The Hunger Games presents a similar conflict as the
Decalogue, but takes it a step further.
It proposes a world where people are made to pay the price of their ancestors’
rebellions, where death is traded for more death. The Capital wishes to keep the other districs
from another rebellion so they create fear.
They show off their power and parade the districts’ weaknesses. This is also a similar theme in the Old Testament. God several times, puts his wrath not only on
the perpetrator, but also punishes their descendants. It is an interesting concept. It must be just, for God is just, but it
certainly doesn’t seem so. It seems
unfair for someone to have to take the punishment for something they did not
do. This is exactly what Jesus does
however. He takes the punishment for the
whole world’s sins. In his death on the
cross, everyone is able to receive freedom.
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