Authors attempt to portray human experience through characters and the different challenges they face. The average person will never be stranded on an island or be placed into a battle arena. As a result, these appalling situations cause human responses that one would normally not do. In Golding’s Lord of the Flies and in Ross’ The Hunger Games, central characters are either inherently good, somewhat stumble into ferocity, or completely descend into savagery. People placed into a dangerous situation, such as being stranded on an island or in a battle arena, do not always turn to aggressive actions. This is the case with Piggy. Despite violence occuring on the island, including the hunting of pigs, Piggy keeps to himself and decides not to
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Roger is someone who fits the bill. He loves to torture others, which is evident when he helps Jack force SamnEric to join their tribe. Roger truly began to perform his violent acts after he, “took up a small stone and flung it between the twins...some source of power began to pulse in Roger’s body” (194). This citation highlights the beginning of Roger’s descent. Soon after this incident, Roger purposely pushes a boulder off a cliff, aimed directly at Piggy. His intent is to kill Piggy, and that is the end result. This portrays Roger’s cruel and uncivilized manner as it was his own choice to murder a fellow boy on the island. Cato, being from District Two, is trained to kill prior to the Games. He was the last remaining tribute that Peeta and Katniss had to kill before winning. Cato’s evil personality is quickly established when he immediately starts attacking other tributes when the competition begins. He kills one tribute from District Four and beats up the other, and also injures the male from District Ten. Cato could have played it safe and ran into the forest, but instead he did not waste any time and tries to kill as many others as possible. These early attacks from Cato set the tone for what he would do during the rest of the Games. Roger and Cato completely descended into savagery and would do whatever it takes, even if it meant murdering others, to stay
Roger is someone who fits the bill. He loves to torture others, which is evident when he helps Jack force SamnEric to join their tribe. Roger truly began to perform his violent acts after he, “took up a small stone and flung it between the twins...some source of power began to pulse in Roger’s body” (194). This citation highlights the beginning of Roger’s descent. Soon after this incident, Roger purposely pushes a boulder off a cliff, aimed directly at Piggy. His intent is to kill Piggy, and that is the end result. This portrays Roger’s cruel and uncivilized manner as it was his own choice to murder a fellow boy on the island. Cato, being from District Two, is trained to kill prior to the Games. He was the last remaining tribute that Peeta and Katniss had to kill before winning. Cato’s evil personality is quickly established when he immediately starts attacking other tributes when the competition begins. He kills one tribute from District Four and beats up the other, and also injures the male from District Ten. Cato could have played it safe and ran into the forest, but instead he did not waste any time and tries to kill as many others as possible. These early attacks from Cato set the tone for what he would do during the rest of the Games. Roger and Cato completely descended into savagery and would do whatever it takes, even if it meant murdering others, to stay