Everyone enjoys a bit of competition. Most sports have so much money in them such as soccer with players getting over 100 million pounds a year. The Hunger Games (2008) written by Suzanne Collins thoroughly examines this topic through the games. In the novel Katniss Everdeen has to compete in the annual hunger games with many obstacles on the way. Using narrative conventions Suzanne Collins shows how although The Hunger Games is set in a fictional world, it is really about the modern world such as violence, inequality and the obsession with appearance.
The idea of violence is explored in the novel through characters, in particular the avox girl. The characters known as the avox’s are people who have done something wrong and get punished with …show more content…
In the setting of The Hunger Games the people in District 12 are really poor and the people in the Capitol live in luxury. An example of the poor setting in District 12 is; “District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety” (7). When Katniss and Peeta were traveling to the games they saw the Capitol as: “They have not quite captured the magnificence of the glistening buildings in a rainbow of hues that tower into the air, the shiny cars that roll down paved streets, the oddly dressed people with bizarre hair and painted faces who never missed a meal” (59).The novel explains how unequal District 12 and the Capitol really are through the setting were District 12 is explained as a place where people don’t have enough to eat and the Capitol to be spectacular with rich people. This reflects modern society because in our world there is a massive difference between the rich and the poor in particular the United States. So, the idea of inequality is explored in the novel, this reflects the modern world because countries like America have people who own global companies and people who struggle to feed …show more content…
The character known as Ceaser Flickerman is the interviewer for the hunger games and always looks too perfect. An example of the worlds obsession with appearance is “They do surgery in the Capitol, to make people appear younger and thinner” (124). Ceaser reflects this exactly; “Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. Same hairstyle that he dyes a different colour for each hunger games” (124). The characters from the novel that live in the Capitol all have an obsession with appearance and will be looked down upon if they don’t look perfect. This reflects modern society especially people like Kylie Jenner. So, the idea of the worlds obsession with appearance is present in the novel, this reflects modern society because people like Kylie Jenner who is only 20 has already had plastic surgery on most parts of her
The idea of violence is explored in the novel through characters, in particular the avox girl. The characters known as the avox’s are people who have done something wrong and get punished with …show more content…
In the setting of The Hunger Games the people in District 12 are really poor and the people in the Capitol live in luxury. An example of the poor setting in District 12 is; “District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety” (7). When Katniss and Peeta were traveling to the games they saw the Capitol as: “They have not quite captured the magnificence of the glistening buildings in a rainbow of hues that tower into the air, the shiny cars that roll down paved streets, the oddly dressed people with bizarre hair and painted faces who never missed a meal” (59).The novel explains how unequal District 12 and the Capitol really are through the setting were District 12 is explained as a place where people don’t have enough to eat and the Capitol to be spectacular with rich people. This reflects modern society because in our world there is a massive difference between the rich and the poor in particular the United States. So, the idea of inequality is explored in the novel, this reflects the modern world because countries like America have people who own global companies and people who struggle to feed …show more content…
The character known as Ceaser Flickerman is the interviewer for the hunger games and always looks too perfect. An example of the worlds obsession with appearance is “They do surgery in the Capitol, to make people appear younger and thinner” (124). Ceaser reflects this exactly; “Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. Same hairstyle that he dyes a different colour for each hunger games” (124). The characters from the novel that live in the Capitol all have an obsession with appearance and will be looked down upon if they don’t look perfect. This reflects modern society especially people like Kylie Jenner. So, the idea of the worlds obsession with appearance is present in the novel, this reflects modern society because people like Kylie Jenner who is only 20 has already had plastic surgery on most parts of her