The Hunger Games Trilogy: An Analysis

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To recapitulate, the Hunger Games trilogy expresses a variety of concerns about the developments in modern-day American society. Firstly discussed was the wealth inequality between the Capitol and the districts and how this mirrors the unequal distribution of wealth between social-classes in contemporary American society. The affluence of the upper-class Capital-holders is continuously increased by means of exploiting workers who perform hard-labor for minimum to middle incomes. The second topic concerned reality TV and how it shows a tendency to present human struggle and hurt as a form of amusement. It also discussed how the Hunger Games trilogy warns against the desensitizing influence of reality TV and how the constant exposure of (young)

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