Fear Of Death In The Hunger Games

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In most religions dying is a good thing. The encouragements from the Revelation passage in The English Standard Version Holy Bible, verifies not to be afraid of death because there is a new life in heaven that God promises to give no pain and internal rest (The Holy Bible English Standard Version. Crossway. 21:4). The death theme for some people means dark and scary due to being afraid of the unknown. John Dryden, an English poet quoted: “Death, in itself, is nothing; but we fear,” Anxiety of death can cause a person to self-sacrifice and die, or drives their pride to protect themselves, or other people from dying (Kastenbaum, Robert, 30). Suzanne Collins shows individuals such as Katniss, Rue, and Peeta being intrepid of death. Through The Hunger Games, the characters, teach the reader not to fear death. Looking back at The Hunger Games novel, the main part of the book being the battle area and games itself. I believe the fear of death is Suzanne Collins way of expressing a desire in people to not necessarily be unafraid of death, but to educate to not let death restrain themselves from doing what they need to survive, or when to sacrifice their life. The Capital each year punishes the …show more content…
Collins educates us to not really give up until the end, just like Rue, Peeta, and Katniss experiences by building the courage to face the fear of death, by dying or surviving, which helped lead to two victors in the seventy-fourth Hunger Games (Collins 147). The brutal battle of The Hunger Games is terrifying, but the feudalism society of the Capital still present fear of death for all of the Districts civilians. Individuals such as Katniss brings hope, because she learns defeated fear in the by volunteering her live to save her sister Prim Everdeen, to protect her from death. Through the novel these acts of braver teach the characters not to fear

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