The Government Have Too Much Power In The Hunger Games

In today’s time, the government has its sticky hands on pretty much anything and everything. They have control over more than I believe they should. From, spying on their own citizens through phones to controlling how much taxes that should be paid on every item. They also think that they should get a certain amount of a person’s earnings even if it is through the lottery. Although I’m only 18 and don’t know much about the harsh reality called life, I feel like the government has gone completely out of control. Every nook and cranny that they can stick their nose in, it is already there. In Suzanne Collin’s book, The Hunger Games, she talks about the power hungry government in Panem, more specifically President Snow. By making her main character Katniss, she argues that leaders of the government shouldn’t have that much power over their citizens. I agree with her argument because government …show more content…
I don’t know if it is just a mustache thing or they were both too high on their horses. They caused a lot of pain and suffering in most of Europe, that if they would have been the kind of leaders who were trying to help their own people instead of themselves, history might have changed for the better. The Holocaust might have never happened and all those people the Stalin killed, could realistically be still alive. The world could have been a whole different world if these two lead for the right reasons and didn’t obtain as much power as they had. This point brings me back to The Hunger Games. If President Snow and the government ruled with a different hand and didn’t have that much power, the districts might be a livelier place to live. The Hunger Games wouldn’t exists because District 13 wouldn’t have a reason to revolt. In conclusion, I believe that one person shouldn’t have that much control over everybody, because it just doesn’t work out in the