As a political allegory, it covers the same intellectual terrain as Aristotle’s “Politics,” Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” and de Jouvenel’s “On Power,” but in a way that is more penetrating for readers and viewers, and particularly relevant for our times.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hunger-games-fiction-no-more

It seemed pretty evident to me at the time, and I conveyed that to my kids who were reading it back then.