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The Role Of Surveillance In The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

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In the novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, we are introduced to a world filled with spectacle and surveillance. The world where one male and one female from 12 districts must complete to the death on live television as punishment for revolting against those in power, the Capitol. With the help of a theoretical lens, we can see a thing we might not have noticed the first time, such as the purpose of the games, why do the Capitol and the districts view the games so differently, does surveillance end after the game, etc. Using Jeremy Bentham’s idea of “Panopticon” with the help of William Staples and Michel Foucault, we can dive in deeper into the book and discuss matters that were once not seen. Foucault’s description of his set of

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