Diving Deeper into Dystopian In the books, The Hunger Games and Divergent, both demonstrate a dystopian society. Both of these books are described as an unpleasant place that is filled with misery and dehumanization. After reading both of these books, one would probably hope that they would never have to go trough anything described in the stories. However, these books relate a lot to our society today and do not differ much from how our government runs. Even though we do not have the “hunger games” or five factions, we have different classes and people with higher power who like to control everyone. The Hunger Games and Divergent both have big similarities with various components of dystopian literature. Both of the books have a society
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The first one is the districts and factions, mentioned earlier, are similar to our labor unions. Our labor unions are separated into categories like the factions and districts. Each on is used for a specific purpose and people usually pick where they go. They pick a job that they are good at or enjoy, like in Divergent. In these labor unions, workers make food, clothing, and supplies that other people can use to their advantage. The Tyson industry would be an example of this. They buy chickens from chicken houses and use them for their chicken. This is similar to The Hunger Games and how the Capitol collects everything the districts makes. Another way these books relate to the society today is the divide of rich and poor. People are put into different classes based on their income; just like how people in Divergent choose a faction they are more suitable for. A simple break down of the classes is the rich and the poor people. The rich people have more money so their lives are much more easier than the poor people. They can afford food, better living conditions, and luxury items. They are also a lot more popular then the lower class. The lower class consists of the poor people. This class of people does not have a lot of money; they do not have fancy items, and cannot afford a lot of food if any. They are not as important so people do not pay attention to them and take advantage of them. It is very easy to tell how these books can also relate to our
The first one is the districts and factions, mentioned earlier, are similar to our labor unions. Our labor unions are separated into categories like the factions and districts. Each on is used for a specific purpose and people usually pick where they go. They pick a job that they are good at or enjoy, like in Divergent. In these labor unions, workers make food, clothing, and supplies that other people can use to their advantage. The Tyson industry would be an example of this. They buy chickens from chicken houses and use them for their chicken. This is similar to The Hunger Games and how the Capitol collects everything the districts makes. Another way these books relate to the society today is the divide of rich and poor. People are put into different classes based on their income; just like how people in Divergent choose a faction they are more suitable for. A simple break down of the classes is the rich and the poor people. The rich people have more money so their lives are much more easier than the poor people. They can afford food, better living conditions, and luxury items. They are also a lot more popular then the lower class. The lower class consists of the poor people. This class of people does not have a lot of money; they do not have fancy items, and cannot afford a lot of food if any. They are not as important so people do not pay attention to them and take advantage of them. It is very easy to tell how these books can also relate to our