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          The government is in control of so many things. Every law, amendment, and even social disputes in the United States must go through the government. Every branch of the government is responsible for making sure the United States is ran properly. We as citizens are expected to follow the laws and live how the government says. This even includes certain religious practices. What would happen if the government became too powerful and we as citizens tried to revolt? In the book "The Hunger Games," author Suzanne Collins depicts what happens when a colony revolts against the capitol. The book is very over-aggregated and futuristic, but the common theme of citizens revolting against the higher power is very relevant. In the book the world is split up into districts, and the capitol is the higher authority govern the districts. The districts are treated terribly and expected to be ok with all of it. District 13 began a revolution against the capitol many years prior to the present time in the novel. This did not end well for the district. After this revolution the capitol began what is now known as "The Hunger Games." The game itself is not really a game at all, the capitol picks one boy and one girl from each district and places them in an arena to fight to the death. There are 24 children placed in the arena, and only one child leaves the arena. The book shows what happened when the district revolted against the hierarchy. This book places emphasis on how powerful a government can get. Citizens had no say on how the government was ran, and they definitely had no say after the revolution. Citizens of the United States are expected to follow the law and if they do not they are taken to court and sometimes end up in jail. If they don't end up in jail they get probation and must meet with the government through a process called probation. This is just a little bit of how the government controls the citizens in today's world. "The Hunger Games" is a crazy, over the top replication of how the government could over take the community, but it shows how citizens have little say in how a country is actually ran.