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In the Hunger Games trilogy, leaders of the “good side” are essentially no different from leaders of the “bad side.” Generally, leaders of oppressed groups have been perceived as more, rather than less, morally and ethically trustworthy. It is not surprising, however, given recent events in our own times, that the three novels in Suzanne Collins’s trilogy, published as they were within the last six years, present readers with a view that reflects a less than innocent vision of right/wrong and good/bad leadership.
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Soter, A.O. (2014). “It’s Great to have Allies as Long as you can Ignore the Thought that you’ll have to Kill Them”. In: Connors, S.P. (eds) The Politics of Panem. Critical Literacy Teaching Series. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-806-0_8
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