Background: The heartless president of the fictional nation of
Panem uses the annual “Hunger Games” raise up victorious human
“idols” that would unify the masses and distract its hungry
slaves. According to his rules, twenty-four youths are chosen by
lottery to kill each other until only one is left. And while
they fight for their lives, the eyes of every household across
the land are glued to the televised killing fields. That’s the
law! George Orwell’s 1984: “Behind Winston’s back the voice from
the telescreen was still babbling away…. The telescreen received
and transmitted simultaneously. …You had to live…in the
assumption that every sound you made was overheard.” The Hunger
Games are far more than a fictional fantasy. They serve as
warnings that illustrate the corruption of our human nature and
the duplicity of today’s trusted leaders. In the first book, the
deadly games ended with two winners instead of one: Katniss and
Peeta. They had disobeyed the rules; each refused to kill the
other. The masses love