'Theseus and the Minotaur and the Hunger Games\r'

'Throughout countless novels confederation remains a jet theme. Societal social organization greatly reflects upon the composure of the plot, as well as the characters. In the novel The famish Games by Suzanne collins, collins creates an alternate society which is completely workled by their goernment, the Capitol. The yearning Games is reminiscent of the Greek myth, Theseus and the Minotaur. They two share the conception of a society supervised thoroughly by the government, and the idea of a method of rebelling against higher powers.Collins uses the literary device of allusion to reference her literary work of The Hunger Games to characters and themes found in Theseus and the Minotaur. The Hunger Games and Theseus and the Minotaur both transport the themes of dedicate, oppression, government control, and survival through characterization and allegory. The characters of Katniss Everdeen and Prince Theseus of capital of Greece both illustrate what it takes to sacrifice oneâ⠂¬â„¢s self for opposites.They both acquit incredible incentives towards their determination of â€Å"volunteering as subvention,” yet they admit different motives regarding who or what they made their choices for. From the beginning of The Hunger Games, it’s draw Katniss has a true connection to her younger sister, Prim, and in truth cares for her. â€Å"How could I leave Prim, who is the only person in the world I’m certain I love? ” (Collins, 10) Katniss implies that in all matters, she’ll always be there for Prim, who is eventually her motivation for volunteering as tri merelye for her.In Theseus and the Minotaur, Theseus volunteers to end King Minos’s viscous and neer ending cycle of tributes sent to fight the minotaur, but are defeated and killed. What Katniss and Theseus have in the common is that they’re both volunteering so others don’t have to suffer. Katniss is sacrificing herself for her family, and Theseus for his country’s bravery. They both have strong motives and something they believe in which is what it takes for someone to sacrifice themselves if it betters their cause.The Capitol and King Minos have total control over Panem and Ancient Greece. They both make it almost infeasible to rebel against them or else they will threaten war, in which the other sides have no chance of winning. The Capitol keeps control of Panem by providing viands and entertainment. King Minos keeps control by threatening war and also by providing food and entertainment. The Capitol in The Hunger Games and King Minos in Theses and the Minotaur arrange their regions under complete government oppression. They both disallow war by reminding their societies of the cost of war.Theseus and Katniss both have cunning tactics of defeating either the minotaur, or other tributes. Katniss is an extremely strong hunter which services her with survival in the hunger games. She can climb trees and can hid h erself inordinately well from enemies. Theseus wins with his smart thinking and problem solving. They both have jock from a â€Å"love pastime” in which case it’s Peeta for Katniss, and King Minos’s young woman for Theseus. Katniss is primarily uncomfortable accepting help from others, but as the novel progresses, she has to accept help if she wants to win.Theseus rather than Katniss takes help from King Minos’s daughter immediately, using any kind of resource he can to defeat the minotaur. Often writers take ideas and conceptions from other pieces of literary work and incorporate it in their testify work. This is shown in The Hunger Games with the Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur. Collins takes Theseus and the Minotaur and incorporates it into the future. If majority of ideas and thoughts all come from other sources, who originally thought those thoughts? The world may never know.\r\n'