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In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins expresses two themes. The first one is that we can’t let the government use their power to treat, and use people like they want, they are oppressing them. “At one o’clock, we head of the square. Attendance is mandatory unless you are on deaths door. This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. If not you will be imprisoned.” (Collins, 16) we can see that the Capitol forces the people to participate in the reaping by threatening them. “When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol. Eventually I understood this would only lead us to more trouble. So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.“ (Collins, 06) Katniss have to saved her feelings and don’t show them on the District 12 because inside she knows that she was devil, but she has to show to the people how strong she can be in the games, also Katniss censors herself because of the fears her mother has of the government. People are scared of the government, the Capitol inspires fear and that is one of the reasons why they create the games, to make people be afraid and not attack them. Government have total control with people, they are not free because they have to make all the things that they want. Another theme is that true love is the strongest feeling in the world. “In the woods waits the only person with whom I can be myself, Gale.’’ Katniss was completely in love with Gale, they used to do many things together, like spend all the day hunting in the woods and talk about their future. All wa... ... middle of paper ... ...appens a very embarrass situation when a father forced his little daughter to have sexual relationships with an old man because they need money. This situation has always occurred because their parents oppress their daughters to do this only because they have all the control over them, they are lacked of opportunities and they don’t have food. These women are entrusted to help with the needs of their home, risking her life from a disease to be able to live. Some woman’s and men’s are destined to live in this way. Works Cited "La Prostitución En Adolescentes En La Ciudad De Cartagena." CAUSAS DE LA PROSTITUCIÓN. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2014. "Reglamentación De La Prostitución En Colombia." - Monografias.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2014. "100 Countries and Their Prostitution Policies - Prostitution - ProCon.org."ProConorg Headlines. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 May 2014.