The Hunger Games: An Example Of A Totalitarian Government

According to Merriam-Webster, totalitarianism is “the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority”. In other words, this is a government in which citizens living within have fewer rights and are controlled by an absolute power, and whatever the power demands goes. In some cases, the “government” can be one person (Kim Jong-Un). For example, if the government feels that workers are getting paid too much, they will use their authority to lower wages without the consent of the citizens. An efficient example of a totalitarian government is in the movie The Hunger Games. In The Hunger Games, the government used the Games (a test of survival within a controlled environment; 24 go in, 1 comes out) as a tool to obtain domination and control over its citizens. This tool drives hope within its societies by promising the survivor of the Games wealth other working-class citizens could only dream of. On …show more content…
Citizens (clones) were given an opportunity to be selected at “random” to go to an “island paradise” when in reality they would just be killed, and then have their organs donated to the people they were based off of. This false promise gave them the hope of leaving a bland life to go live a more relaxing/exhilarating one. However, heartbreak also occurred because the friends of the citizen chosen would never see them again. Before the selection, excitement and anticipation would run through the community. During the selection, similar feelings would rise. After the selection, several emotions such as jealousy, sadness, and sheer happiness would be felt. After everything is said and done, an unknowing citizen is murdered, and other citizens are left not knowing the true reality behind the selection to go to the island and the murdered citizen is becomes an involuntary organ donor, all for the purpose of a rich citizen somewhere else in the world to cheat