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Propaganda in The Hunger Games

Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society. For the past “seventy four years” (p147) The Hunger Games has been glorified, televised, and celebrated by the capitol Panem. The twelve districts fear and loathe the the hunger games because to the capitol the twenty three children that die each year are game pieces. The main character Katniss feels that “taking kids” (p18) from each district and “forcing them to kill one another” (p18) as they watch is a reminder of how the districts are at the capitols “mercy”. (p18) Watching and celebrating the Hunger Games is especially “torturous” (p19) because the capitol requires them to treat the games as a “festivity” (p19). The hunger games ...

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to be under constant surveillance. Rules in the twelve districts are trespassing woods, selling, trading, and hunting is all forbidden. If one was caught doing these things, their tongue could be cut out or executed. The capitol Panem created beings to spy on districts. A “mocking jay” (p42) is a capitol bred bird used to spy. The mocking jay can reiterate pieces of districts “rebellious” conversations. These science lab bred birds keep districts under surveillance, and can be compared too GPS tracking devices in cell phones, ipods, ipads, and car gps. If a person was missing or if our government thought they were a threat, the government would hack into the systems to find the person there searching for, and listen/read their conversations.

Katniss’s district is known as “district twelve where you can starve to death.”(p6) Lifestyle in the seam is tough. They are a very low income district. Food is so scarce citizens in district twelve trade food at the “hob”.(p6) The hob ...

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Added: 3/30/2014 10:56:04 PM
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Category: Book Reports
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