Author's Note: this is a theme essay about the theme of government takeover in three books. The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Fahrenheit 451
Government takeover is a theme used in many books. Many
authors use it to create action or adventure stories about rebellion. I found
that this theme was in the Hunger Games, Divergent and Fahrenheit 451.
There is an obvious theme
of Government takeover in the Hunger
Games. No one is free unless you live in the Capital. The government
controls everything and everyone in the districts. Not to mention that every
year they terrorize the districts by taking away their children. Then they go
make them fight to the death on national television. President Snow is the
driving force behind this. He thinks of not even having the hunger games and
just executing the tributes on the spot. All to make the districts bow down to
him and give him anything he wants.
Unlike making their people fight to the death, in Divergent they have a different system.
Everyone has a faction and that faction determines what you do with your life.
Even though people have the choice of their faction, if they choose to change
factions they never get to see their family again. You only have a small amount
of job choices. Not to mention that the government tries to keep the people in
the city, when they say they are trying to keep evil out.
Fahrenheit 451 has
the same theme but with a different twist. The government has major control.
They create strict rules on what people can and can’t have. Particularly books.
If someone gets caught with books, they are sent to jail and their books are
burned. The government has the power to modify any situation, like at the end
of the book. They send a search for Montag and when they don’t find him they
kill random man walking down the street to avoid embarrassment.
