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Main points of: Reaping environmental Justice Through Compassion in The Hunger Games

The early 21st century is the golden age of Young Adult literature.

The Hunger Games tackles two environmental issues: the global food system and starvation.

Food is a social and environmental concern.

The poor may have little access to the food they produce.

Most people would not know how to survive in a major disaster, not knowing how to get fresh water, catch food or grow food.

The Hunger Games is worthy of scholarly attention.

The Hunger Games are a visible example of an oppressive state system.

The Capitol takes children from the districts and has they kill each other for the entertainment of the people of the Capitol. It also establishes how much control the Capitol has over the lives of the people in the districts.

The violence in the books and films trouble some parents and viewers.

The series ties in the production of food and the manipulation of those people who produce the food.

Hunger is a major tactic the Panem government uses to control its population.

Katniss' life is like those of billions of poor people in the world today that cannot afford enough food.

Food politics is an aspect of class politics.

The Capitol controls all production of everything in Panem.

There is an incredible contrast between the food available to those in the Capitol (and how they waste it) and the lack of food for those in the districts.

Women and children suffer most from food disparity and chronic hunger.

Many wealthy countries import food from poor countries.

Poor children are the ones who end up in the Hunger Games. No one from the Capitol ever is in the games.

Over 800 million people suffer from chronic hunger in the real world.

16 million children in the United States live in a food insecure home.

Knowledge leads to self-determination and power.

People in the Capitol are trained to think of those in the districts as expendable.

Ecological awareness and sensibility is declining among young people.

The three-fingered salute Katniss gives to the people of District 11 is censored by the Capitol.

The most radical anti-capitalist force is compassion.

Compassion is contagious.

Women account for 60% of the world's hungry.