Panem and America. Is Panem’s society an example of a possible future? (eBook)

Pre-University Paper from the year 2021 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1+, , language: English, abstract: The trilogy “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and its dystopic future of America seem to be far away from reality and very unlikely to happen. But what if the story is an exaggerated representation of America's problems today? Is Panem’s society an example of a possible future? And even more interesting is the question in which points the two societies distinguish each other and in which points do they agree?

In order to be able to answer these questions we need to compare both societies. But to do that we need to categorize and summarize the most important aspects of both Panem and America. Regarding to the mass of data about America, its society and problems, this elaboration will largely focus on society, living conditions as well as social and structures. As this elaboration uses “The Hunger Games” as the main source of information, most aspects about America are going to be based on the structure of the book and the described society. This leads us to the question of how Panem’s society is defined and in which aspects it can be compared with American society.

First of all, we need to understand Panem and its concept. Then I am going to elaborate on the structure and describe and summarize based on the three main aspects of Panem its society. Subsequently, I am going to describe, define and summarize the aspects of America’s society which are important to compare with Panem. It follows the comparison between both societies.