The Hunger Games Themes
Friendship
Katniss gets by with a little help from her friends. Okay, a lot of help. It comes not only in the arena, but in the Capitol too, where people like Haymitch and Cinna have her back. In fact, friend...
Fate and Free Will
If Katniss Everdeen thought her life's road was laid out for her before the Games, once she gets to the Capitol it's paved over in concrete. She's going to fight and probably die, or else survive b...
Survival
Survivor: Panem.At the end of the day, The Hunger Games is about, um, the Hunger Games, and the Hunger Games are all about survival. You'll have to fight off psychotic rivals, VR wildfires, poisono...
Power
The Capitol would like you to know that they're in charge. Period. Full stop. How to maintain that power? Here's an idea: pick two kids from each District and have them all fight to the death durin...
Versions of Reality
We hate to break it to ya, folks: The Hills was totally scripted. The Dance Moms just pretend to fights. Survivor has used body doubles. Worst of all, Tori Spelling has never been a struggling sing...
Violence
Panem's supposed to be an advanced civilization, and yet their most popular yearly event involves watching 24 teenagers murder each other. There's an ancient Rome vibe to the proceedings—think gl...