Gladiators In The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, is linked to the Roman gladiator combats. This is shown through the use of Panem audience experience being alluded to the audience experience of Roman upper and lower class at the gladiatorial games, comparing the Hunger Games arena to the Roman Colosseum and contrasting the tributes to the Roman gladiators.

Seneca stated in Epistles 7, “it was really mere butchery.” This shows that not all people enjoyed watching the gladiatorial games. Some of the audience found the gladiator combats unethical. This behaviour was also shown in The Hunger Games. Gale showed his hate towards the Hunger Games when he mocks Effie Trinket. Haymitch was disgusted witnessing a Capitol child playing with a Hunger-Games-inspired, toy sword. In the Colosseum, women were forced to sit on the top level.
The seating and thoughts on the entertainment of Roman gladiators is similar to the audience experience of the Hunger Games. The Capitol watched the Hunger Games happily while people in the Districts watched painfully as young people from their district died. The Capitol watched the Hunger Games from their homes, seated and in plazas, which was much more luxurious than the Districts sitting in their homes and outside on outdated televisions and the projector. Much like the seating at the Colosseum, the Districts did not have the privilege of comfortable seating compared to the people in the Capitol. The audience experience of Roman gladiators and the Hunger Games were similar because the admission fee for both was free. This was because the leaders wanted to control the people watching the gladiatorial