Hunger Games Comparison

Hunger Games vs. Our society A. intro 1. Alter bodies for fashion/looks 2. 13 colonies theory 3. Average American/ Average Capitolean B. Body Altering 1. Body coloration a. tatooes b. tanning beds c. piercings/colored hair 2. Conclusion C. 13 Colonies Theory 1. 13 states/districts a. try to prevent a “war” b. King George III /President Snow taking over cruely c. Lower class/ Upper class 2. Upper Class = large and moder city = Capitol 3. “While there is no such thing as an ordinaryy American, it is not the case that most Americans are balkanized in enclaves where they know little of what life is like for most other Americans. The American Mainstream’ may be hard to specify in detail, but it exists” -Charles Murray D. Average American/ Those in the Capitol 1. We all have an idea of what the average american looks like, But the most common answer was: obese, piercing, tatooes, dyed hair. How does this compare to the Hunger Games? Well in the “Hunger Games”, the Capitol people had colored hair and skin, glitter, unusual hair, and did many other unusual things to themselves to portray themselves as beautiful and the new “it” thing.
If you looked at our society, you would see how just about everyone is trying to be the average American and follow all the new trends. Susanna Collins took this theory and made it her own creating a society that portays exactly how ours is. E. Conclusion 1. Body Alteration 2. 13 colonies theory 3. Average Hunger Games vs. Our Society “Hunger Games” by Susanna Collins, has many similarities to our modern day society. The people living in the “Hunger Games” Capitol do many things to their body that our society does to theirs.
The thirteen districts in “Hunger Games” had many parallelisms to our thirteen original colonies. The average person living in the capitol has many similarities to our societies average person. “Hunger Games” society has many of the cultural influences that we have in our modern day society. In “Hunger Games”, Susanna Collins has many unusual cultural expectancies just as our modern day society does. Many citizens of our modern day society use tatooes, unusual colorings of the hair, piercings, and skin coloring (tanning beds) as a way to express themselves and their beauty.

The citizens of the Capitol has these same things. They do very unusual things to their skin, face, and hair. Susanna Collins uses our societys unusual behaviors and adapted them to fit the role of the Capitol. The thirteen districts in “Hunger Games” have a lot to compare to our nations original thirteen colonies. In our original thirteen colonies, they were trying to avoid war within their new nation while those in the thirteen districts were also trying to avoid a “war”. The Capitol is ran by a horrible and power abusing President Snow.
When our thirteen colonies were still new and trying to become a new nation, King George III of Great Britain was still trying to abuse his power over them. Both of these leaders were ruthless when trying to “rule” over their people. The thirteen districts and colonies also have the similarity of a upper class and a lower class. Before our thirteen colonies became a nation, they were considered lower class while King George III and his subjects were upper class. The most common definition of upper class is a large and modern city/ place.
This definition fits exactly to the Capitol described in “Hunger Games”. Our original thirteen colonies and “Hunger Games” Capitol have many similarities and similar ideas. We all have an idea of what the average american looks like, But our most common answer is: obese, piercing, tatooes, dyed hair. How does this compare to the Hunger Games? Well in the “Hunger Games”, the Capitol people had colored hair and skin, glitter, unusual hair, and did many other unusual things to themselves to portray themselves as beautiful and the new “it” thing.
If you took a look at our society, you would see how just about everyone is trying to be the average American and follow all the new trends. Susanna Collins took this theory and made it her own creating a society that portays exactly how ours is. “While there is no such thing as an ordinary American, it is not the case that most Americans are balkanized in enclaves where they know little of what life is like for most other Americans. ‘The American Mainstream’ may be hard to specify in detail, but it exists” -Charles Murray. Susanne Collins took many ideas of history and our society to write her book “Hunger Games”.
She took the idea of how our modern society alter their bodies to fit the image that our media creates for us. She also took the history of the original thirteen colonies or states and adapted it to fit the role of the districts in “Hunger Games”. In addition to those, she took how the idea of the “average American” and changed it and made it the characteristics of the people living in the capitol. Susanne Collins, author of the novel “Hunger Games” took many of our modern day ideas and our country’s history and fit it to make “Hunger Games” the ultimate comparison to our modern day society.