Examples Of Inequality In The Hunger Games

Envision a place where you were thrown into an arena at age 12-18 with other children around that age, where the only real way out is to kill or be killed? In the book The Hunger Games which is written by Suzanne Collins that’s exactly what happens. Panem is a place with 12 districts and the capitol, children, women, and men live because of the unknown event that collapsed our economy and country. These young children and teenagers that are thrown into the arena struggle with poverty and starvation every day, especially the lower districts (districts 9-12). All these families have a chance of losing their children, except for the people in the Capitol because they have power over all of Panem and they don’t have to suffer. One of the themes

This was just hours after they’d been chosen in the reaping to partake in the hunger games, and both of them (mostly Katniss) had struggled to feed themselves and their families. She’s on the train to the capitol and she’s having her first meal with Capitol food:

“The supper comes in courses. A thick carrot soup, green salad, lamb chops and mashed potatoes, cheese and fruit, a chocolate cake. Throughout the meal, Effie keeps reminding us to save some space because there’s more to come. But I’m stuffing myself because I’ve never had food like this, so good and so much, and because probably the best thing I can do between now and the Games is put on a few pounds” (pg 44).

This is a fantastic example of class struggle and inequality because despite Effie’s wishes she doesn’t comprehend that they had a rough childhood that filled starvation and lots of struggle. Altogether, this really illustrates how different the people of the lower districts lives are in comparison to the people of the Capitol. This is a lot like real life sadly because a lot of the rich people in today’s society don’t recognize that people are starving out there and they either don’t care or they blame those people for putting themselves in that

First when Katniss first experienced the Captiol’s food and how she was stuffing herself because she hadn’t ever experienced food like this and Effie was judging her and the way she was eating because the food wasn’t anything new to her. Now when Katniss had thought Peeta had lived some really perfect life filled with luxury and happiness, but in reality, he really didn’t, he dealt with moldy and stale food, and abusive mother, and constant struggle. The last and most important part of the Class Struggle and Inequality Theme in The Hunger Game where it talks about how in the Capitol and the Districts the successful people look so different. This theme is so important to The Hunger Games because no matter where you come from even if everyone believes that the odds aren’t in your favor you can still thrive. What Suzanne Collins is trying to say is that we really shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and we must push past this so that we can create a better future for our