In the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins shows how little children are eligible at the age of 12 to have their name placed in the reaping box, so that when the time comes one of them can have their name randomly chosen to be a part of the hunger games. The reaping is a parallel to another piece of literature called The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson. This book is about a small town that every year holds a lottery, but much like the Hunger Games, winning means death. In the lottery this death is brought by stoning, for a means of sacrifice so that the crop of the town will flourish that year. In the Hunger Games winning could possibly mean death, unless the person chosen wins. The winner is also a sacrifice, but instead of a sacrifice for food, they are a sacrifice for entertainment. More than enough times in the novel Katniss refers to how the entertainment of the crowd affects her actions. She always knows that whatever is done in the Hunger Games is being seen by millions of people around the country, and if her sponsors like what they see they will provide her with some of the necessities that she needs.
Also in The Lottery a mother is chosen to be stoned, but her son takes the largest rock to stone her with. This boy is a parallel to Peeta in the very beginning of the hunger games when he teamed up with the Careers. The Careers are people who have trained their whole lives to be in the Hunger Games. They hated Katniss, and they were trying to find her, so that they could kill her. In the end Peeta ends up falling in love with Katniss.
Also in The Lottery a mother is chosen to be stoned, but her son takes the largest rock to stone her with. This boy is a parallel to Peeta in the very beginning of the hunger games when he teamed up with the Careers. The Careers are people who have trained their whole lives to be in the Hunger Games. They hated Katniss, and they were trying to find her, so that they could kill her. In the end Peeta ends up falling in love with Katniss.
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