Essay On Capitalism In The Hunger Games

Society creates “groups of people social relations [to become] the culture’s foundation” by providing “force of production (‘such as food, clothing, shelter, and other necessities’)” (Dobie 89). The economic system regulates the economic circumstances and economic conditions following up by the historical situation. The production of a society is structured into two classes such as the bourgeoisie, “who controls the mean of productions”, and the proletariat, “the workers controlled by the bourgeoisie” (Dobie 89). Both literary texts The Hunger Games (film) directed by Gary Ross and “I, Too” (poem) by Langston Hughes show the economic system regulating the society’s circumstances and conditions into the division of two classes in their society that is capitalism. The structure of capitalism of different classes determines the power of the people who are leaders despite evil or good while the powerless people are the followers despite equal attentions or struggles. It is agreed upon that a society cannot be …show more content…
In Panem, the Capitol was the driven one in their world. The people of the Capitol receive entertainment by the distribution of the two members in each of the 13 districts to be trained and sent to play the hunger game. They clearly oppress the people of the 13 districts in connections through arts and entertainment and politics. The power of televising a competition for entertainment is a social mentality in their society that they cannot see because it is a social norm. They can see that the members are actually fighting to death in what they televise but they cannot feel empathy towards the proletariat class struggles because they are in control therefore it feels natural. In connection to Marxist theory, a society is formed by a perception of the social class, which President Snow holds an authoritarian-totalitarian dictatorship perception in their