Hunger games

                Am I the only one who feels like the Hunger Games could happen in real life? I mean look at our society. We all rushed to the nearest movie theater or the nearest bookstore, to get a taste of Hunger Games, knowing in advance exactly what this series was about. Teenagers, children, killing one another to survive. And not only the horror of humans turning to borderline cannibalism, but all of these horrendous things happening with an audience? For the entertainment of the world? Although this was a tremendous movie, isn’t it sick the way these kinds of terrible acts could be used to interest us?

                Our society today consists of billions of people, claiming to be family people, or friend people, but really only out for one thing: Themselves. We may all be too stubborn to admit it, but it’s clear that the main focus of every human being is “me”. Me, me, me. This self-centered attitude is what is tearing our world apart. We shouldn’t be focused on the good for ourselves, but for the good of the world as a whole. We will get nowhere without the help of one another.

                Although extremely unlikely, I get the feeling that Hunger Games could be possible in our world, and I am slightly surprised that something similar hasn’t happened. We are a selfish bunch. If you were put in a cage with 10 strangers, and forced to fight to the death, obviously you will fight to the death, no questions asked. Now picture it this way: You are placed in a cage with your nearest family members, and closest friends, forced to fight to the death. Would you still be family and friends? Or would you turn on them, forced to fight, every man for themselves? I know the answer you would be willing to tell somebody, but when faced with the situation, we all know which option we would pick.

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