Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher from England; he thought up this idea of the 'state of nature.' In his book Leviathan he present the state of nature is the lack of authority, "without a common power to keep them in awe," and the lack of laws there is always going to be a perpetual state of war, "they are in that condition which is called war," and in these wars there is only to be the fittest alive in the end, "and such a war as is of every man against every man."
Also in Hobbes' state of nature statement he says there is no moral stature or right and wrong justice, "the notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place."He said that because "... there is no common power, there is no law; where no law, no injustice." Meaning that because there is no moral duty and no right and wrong it is, in a way, acceptable.
The Hunger Games can be argued on if it is an example of Hobbes' theory or not. I believe that the Games themselves can't support his theories. Between the tributes inside the Games it is an example because they have no authority, no laws, and are suppose to not have any morals so there can be only one victor. But all is fun in love and games, simply because they aren't fully like that. The tributes make alliances, some think they are above the rest, others like Katniss, actually have the concept of right and wrong, and knowing that this act of entertainment is wrong.
But the tributes aren't the only thing part of the Games. The Gamemakers make the Games a structured event, and are able to change the things around the tributes whenever they want. At one point Katniss was walking closer to the edge of the arena, so they built a wall of fire to push her back towards the other tributes.
Also, when they made the mutant dog to push them to fight with Cato at the end of the Games.
Lastly to prove that The Hunger Games isn't an
example of Hobbes' ideas, on the outside the tributes had mentors to guide them through the Games. They would gussy them up and parade them out to get sponsors. The sponsors are Capitol people and people in the districts that can get money to send things to the tributes in the arena for them to survive.
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