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uprising, each of t he t w elve dist rict s must provide one girl and one boy, called t ribut es, t o part icipat e. Over a period of several w eeks, t he
com pet itors m ust fight t o t he deat h. The last t ribut e standing wins The Hunger Gam es: 15.
In coercing t he rules, t he Capit ol also em ploys violence t hrough it s peacekeepers. Public whipping, as w ell as public shot, is som et hing com m on
in the dist rict s, especially in the poorer ones. The violence does not only deal w ith execut ion of the deat h, but also the most t ort urous; mutilation. The
Capitol has no end of creat ive w ays t o kill people. One phenom enal is m utilating som eone who com mitt ed a crim e, and turning t hem int o a mut e
servant called an Avox. Avox is som eone w ho com mit t ed a crime. The Capit ol cut s their tongue so t hey can’t speak The Hunger Games: 56.
The overall explanat ion above is diagnosed as t he cause of t he class st ruggle b et w een t he dist rict s against the Capitol. The dist rict s, of course,
dem and their freedom from long last ing oppression, m eanwhile t he Capitol dem ands their power in ruling and dominating t he dist rict s.
3. The Power Relation
In order t o m aint ain t heir power, t he Capit ol uses t he polit ical st rat egy w hich is similar w ith Rom an Empire; divide and conquer. It can be seen how
t he Capit ol arrogant ly deliberat ed Dist rict 13 w ith it s m ilit ary force, and also t he harsh law enforcement t hat associat ed w ith violence. M oreover, all t he
Capitol’s rules are set in order t o make t he dist rict s disunit ed, from t he Hunger Gam es until t he dist rict boundary. The Capitol is fragile since it
depends on the dist rict s from foods until the peacekeepers, hence, if the dist rict s are unit ed and declare t heir freedom , the Capit ol w ill collapse.
The Hunger Games t rilogy depict s t hat t he long last ing oppressions of
t he Capitol to t he dist rict s is m ainly caused by the disunit y of the dist rict s.
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Hence, t he pow er relat ion of the dist rict s deals w it h t he developm ent of class consciousness in t he course of class st ruggle. Wherein, the dist rict s as whole
becom e aw are of t hem selves as a single class with com mon int erest and com m on enemy t ow ard the Capit ol. And this class consciousness is a vit al
prerequisit e for revolution t hat manifest s it self in a sense of solidarit y based on class identit y. For the dist rict s, class consciousness m eans revolut ionary
consciousness t hrough revolution and t he overt hrow of the Capitol. The Hunger Gam es
t rilogy depict t hat the revolut ion will not be achieved wit hout political agent and t he unit y of the dist rict s. Hence, Dist rict
13 that once w as considered died com es as an agent of revolut ion t o persuade t he dist rict s under t he voice of revolution t o overt hrow the Capit ol.
The goal of revolut ion is t o form a republic w here t he people of each dist rict and the Capit ol can elect t heir own represent at ives t o be t heir voice
in a cent ralized governm ent M ockingjay: 66. Dist rict 13 aim s t o t ake over t he dist rict s one by one, ending w ith Dist rict Tw o, thus cut ting off t he
Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it ’ s w eakened, t hey invade t he Capitol it self M ockingjay: 66. The w ar bet w een dist rict s and Capitol result s the fall
of t he Capit ol t o the hand of t he rebels M ockingjay: 252. In t im e of t he post -w ar period, Panem experience t w o president ial elect ions. The first
elect ion result s elect ed Coin, and t he lat est elect ion result s elect ed Paylor. Under Paylor’s leadership, Panem is est ablishing a new government w ith
dem ocracy syst em
4. The Effects of Class Struggle
