The Hunger Games the Ethical Struggle
Once upon a time in the long distance future in the nation of Panem (actually the US if someone thinks about it) there was a rebellion. The rebellion was between the Capital and District Thirteen and with that District Thirteen was demolished. To display the Capital’s force they decided to force each district to offer one male and one female to participate in a gladiator type game where only one survived. “May the odds ever be with you” is a saying that advertise the game. This “lovely” game is known as the Hunger Games.
Katniss Everdeen grew up in district twelve the poorest district known for the coal for the nation. She had a very happy childhood till her father passed away in a freak mine explosion …show more content…
She is fickle, dependable and erratic at sometimes but what sane person is not. The guy that kept her from drowning in her nightmare got tortured by President Snow and completely changed. Though when the rebellion was over she and him both mentally. She continued living a virtuous life and she eventually ended up with the one person that helped her continue that life style. Katniss Everdeen grew up to very virtuous human being despite all her hardships. How does The Hunger Games (written to present a dystopia future) present an ethical position? This movie and book trilogy shows despite all hardship people go through does not mean you cannot be a virtuous person. Does it display a particular ethical problem and an approach to solve it? It show that there is pure evil that wants to destroy anyone that even attempts to leave a virtuous life and the very solution is to be courageous and do not let the Snows of peoples life tear down your character. Does that approach work? Yes the solution works because in the book and moives she remained herself and became a virtuous person. How would you solve the problem using a theory from class? Well to have virtue and to have a good life is to flourish beyond the destruction. If there is a
Once upon a time in the long distance future in the nation of Panem (actually the US if someone thinks about it) there was a rebellion. The rebellion was between the Capital and District Thirteen and with that District Thirteen was demolished. To display the Capital’s force they decided to force each district to offer one male and one female to participate in a gladiator type game where only one survived. “May the odds ever be with you” is a saying that advertise the game. This “lovely” game is known as the Hunger Games.
Katniss Everdeen grew up in district twelve the poorest district known for the coal for the nation. She had a very happy childhood till her father passed away in a freak mine explosion …show more content…
She is fickle, dependable and erratic at sometimes but what sane person is not. The guy that kept her from drowning in her nightmare got tortured by President Snow and completely changed. Though when the rebellion was over she and him both mentally. She continued living a virtuous life and she eventually ended up with the one person that helped her continue that life style. Katniss Everdeen grew up to very virtuous human being despite all her hardships. How does The Hunger Games (written to present a dystopia future) present an ethical position? This movie and book trilogy shows despite all hardship people go through does not mean you cannot be a virtuous person. Does it display a particular ethical problem and an approach to solve it? It show that there is pure evil that wants to destroy anyone that even attempts to leave a virtuous life and the very solution is to be courageous and do not let the Snows of peoples life tear down your character. Does that approach work? Yes the solution works because in the book and moives she remained herself and became a virtuous person. How would you solve the problem using a theory from class? Well to have virtue and to have a good life is to flourish beyond the destruction. If there is a