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Conservatism In The Hunger Games
Outside Reading Assignment: Hunger Games

The Hunger Games has a huge conservative Christian message, but the great thing is the message isn’t overpowering. This is the story that takes place in the remains of the United States after the liberals have succeeded in abolishing God and Christ from the culture completely by successfully creating their own Utopia- which isn’t really what it is hyped up to be, it’s a nightmare for anyone not in the liberal class. The liberals take residency in Panem, a hipped-out modern capitol city. The residents are all a bunch of rich children of rich children of rich children who live meaningless lives without suffering any consequences. Its very easy to spot a liberal because they have
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They arrest those who speak out the rules, and bring them to the capitol. The arrested then has their tongue removed so they are never seen as a threat, They live the rest of their lives as mute servants. “Avox,” In Latin mean “no voice.” This is what liberals are constantly trying to do with conservatives. Conservatives don’t try to take away the free speech of liberals, but liberals think free speech is only for liberals, pornographers and pedophiles. If I’m still alive when this future comes to pass, don’t be offended if I don’t answer your question- I will probably have no tongue. And then we have our main character, Her name is Katniss. Her little sister’s name was pulled from the name pull, but because Katniss has such high family value, she volunteered in place of her little sister, Prim. Katniss’ father died in a mine explosion when she was younger, but before he did, he taught her to hunt. And because district 12 is far from Panem, the fence that encloses the district isn’t electrified. Katniss and her friend Gale, a boy who had also lost his father also, would slip through the fence most days, gather their weapons and hunt for game. They’d use this meat to trade with other for the essentials they needed. Notice though, Katniss uses a bow and arrow to hunt because the liberals had already succeeded in taking the guns from the population- much as Hitler and Castro had done at the beginning of their socialist

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