te age of 12. There is another benefit of registering the name for the games as the individual gets the ration of wheat grain and oil as many times as their name had been registered for each game. As Katniss Everdeen and Preeta Mellark journey their lives from the reaping day till the end of games, they realizes that what the people of Capitol enjoyes as food in one meal can sustain her family or any families of 13 districts for a week or two. Throughout the series of “The Hunger Games”, Collins portrays the hunger and struggling of the people in the districts while the Capitols dictates and enjoy. The games area known as areana also becomes a historical sites after games for the Capitol residents to visit for vacation to “rewatch the games, tour the catacombs and visit the sites where the deaths took place” (Collins,

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