The genre of dystopian fiction is becoming more popular every day. A recent example of an extremely popular dystopian novel is The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins. The novel is a warning to modern readers by suggesting that the inequality between rich and poor in our society is very similar to that depicted in the novel. The protagonist of Collins' story, Katniss Everdeen, is the victim of financial discrimination by the capital. The Capitol's forms of welfare for the disadvantaged provide little assistance, people are forced to break the law just to survive, and how much help would it be if the Capitol gave the Districts their fair share of wealth. There are literary devices as well as generic elements used by Collins to bring the reader into agreement with his worldview. Cards and death benefits are forms of Capitol welfare for those who are unwell. The tiles represent a "meager annual supply of grain and oil" for a person in exchange for an extra harvest entry. This suggests Capitol's thinking that a poor person dying is less of a loss to society than a rich person since a rich person has the money to provide their family with what they need to survive. The cards are similar to the pension provided by the Australian government. The Australian government donates money, rather than food, to those in need. This allows for greater choice in how welfare is spent. The other form of welfare is the death benefit. When Katniss' father is "blown to pieces" in a landmine explosion, District 12 gives the family enough money to "cover a month of mourning, after which my mother is expected to get a job. Only she hasn't got one." Done". Katniss' mother simply sat down in a chair. She of...... middle of paper... Tralians put them in detention centers and make them wait years before being allowed entry. Australia seems like a wonderful place. We keep talking about how we need to help those in extreme poverty, but that's all we do. We don't fix the source, we try to fix the results but that doesn't fix the problem. We need to make a change, we need to show that we truly care about the well-being of others. We must make the rich and the poor equal. To sum up, Australians must take action to end inequality between rich and poor. If we don't, we could end up like Panem, where a totalitarian, selfish government rules over everything. Collins uses generic elements and literary devices to position the reader into a state of agreement with how he sees the world. Our society does not have far to go before it becomes Panem with extreme inequalities between rich and poor.