The Hunger Games: A Perfect Society

Dystopias are often looked at as a failed attempt of creating a "perfect society". They are often made up, like the world of Panem in The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. However, sometimes they become a reality, like the Holocaust that happened during World War II. Although they aren't exactly the same, the Holocaust is similar to the world of Panem in The Hunger Games because they both have sadistic leaders, loyal followers, and both are attempting to be a perfect society. In The Hunger Games, President Snow is the face of the nation, the leader of the government and the man who has total control and power. He is most likely insane, for many reasons. The main reason is because he runs the Hunger Games, forcing teenagers to kill each other like animals trapped in a cage and then rewards them with food and better shelter. In the real world, Adolf Hitler was another psychotic man that attempted to gain total power. He made people think that committing genocide wasn't wrong. President Snow runs Panem in a very fixed way, not allowing different districts to intertwine. He also wants to keep total control of the world around him. He is proven as being sadistic because he says "Happy Hunger Games." He wishes that everyone enjoys watching …show more content…
The founders of Panem must've thought it would be efficient to divide up different goods and services into different districts. However, the Hunger Games aspect was not a good idea. The idea of having teenagers kill each other for the entertainment of others was horrible. Then, when Katniss and Peeta rebelled, it revealed the flaw in this "perfect society". Hitler killed Jews because he thought it was the right thing to do. He was trying to create his "perfect society" with the Aryan race and the extermination of the 'weaker' humans. "We shall regain our health only be eliminating the Jew.” He truly believed that Jews were evil and detrimental to our