Power and Control

How do you see either the theme of power or control in your novel?

From the novel The Hunger Games I can see the theme of control very well. I think the whole book is actually about control. For example, on page 5 of the novel, it tells us how the people of the Districts are not supposed to go out of the fence as the Capitol made it a law. Also, it says "District Twelve. Where you can starve to death in safety." This shows that as the Capitol is controlling them and have laws that might lead to starvation of the people of the district, the society is safe, but the people are not fed well. Another example on page 13, it tells us how for the reaping of the Hunger Games, people between ages of 12 to 18 has to have their name in the reaping for one to get picked to participate in the Hunger Games. This shows control because even if the people don't want their name in the reaping or don't want to participate in the Hunger Games, the Capitol control the people to have their name in the reaping and have to participate in the Hunger Games or they will get punished. Also, the novel shows the control of people of not letting them meet or go to the other districts. For example, on page 203, where the little girl from the District 11 called Rue and the main character, Katniss, talk about their districts, which they know nothing about because of the control of the Capitol. Moreover, on page 244, it tells us that the Capitol changed the rule of the game to only having one victor to having two victors and later on page 342, they change it back to one victor. This definitely shows control because they changed the rule to fit their needs. Furthermore, on page 348, it shows how Katniss is controlled even though she won the Hunger Game and should have freedom then.