If you compare the Gladiator Games with the Hunger Games you will find many similarities .
Firstly there is the idea that only one person can survive and that the victor gets a lot of money. Both take place in an arena and the tributes and gladiators are chosen involuntarily. They have to fight with wild animals like lions or muttations and all the weapons, for example spears or swords, can be found in the arena. The aim of both is to entertain the people by watching other people kill each other.
So the whole idea of the Hunger Games is the same as the Gladiator Games but dressed in new clothes.
In our reality TV shows you can also find some similarities with the Gladiator Games. There is just one victor who gets a lot of money and glory. All these shows are just for entertaining the audience and sometimes they are only interested in it when they see people suffer.
To sum up, I would say that in every age there is the same basic idea of how to entertain the audience and sometimes these ideas are not very human.
Hey MV,
ReplyDeleteI really like your point of view and that you mentioned that it's not human to force people to do things they don't want to. Unfortunatly, this is your last blog entry but I'm looking forward to hearing more of your comments in class ;-)
AA