Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins tells a story about
two young adults about their lives after they won the 74th Hunger
Games. They have to face many consequences based on their actions they did in
the arena. Two winners at the Hungers Games was never seem before. Katniss and
Peeta, the winners, were able to do this by faking a fake love and holding up
the berries as a sign of rebellion. After being crowned the winners of The
Hunger Games, Katniss has to face a series of problems such as convincing
President Snow, the reaping, and the inequality of the districts.
"White Man" by Langston Hughes is a poem written to let readers
comprehend that people in our society are being condition that race is the
divider of inequality. That white man has all the power because they have the
best jobs and take control of other countries or territory. But, this isn’t the
case. Hughes wants to convince the reader that race is not the divider but
Capitalist is the main cause of all the inequality. Hughes says, “I hear your name ain't really White Man…
Is your name spelled C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-T?” (Hughes line 19). Capitalist is
causing all this injustice. In other words people who are wealthy causing this.
Any race can have power as long as they have money.
CAPITALIST
Similar, The
Capitol is the highest of all. But why does the Capitol have so much power? To
start this off, I will give examples why the capital has so much power. First,
the Capitol holds annual Hunger Games, which they reap 2 tributes, one male and
one female, from each district to punish the citizens for their rebellion from
the past Also, to remind citizens of consequences for rebelling against the absolute
power of the Capitol. Furthermore,
the Capitol hold Quarter Quells every twenty-five years. Collins explains, “It
would call for a glorified version of the Games to make fresh the memory of
those killed by the districts’ rebellion” (Collins 171). These games have the
same purpose as the regular games but the have a tiny twist. For the
seventy-five hunger games the capitol will send previous winners from each
district which demonstrates that you can’t mess with the capitol because they
are the highest of all.
Does the capitol
have wealth? Absolutely! The capitol has so much money they can eat everything
at a party event. Octavia, one of Katniss helpers, says, “I’ve been in there
twice already. Everyone does it, or else how would you have any fun at a
feast?” (79). People in the Capitol have a surplus of food and can manage to
have tons of food while people in the districts are starving to death. In
District twelve they are so weak and live in a poverty society. They have zero
power because Gale and Katniss explain that an uprising against the capitol in
District twelve is near impossible because its all or nothing. Meaning that
they will rise together as a whole against the capitol who is absolute powerful
or they will be put down if only a portion rises up against them.
Moreover,
Katniss has to convince the districts that her act in the games wasn’t defying
the capitol but was deeply in love. President Snow goes to district twelve to
meet up with Katniss and tell her what will happen if there is a rebellion
against the Capitol. President goes all the way to twelve demonstrating that he
has the power to go to other districts unlike the citizens of Panem who can’t
leave their districts. President Snow is powerful because he controls the nation
by making the districts work for the capitol. The Districts provide most of
their products to the capitol such as coal and mining, fish, electronics,
luxury items, weaponry, and livestock just to name a few. (147) The capitol
forces the districts to do this.
Panem translates
to “Bread and circuses”. It is a political strategy
to keep the citizens satisfied with the current leaders by distracting them
with cheap food and entertainment. This is exactly how this society is being
control. Panem distracts their districts them from their surrounding because
they are the highest of all. They have the money to control Panem. The citizens
from the capitol have lots of money because they have the latest fashion trends
and have fancy apartments.
In conclusion, I
am convinced that capitalist have the power to control everything because they
have the money to bring down the citizens. In Catching Fire, the Capitol has total control of the districts
because they make the districts provide all their goods and services to them,
they hold The Hunger Games, and make the districts weaker by making them live
in terrible conditions.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc, 2009. Print.
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