The Hunger Games Book Themes

In Suzanne Collins’ book, “The Hunger Games”, there are multiple themes that accompany the writing. The story is held in a dystopian world, where the capitol (the government) surrounds 12 districts. The capitol requires each district to appoint a male and female teenager to participate in the hunger games, a game concerning fighting to remain alive, which will be broadcasted around the nation as entertainment. After her sister Prim is elected, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her position in the games. Due to this, the capitol takes an immediate interest in her. Further into the story, when Katniss is in the games, she forms a close bond with a younger tribute from district 11, Rue. Rue is unfortunately killed in the midst of the games, which leads Katniss to grieve for her death by putting flowers all around her body. As the games go on, Katniss and her male counterpart from district 12, Peeta, are the last ones. Not wanting either one of them to die, they both almost ingest lethal berries, making it seem like they were willing to kill themselves, but the announcer of the games dubs them both the victors before they die. This is something unheard of, since this has

The author did this so we could see Katniss’ outtake at the problems and the scenes in the story. For example, when she and Peeta were about to consume the berries, she thinks about how if they were both to die, the capitol wouldn’t have a victor, which would have defined the capitol of failing this year of the hunger games (344). From this piece of evidence, we can conclude how Katniss’ thoughts on how her action may cause havoc to rise in Panem. Once again, this section of the book helps confirm the theme, as it clarifies Katniss’ perspective on what would really happen if she and Peeta ate the berries which was a small action leading to a large amount of chaos and