In Hunger Games, the idea of constant conflict begins in the "games." Like the games before, these children are placed in a hostile environment and told to fight for the enjoyment of the capital. Throughout the entirety of the games, the "tributes" fight for their survival; whether it being against each other, or the elements. Both fall under the lines of "continual fear" and also, "danger of violent death"; two of Hobbes' main itemizes to the perpetual state of war.
Hobbes' ideals towards what is right and what is wrong is explained; "right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place." Simply, this means that there is no right or wrong when there is a lack of authority. When the games first begin, the tributes waste no time in running to the weapons and slaughtering their fellow tributes. On one particular event, Peta finds allies with other districts and watches from afar as they try to kill Katniss Everdeen, another tribute from district twelve.
In these games, there is no time for creativity, "no letters, no society." Only fear and violence. Which is an excellent description of the conditions these children are forced under.
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