Israel is like the capitol. They have occupied the 13 districts which is Palestine. In the capitol , people live lavishly and are free whereas in the districts there is misery and people are controlled kind of like the situation in Israel/Palestine. Katnis is like a freedom fighter albeit an accidental one , a symbol of the resistance against the occupying force. The interviewer ( forgot his name but he is hilarious in the films ) represents the western media that does not show the suffering of the districts ( Palestine) and glosses over what the Capitol (Israel) does.
Before people came at me with the antisemite rhetoric, I have no issue with regular jews and regular Israelis only with the Israeli government/ Zionists that are causing all the suffering in Palestine and now Lebanon. I wonder if Suzanne Collins got her inspiration for her book from this unfortunate 75 years occupation/conflict.
by AltruisticAide9776
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Dude, are you high?
I don’t think so. The districts seem to be an idea lifted from The Handmaid’s Tale.
No comment on your connections, but I do want to chime in and say there are some media outlets—AP, NPR, PBS—that produce good and equal reporting. Please do not paint all of western media as inaccurate or malicious.
I find that when people refer to the media being untrustworthy, they are actually referring to what others have told them about media on tiktok or twitter, and do not actually consume or seek out legitimate reporting. Not saying this is you, just an observation.
No. Not even close.
It’s *Katniss*, and Stanley Tucci portrayed Caesar Flickerman in the films.
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No.
The capital is using the districts as a form of labour to acquire goods for the capital needs. That’s far more similar to any number of empires that have existed in history than what Israel is currently doing.
No. The high key describe America.
They describe any instance of a colonial power occupying and exploiting a region. Israel and Palestine are simply the current topical example.
Suzanne Collins’ inspiration wasn’t Israel; it was Battle Royale. Hunger games is just shitty Battle Royale without the sex or violence.
The capitol isn’t an occupying force, just a shitty dystopian government, so I guess this is a stretch that you are bending to your views.
I think what you are really asking is do authors find inspiration in real life and do they use their art to comment on society?
Yes they do. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler was written decades ago and yet could be said to reflect the direction of current times.
No. Suzanne Collins did say the broad concept was inspired by mass media and their if-it-bleeds-it-leads mentality, but it wasn’t meant to be a commentary on Palestine or any particular world event.
The trope of a ragtag band of rebels in the wilderness fighting against a decadent evil tyrant is a *very* old one in literature (arguably stretching all the way back to the Old Testament, where David opposes Saul).
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Dear god, open the fucking schools
The conflict has been going on for FAR longer than 75 years and can’t be reductively distilled to Oppressor/opressed.
Maybe it can in a YA novel, but the real world and history isn’t that simple. This conflict, the aggression and retaliation back and forth, has been going on for *centuries.*
Brains were scrambled way before social media. Humans just make shit up in general; hence fiction itself, which includes every religion ever. The Abrahamic religions are a particular scourge on humanity but people fight over other fictions as well.
I think you’ll find the occupation of Palestine isn’t unique to itself. A lot of countries all over the world all through human history have and are being occupied by a colonising power.
Also you’ll find dystopian type/rebellion stories like in the Hunger Games usually all have this occupying power antagonist. I mean, the good guys have to fight someone, something.
Collins wrote a book club guide which really made it sound like the book is a critique of capitalism and wealth inequality.
That would imply Israel is getting anything out of Palestine. They tried setting up factories there but the Palestinians burnt them down. Along with the greenhouses they built. And the water refinery plants. And the plumbing.
I hate to be that person, but please, read outside The Hungar Games, Harry Potter and the couple other books people like to pretend hold all the answers in life.
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