John O Neill's View Of The Hunger Games
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t first, the idea of the Hunger Games is strikingly gruesome, but when compared to historical events that have taken place, it becomes clear that evil and unjust things have happened in our history many times. As O’Neill states:
“While Americans may not enjoy actual murder as entertainment; one must think of the violence in television, video games, and movies. We may not kill 23 children annually for a thrilling show, but we’ve murdered millions through abortion.”
The Holocaust was a historical event that sought the extermination of the Jews and “Hitler’s death camps were part of a Nazi aesthetic of power whose intent was not just to destroy the Jews but to defile and humiliate them” (McDonald 22). Germany can be seen as a Capitol figure