You have been selected to participate in a popular TV gameshow called... the Hunger Games. You are one of 24 contestants, and only one of you can come out alive. In order to survive, you will have to kill at least one other person (probably more). Would you participate, knowing that you will need to kill others in order to live? Or would you kill yourself before the Games started?
I originally thought that all the killings inside the Hunger Games arena would be in self-defence. However, is it really self-defence if you are going into the arena knowing that you will have to kill people? Isn't that actually closer to premeditated murder?
⬇ Spoiler Alert! ⬇
In The Hunger Games, the hero and heroine (Katniss and Peeta) decide to kill to survive. However, by the end of the story, when they are the last two standing, they can't bring themselves to kill the other. So they decide to attempt suicide together.
The Hunger Games portrays many instances of Katniss and Peeta putting themselves at risk to help others, which is admirable. However, their selfless acts are (for the most part) limited for those they know and love – on the other hand, they are willing to kill people they don't know in order to ensure their survival. This may be normal in our society, but seems contrary to the Bible's command to put others first (Philippians 2:3-11 and 1 Corinthians 10:24).
The question remains... What would you do?
