Sacrificed In Katniss Everdeen's The Hunger Games

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In many dystopian stories, people are sacrificed, but is it really okay to sacrifice them? The Hunger Games takes place in a world where 24 people are to participate in a game where they fight to the death. Katniss Everdeen, from District 12, volunteers to be a tribute for the 74th Hunger Games in her sister’s place. Where many are killed, Katniss fights for survival. It is not okay to sacrifice people, even if it helps the majority, because sacrificing them does not help some people and it mostly is one cause to the start of a rebellion. To start off, if people were to be sacrificed, it would not helpful for some people . In the beginning, when District 12 was watching their 73rd Hunger Games and saw their tribute being killed it states “ This is Corrina-her face white with grief… because it was her son that just died on that big screen. A wail rises out of her pure agony. A keening shriek…”. Even though Corrina son’s sacrificed probably helped the population, it did not help her, so what’s the point of sacrificing people if it’s not gonna help the people who are suffering? Since some people are suffering and need help, sacrificing people is not a way to help, because it can cause them to suffer more. …show more content…

An example would be when District 11 saw Rue died and the script stated “ CRASH! CRASH! Two more windows shatter on the other side of the square. Three spontaneous acts of dissent, right on top of one another… Peacekeepers started after them now. But the thousands of farmers… accidentally getting in the way of the Peacekeepers.” The quote proves that people should not be sacrificed because, as shown, when Rue died or was sacrificed there were people were shattering the windows, which is a sign of the start of a rebellion. This is not good because then there would be conflict in the government and many more lives would be lost, resulting in a decrease of the

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