English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hoboken Catalogue, Tourniquet, Suzanne Collins
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Suzanne collins, the hunger games (2008: ch. Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch this is the capitol"s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use the real message is clear. Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there"s nothing you can do. Katniss sees the hunger games as an instrument of social control. Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated in the districts. The hunger games are a punishment for rebellion. At the end when katniss realizes that they need a winner, there is a little bit of hope. Even getting the tributes to actually participate in the hunger games and give the. Capitol the show that they want gives them hope: ch.