Violence In R. Jewell's The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games received harsh criticism for the component of the plot where children battle to the death in horrifying scenes while the nation gladly watches, like spectators at an athletic event; critics argue that this is implausible. However, history and current events prove that the setting and scenario described in the novel are quite possible. For example, in the past lynching and gladiators fighting were two of the many violences that was watched by many people for entertainment. For instance back in the day if a black man, woman, or child committed a crime they would be publicly lynched. The lynch mobs, which consisted of people who lived in the town, would drag the victims from their homes and stab, beat, shoot, or even hang the person. All of the town’s residents stood on the side and watched everything …show more content…
Violence has definitely widespread in sports, the more violence the more viewers. Seeing people get physically hurt draws in many viewers, for some reason it amuses them. Today you’ll see a lot of fighting in sports. R Todd Jewell say, “People like to see big dudes smashing into each other, if you take away the violence there would be no football”. The more action the more fans. I personally think that is true because when something like that happens it makes me want to watch it even more. Every reailty tv show I watch have some sort of violence. Bravo TV reportedly became one of the most watched networks because of the fighting that goes on. Today it’ll be really hard to name a TV show that didn’t contain it ,or some one who didn’t like it. If there aint no fighting there aint gone be no viewers. Jerry Springer and The Bad Girls Club are both shows that promote it. They have their cast members physically and mentally abusing each other to draw in viewers. So, critics are wrong because people have been enjoying violence for a long time now and to this day its still a major entertainment for