In the novel, teenagers are forced to fight one another to the death in order to be the one survivor. ”one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches…” This relates to the themes in Night because even though the teens may not want to kill each other initially, in the end they do what they need to in order to survive. The same thing happens in Night, the Jews get so desperate that they would go through anyone in order to get a mere scrap of food, “Don’t you recognize me? I’m you father.. you’re hurting me.. you’re killing your father! I’ve got some bread for you too!” (106). This shows just how prominent the instinct to survive is in humans. The reality of the Holocaust and the dystopian universe that The Hunger Games takes place in, both use in desperation of their situations to show that people are more likely to turn on one another if it means that their chances of survival will be bigger after the
In the novel, teenagers are forced to fight one another to the death in order to be the one survivor. ”one young man and woman to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice. The lone victor, bathed in riches…” This relates to the themes in Night because even though the teens may not want to kill each other initially, in the end they do what they need to in order to survive. The same thing happens in Night, the Jews get so desperate that they would go through anyone in order to get a mere scrap of food, “Don’t you recognize me? I’m you father.. you’re hurting me.. you’re killing your father! I’ve got some bread for you too!” (106). This shows just how prominent the instinct to survive is in humans. The reality of the Holocaust and the dystopian universe that The Hunger Games takes place in, both use in desperation of their situations to show that people are more likely to turn on one another if it means that their chances of survival will be bigger after the