The Hunger Games: Oppression And Tyranny

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All in all, Oppression and tyranny are not a destiny but a part of our choice. Katniss deliberately defies the rules of the games, protects other tribute Peeta, her lover, and refuses to kill him as she chooses to oppose that totalitarian regime and not to be an object anymore. In a place where human bodies are used for entertainment and bloody actions are a source of amusement, we must put an end to it and disposing of it. Everyone deserves a better peaceful society where justice takes place and tyranny has nothing to do in. The Hunger Games exemplifies the tyrannical dictatorship of the government and how the people suffer from poverty, social corruption and they even could die from hunger in Panem. Furthermore, can you stand living in a

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