Theme Of Poverty In The Hunger Games

In Hunger Games, the problem of poverty is very serious in District 12, citizen there do not have enough food and power. However, the capital is a modern city which have high technology, people there are very wealthy as well. We could find that the gap between the rich and poor is very wide. It doesn’t make any sense as this situation should not last long, otherwise there will arise many problem such as discrimination and dispute. In the whole world, many country did a very good balance between every community in order to avoid the huge disparity between the rich and poor, but in SouthWest Asia and Africa, this situation still occur frequently. In District 12, power is not guarantee to be supplied, there will be a supply for two or three hours if lucky. People living there could not enjoy hot shower and stable electricity. It forms a big influence to the daily life of people, but the government seems to be indifferent to fix the problem in order to provide a better living environment to the citizen. People in District 12 could not receive enough food for daily needs which induce Katniss, Gale and other people in the district go hunting in order to avert famine to them and their family members.
People living there are much welathier than the people living in District 12, one of the most poor city in the country.It makes ridiculous to the situation in District 12 and other district as the governemnt should take some measure to stop the problem from become worse. But, the government did nothing and even ask each district to pick one citizen as tribute to join Hunger Games to get extra food for their own district. It’s government’s responsibility to provide a safe and stable living environment to their citizen but the government seems did not implement it’s