Pratt, 3d ed., Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938, pp. “As I read, the spirit of the Lord was upon me, and I knew and comprehended that the book was true, as plainly and manifestly as a man comprehends and knows that he exists.” ( Autobiography of Parley P.
I read all day eating was a burden, I had no desire for food sleep was a burden when the night came, for I preferred reading to sleep. After this I commenced its contents by course.
I then read the testimony of several witnesses in relation to the manner of its being found and translated. “I opened it with eagerness, and read its title page. … Next morning I called at his house, where, for the first time, my eyes beheld the ‘BOOK OF MORMON’-that book of books … which was the principal means, in the hands of God, of directing the entire course of my future life. He promised me the perusal of it, at his house the next day. I inquired of him how or where the book was to be obtained. At Newark, along the Erie Canal, he left the boat and walked ten miles into the country, where he met a Baptist deacon by the name of Hamlin, who told him “of a book, a STRANGE BOOK, a VERY STRANGE BOOK! … This book, he said, purported to have been originally written on plates either of gold or brass, by a branch of the tribes of Israel and to have been discovered and translated by a young man near Palmyra, in the State of New York, by the aid of visions, or the ministry of angels. In August 1830, as a lay preacher, Parley Parker Pratt was traveling from Ohio to eastern New York. Many of you will have seen aspects of this story as they are beautifully portrayed in the Church film, “The Book of Mormon: How Rare a Possession!” Permit me to tell you how Parley Pratt came to know of the book about which he wrote. In that sense, these small moments of defiance can be very powerful.These words represent Elder Pratt’s declaration of the miraculous coming forth of a most remarkable book. Remember when District 12 gives Katniss their salute? Or when Katniss covers Rue’s dead body in flowers? These symbolic gestures call attention to the fact that there are actual people in the Hunger Games – real live humans, not just game pieces. While the people of Panem might not have the Capitol’s money, they do have other ways of fighting back. Let’s not forget, though, that this book is also about ways to resist the kind of power that the Capitol represents. Worst of all, the government broadcasts the event live on television, reinforcing the idea that the tributes are giving their lives for little more than the entertainment of the Capitol. It's all symbolic of how the Capitol prevents the people in the districts from joining forces and rebelling – the Games keep the people of the districts divided and fighting among themselves. Since only one teenage contestant, or "tribute," can win, the tributes are forced to kill teens from the other districts and one from their own district.
In the Hunger Games, the citizens of Panem become nothing more than pawns in an elaborate game of life or death. The Hunger Games, then, are the ultimate display of the government’s power and were designed to warn the populace against rebellion. Because the Capitol holds most of the country of Panem’s wealth, the government there is able to control the people in all of the districts across Panem. Well, the main source of power in The Hunger Games is clear: the totalitarian government of the Capitol.
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