Imagine being in a game where everyone dies except for one winner, and you have to risk your life to save that of your little sister. Also imagine not being able to speak freely at home. These are some examples of how dystopian governments take control of members of societies in dystopian novels. The governments of 1984 and those of The Hunger Games share the dystopian goal of dehumanizing their citizens in order to maintain and gain control over them. The Party and the Capitol seek power, and whoever controls the people in a society has all the power. Katniss, from The Hunger Games, realizes that the government is distorting the true meaning of the Hunger Games. The government is distorting the meaning of the Hunger Games by mistaking the true meaning of when they started holding these so-called Games. She also realizes that the government is dehumanizing the population of each District. “At the Capitol, they perform surgeries to make people look younger and thinner. In District 12, looking old is a real achievement since many people die prematurely. You see an elderly person, you want to congratulate them on their longevity, to ask them the secret of their survival. A chubby person is envied because they are not. The government makes people think what it wants them to think. The government tells the people what to call everyone else in society. For example, Winston told Mrs. Parsons who another one of his so-called friends was. “…you were supposed to call everyone “comrade”…” (20). This 1984 quote puts the government in control because people know they are being watched and therefore follow the specific rules given to them. by the government. this is one of many examples of how the government of Oceania controls the