The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins: An Analysis

Every individual has their individual perspectives on different events and situations, however they are often heavily influenced by the people their with, their country, and the mainstream way of thinking of the time. Some examples that prove this, are world events like World War II and the books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In both of these situations or events, each individual has their different opinions, but each individual in each different district or country have similar opinions due to the influences of their community.

World War II is a very controversial event that has taken place, and the individual perspectives of this devastating event are heavily influenced by their community. For example, having personal experience relating to this topic, due to the conflict between the
The Games is where 24 teenagers (called tributes), 12 boys and 12 girls, 2 from each district, are drawn at a Choosing Ceremony and are forced to fight for the death for the 1 victory for the entertainment of the Capitol. In this situation the opinions of the tributes and the districts are obviously very contrasted when compared with the perspective of the Capitol. Most of the people of the Districts and the tributes would clearly feel anguish towards the Games since there is a very large chance that they will die in them. Although, some Districts like District 1, 2, and 4, where they train tributes for the games feel honored, but when it comes to the time of their deaths they would still feel anguish towards the games. The Capitol however feels very elated and is very entertained by the games, because it is the mainstream thought, in the Capitol that watching tributes kill each other is supposed to be entertaining. This is an example of when individual perspective is connected to the mainstream thought and the community that they are linked