Today’s society is accepting of differences, where as in the Chrysalids if you had any type of difference that was visible, you didn’t get a certificate, you were sterilized and sent to the fringes. Conformity was the only way of having control over the people of the Waknuck society and they didn’t want mutants or deviations to take over. Another story about mutants is portrayed in the movie X-Men First Class, all the normal people are afraid of them. They are afraid because of what they can and could possible do and they had no way of controlling them without making them come out of hiding. They would have to tell the government what they could do and the government would then decide whether or not they were too dangerous for the public. The Waknuck society was not into have individualism, just like in the Hunger Games. In the movie people were separated into districts and every year to remind them of why they were separated, they have one male and one female from each district between the ages 12-18 as tributes. This happens because of the rebellion Seventy-four years before and every year all twenty-four tributes are to fight to the death until one lone victor remains. In the Chrysalids they are to keep to their jobs in their district and to report any deviants. They control conformity through and by historical beliefs, for example the only two book’s left from the “Old People” were the revised Bible to tell them what the true image really is and the book Repentances. Furthermore the Chrysalids is about how conformity after devastation may not be the greatest idea.
In the Hunger Games and Chrysalids the government can control the people in the districts by going back to a better time when it was simpler so they are easier to c...
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...em up if they are too dangerous. The government is doing this because they are afraid just like in the Chrysalids, they are afraid of differences and change. In Hunger Games they are afraid of losing control of their perfect little world.
Each of them describe why each way of handling a situation and just result in another form of disaster that leads you t o the same place. One is to control what you look like, to control what you can and cannot do you’re your life, and control you as person because of a mutation. Finally, each of these three examples of conformity and being scared is no reason on why we should be afraid or try to control differences after a tribulation. You should pick up where you left off and learn from your mistakes. As these three examples show there is no right or wrong way to control people.
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The article also compared the government of the Hunger Games to the government in reality. Kids are already showing signs of sci-fi behavior. The movie and the book can influence the generation greatly. The Hunger Games can motivate kids to become rebels of this generation. Rees Brennan, Sarah.
Famed actor Oscar Isaac once said, “Humans are mutants, everything's a mutant - things that evolve.” This quote relates to that of the mutants in the X-Men and the Chrysalids for it reflects the way these mutants think and act. In the world of the X-Men and the Chrysalids, society treated mutants with no respect and called them words like “freak” since they were different. Individuals who continuously say things like this cannot comprehend the struggle that these brave mutants face in their lives every day. Making assumptions like these would only tighten the struggle that mutants have with the humans and may cause a war. With the capability of exhibiting morality, the society can look at the vigorous values that are held by the people of the X-Men, the values held by the people in the Chrysalids and the differences in these values.
Within every story of tragic events there is always a visible spark of hope. The novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham is a story of great despair and tragedy yet with hope prominently noticeable. The protagonist, David as well as his companions face various challenges, which result in double edged swords exhibiting despair throughout; however, nearing the end the desperation breaks apart letting hope shine through.
Bad tidings are what are to expect for the people that try to annihilate change. Some deviations are favourable for the society, but the society does not use it, they are not sure if their crops and livestock are going to be permissible to the society, so there long hours of labour might not pay off, and their enemies always causing harm to them for they, the norms, the society also will not accept the Fringes people’s differences. They chase deviations and they fail, also norms that go against change and depressingly and the society ravage themselves trying to exterminate the blasphemies. Change is the essence of life; if you stop change then you stop life.
The fear put into place by these governments allows them to keep the citizens in check and force them to stay in control. The government becomes corrupt from all its power, but in turn, they can brainwash their citizens into thinking that the government is right. Doublethink is present in both the novels through their contradicting slogans and presence of government control in their lives. The Capitol uses their slogan in order to get people to accept the games while the Ministry uses their slogan as propaganda to brainwash their people. The right of resistance is taken away from all the people in each novel in order for the government to control them. If the people chose to rebel, they are taken away or punished as a whole. By taking away rebellion, the government can use the past to their advantage or even change it for their own
The setting of “The Chrysalids” is several hundred years after a nuclear war. What is left of civilization is a few small towns here and there all over the countries of the world. The population is by the leadership what the “true image” is apparently meant to be. If you are not of the true image then you are sent to live in the fringes.
“Every situation in life give some important lesson”. The Chrysalids is a science fiction novel by John Wyndham. It's about conformity in a post-nuclear world. The novel revolves around the superstitions which existed in the society at that time. Genetic invariance has been elevated to the highest religious principle, and humans with even minor mutations were considered "Blasphemies" and the handiwork of the Devil. As the story proceeds it teaches different lessons at different stages. The three lessons in the are story characters in the Chrysalids teach us Stand us that one can stand up for what one believe in, acceptance and making Sacrifices.
In society rules are made so no one gets hurt and so that there is a standard of living we can all abide by; however, in The Hunger Games and “The Lottery” the rules are set to do the opposite. The rules made by “the game makers” are in place to cause chaos, death, and fear among the citizens in both stories. A rule of significance in each story is that everyone must be present for the “reaping.” Although each story has different reasons as to why everyone must be present the consequences are implied to be the same. In The Hunger Games the accumulation of potential tributes serves two purposes. The main purpose of gathering everyone and putting them in a small area is that the Capitol thrives off of power. The most evident example of the Capitol’s thirst for power is when Katness Everdeen mocks the Capitol by saying; “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you” (Collins, 19). By herding everyone into a small area it shows that the people in the Districts have no power and are merely lambs to the slaughter in the Capitol’s eyes. The second purpose being that the hunger games reaping serves as a census for the Capitol. Before the children are lined up in front of the stage they are counted, inspected, and sorted according to age then all the information the peacekeepers collect go to the Capitol. The only excuse for missing the “reaping” is said bluntly by Everdeen: “attendance is mandatory unless you are at death’s door” (Collins, 16). If ...
The main source of power in the hunger games is very clear showing that the government in this case the capitol how they use their power to control power. This is because the Capitol holds the most of the country’s money and wealth. The Capitol there is able to control what happens, when it happens and how much it costs. For example in the book Katniss has put her name down for the reaping as everyone else do too. ‘The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each 12 districts must provide a boy and a girl, called tributes, to participate.’ This quote from the book shows how the Capitol has made a law that they punish the districts because they were all smothered to bits and district 13 has been fully destroyed by the Capitols army. Although this book shows how Katniss resists the kinds of power against the capitol for example. How she salutes into the air in the games and everybody sees or when Rue dies and Katniss cover her with flowers. These symbolic gestures create attention to the fact that there are actual people out there in the hunger games not just game holograms. These small moments of truth and reality.
... Thus, it is with these three key points that the government of Panem has been able to keep the Games going on for so long, without the system collapsing in on itself. Furthermore, The Hunger Games also shows us just what we as a species could become with the right to social influence and conditioning by an authoritarian force. The peoples of the Capitol and Districts have been taught and conditioned for decades to accept the Hunger Games, especially so in the case of the Capitol, where its citizens applaud and enjoy the Hunger Games, much like many Romans enjoyed the Colosseum in ancient times. It is a rather frightening, but realistic, look at what any of us could become with the right social influences and conditioning.
Complete governmental control develops as an apparent theme of both 1984 and The Hunger Games. 1984 uses the concept of big brother for the sole purpose of instilling a dependence on the government for every aspect in the citizens’ lives. Similarly, the capitol of Panem in The Hunger Games censors information from the people so that any idea of revolution will be instantaneously
The Hunger Games that follows, the term that defines a dystopian fiction. One main belief that defines Dystopian society is the development into a “hierarchical society” (“Dystopia”). A hierarchical society plays a big part in the story that outline the whole plot. For example, Capitol is wealthier than all the districts. Some districts are more privileged than others. The Careers, being tributes from districts one to three, are prepared and trained for years before the games. However, this is illegal, but because of the support towards District two from the Capitol, they are let off, along with District one and District four, the other richer districts. In this cas...
In a not-too-distant, some 74 years, into the future the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 13 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; these children are referred to as tributes (Collins, 2008). The Games are meant to be viewed as entertainment, but every citizen knows their purpose, as brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eradicate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. The main character throughout the series is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen.
Collins seems to point out the flaws and limits of our political and economic thinking, writing a novel which parallels our current situations into an enjoyable book for almost all ages. This seems to be the reason that this book and its many characters are so relatable to us: it’s not an impossible future. While the idea of a literal Hunger Games is barbaric and unlikely, the corruption seen throughout the book is plausible and happening today. By continuing to allow this corruption to become commonplace in our nation, we may obtain our own hunger games, with the government and upper class being the victors and the
Though conformity is a humane feeling, many examples of conformity going wrong can be found throughout history. For example, multiple Germans conformed to follow Nazism and prosecuted millions of innocent Jews. Southern whites conformed to segregate thousands of African-Americans. By looking at multiple sources of literature, one can see conformity becomes unacceptable when innocent people are hurt and/or killed and affects the way one thinks or acts.