Hunger Games Thesis

In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, prejudice is used in many different ways. It’s used against the protagonist, Katniss, and used by her as well. The Hunger Games is about a girl named Katniss who volunteers for her sister, Prim, o fight in a televised death match and Katniss’s struggle to stay alive. Katniss is very strong willed and independent which helps her survive in the Games and out. The Capitol, who started the Games, thinks the people in the Districts are like pawns in a game of chess. Katniss, being from District Twelve, is thought of as a poor, helpless girl like the rest of her District. I would say this book gives many statements about people, even if it does take place in the future. The Capitol and higher Districts think that since they are wealthy, they have power over all the other Districts, especially the Capitol. I would say a very accurate statement about The Hunger Games is that money doesn’t give power, it gives the idea of power. The author states this topic all throughout the book and gives the reader a lot to think about. “`Trust me,` I whisper. He holds my gaze for a long moment then lets me go. I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm. Then I fill my own. `On the count of three?`” (p. 344) This is the beginning of Katniss’s rebellion towards the Capitol. She loves Peeta so much that she wanted nothing more for him to live or for them to be together. She doesn’t really try to rebel against them, but she doesn’t want to kill herself but she also doesn’t want Peeta to be the one to die. “If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were...” (p. 344) All Katniss really wants to do is live but she couldn’t bear living without Peeta and didn’t think he should be the one to die. She didn’t think she was rebelling, she just wanted to live. In the next book, Catching Fire, it talks about how weak the government must be to be basically torn down by a handful of berries. By Katniss