I really liked The Hunger Games. Not that I enjoyed reading about a society that forces kids to fight for their life as a method of punishment for the society, but the writing skills and can't-put-it-down factor really made this book cool to read. It astonishes me the way the society works in this book. I believe that The Hunger Games as well as 1984, Feed, and the other literature we have read, has shared a common theme of brainwashing. In this novels, the government and society has brainwashed its citizens into thinking in only one way, the way of the government. To explain, in 1984, the government told the citizens that previous wars never happened, and the citizens had no other option then to believe it. In The Hunger Games, this annual game never seemed out of the ordinary or cruel to the society because it had been going on for so long that it was normal. The society was emotionally brainwashed when it came to the games, this children were turned into inanimate games pieces.
The Hunger Games also reminded me of a song...
Dance with the Devil by Immortal Technique
This song is about a young boy who wants to be in a gang, and will do whatever it takes to be initiated. He will do whatever it takes until he realized what he is doing. You'll have to listen to the song to hear the whole story. This song reminds me of The Hunger Games because both raise the question 'how far will you hurt others to benefit yourself?' To explain, the main characters had to hurt or kill others and prove they can survive, in either the games or drug dealing life, in order to come out on top.
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