Quotation 1

Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy. How little chance we would stand of surviving another rebellion. Whatever words they use, the real message is clear. “Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you can do. If you lift a finger, we will destroy every last one of you. Just as we did in District Thirteen.”

Suzanne Colins - The Hunger Games

Reflection: This quote from the book The Hunger Games is a representation of power over society. It represents the directions in which a government can take a civilisation, and the corruptions that power can ensue on those who wield it. I use this quote to show the darker part of the spectrum for the theme Power, because it's a very compelling quote, and it also applies to the real world very fittingly as well...

... The person speaking this quote is the main character for the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen, before the 74th Hunger Games. She is under burdening circumstance where she is the care taker of her family, trying to support two people as a teenager, in a world that is already in dismay. The Capitol, provides rations to the kids and their families for entering their names into the Hunger Games competition (The more times you enter your name, the more rations you recieve). This quote is very significant to the subject of power, in the sense that it shows the reader that the district people have no power, and this is represented by putting the kids into positions where they need to enter these games and risk their lives in order to survive. It also shows the opposite side of the spectrum, the immense power that the Capitol has, and the ability to wipe a district off the face of the earth if people refuse to participate. The power difference gives a sense of hopeless-ness to the setting and situation, and it is a very effective tool to invoke emotion in the reader, it is a very realistic situation in reality as well as the book...