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Essay On The Hunger Games

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Culture Essay The Hunger Games take place in a country of Panem. Panem is made up of the Capitol and Thirteen Districts. “The Dark Days brought the uprising of the Districts against the Capitol. Twelve Districts were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. This rebellion created the Treaty of Treason which was a new set of laws that guarantees peace and a yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated, it gave us the Hunger Games.” (Collins Page 18) The Dark Days are the reason there are major differences in their culture compared to my own. The Hunger Games is a fight to the death. “... each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate.” (Collins Page 18) The reaping system is how they pick both tributes from each district. The reaping system is basically two glass balls with everybody's name in it from, age 12-18, each district. Each year they have to put at least one name slip in the ball, but you can put a max of four each year and get extra food for your family. The last tribute standing wins. “The last tribute alive receives a life of ease back at home, and their district will be showered in prizes, largely consisting of food.” (Collins Page 19) In our society if we win a war against another country we don’t imprison them, and make them sacrifice people to fight to the death to show that we have power over them. District 12 is the poorest out of the twelve districts. It is surrounded by an

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