Dystopian Literature In The Hunger Games And The Mazerunner

Dystopian Literature and “The Objects”
Authors of dystopian literature often write in order to teach their audience about issues in the real world. Dystopian literature reveals to the reader political and societal problems that need addressing. In the dystopian novels The Hunger Games and The Mazerunner, readers are intrigued by the way protagonist starts at the bottom and fights their way to the top. Similar to this, in Yuri Herrera’s short story “The Objects,” the protagonist, Rafa, does just that. The story’s setting takes place in a building that forced people to transform into animals based on their social class. The reader follows Rafa’s physical and emotional transformation to the top floor where he overthrows the bosses in order to make a better life for himself. An analysis of Yuri Herrera’s

It is obvious that the people do not have the freedom to pick the animal they turn into when Rafa decides to change his situation by going to the top floor and overthrowing the bosses (53). Because the people are restricted when it comes to choosing their transformations, the reader is reminded that dystopian literature illustrates a repressed society, where the lower class citizens are typically discriminated against and mistreated. Rafa feels trapped and oppressed by how his world works. He is the only one that seems to be concerned about the way things are at work. He feels trapped in the louse body because he does not want to be a louse anymore. The narrator explains Rafa’s discomfort by stating, “He’s usually is so anxious to stop being a louse that the moment he crosses back he dons his work coveralls immediately so as to be a human as long as possible” (53). Herrera is illustrating how badly Rafa feels about being trapped in his louse body. Most people do not want to go back to work, but Rafa loves work because he gets to be