Theme Of Dystopia In The Hunger Games And The Maze Runner

In both movies, the protagonists are in a dystopian future where power has fallen into the hands of others, much like a dictatorship. They are all unhappy with their lives and search for change for themselves and the people around them. In The Maze Runner, Thomas, the main character, is trying to escape a maze that is created by people who are controlling the maze to stop them from escaping. They have little to no power inside the maze and no access to the outside world. In The Hunger Games, Katniss has no privileges as a “citizen” in the districts and is put inside an arena to kill people as a show for the Capital, who is basically a dictatorship. The theme of dystopia is fairly similar in the fact that both characters begin in a very tragic