Government Control

One of the main themes the author uses throughout the entire series is Government Control.
we see this in the Capitol's rules, how they control the districts, and their choice of entertainment. The Capitol enforces rues such as nobody is allowed to leave their district unless it's in account of the Hunger Games. to enforce this rule all districts are surrounded by some type of fencing to keep them inside, and outsiders outside. The Capitol also has a very strong hold on all of the districts. The Capitol uses each district for it's resources, they work the citizens to the bone, and just take those resources from them for very little pay, especially in district 12. And then you have the big one. The one thing that the Capitol forces 24 children to participate in every year. The Hunger Games. "The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. in punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes, to participate. the twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. the last tribute standing wins." - Narrator (Katniss Everdeen), The Hunger Games. So if you are a boy or girl between the ages of 12 and 18, you are forced by the Capitol to be entered into the draw for the reaping, and you MUST participate in the Hunger Games. Although if someone volunteers as tribute in your place, as Katniss does for her sister Prim (Primrose).