The Hunger Games Should Be Banned

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Have you ever been mad at the government for a law or just something that they did and thought of doing something about it? What's stopping you from stepping up to the government? In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the Government has laws that limits the citizens freedom and the way of living, Therefore the citizens want to do something about it. Even if they did do something about it there are risks that can put them in danger. I believe that if a government is wrong, the citizens of that country need to do something about it. When Katniss began training for the hunger games she performed in front of the government to prove what she’s capable of. Suddenly Katniss became furious because she has her life on the line in the

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