Tuesday, December 13, 2011
The Government
I thought about Mego's ideas on materialism and then began to think about other possible criticisms on American society that could be seen through the infrastructure of the society displayed. Collins could be criticizing the United States in a different way. She could be criticizing the government and how they are too powerful. She makes it seem like the government turns into a monarchy, in the sense that they have complete control over everyone and can get away with any injustice acts like the Hunger Games without having to worry about rebellion. After Katniss sees Rue die, she thinks back to Gale's negative thoughts against the government. She says to herself, "His ravings against Capitol no longer pointless, no longer to be ignored" (Collins 236). Katniss realizes the corruption in her society, and wants to turn things around, yet she is powerless. Materialism and tyranny are both similar, I just decided to look at it in a different way. When I look at this society, I see corrupt government and a warning that perhaps the government today could be too powerful. What do you think about today's government? Is there a connection between todays government and the Capitol?
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I see a similarity between the Capitol and our government because the Capitol created the Hunger Games to keep down oppression. This is similar to modern day laws, because for example if someone robbed a bank( or in this case, started a full-scale rebellion against the Capitol), there would always be someone to try and stop that criminal, or rebel. I think that Collins is trying to show that if a crime is committed or a rebellion takes place, the government has the power to step in and prosecute them or place them under a set of rules like the Capitol did to all of the 12 Districts.
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