Elated Lawsuit Authoritarians.........(Take 5? Take 6?) Justice League! Yeah.

     The Hunger Games shows a classic case of revenge and self-preservation. In her futuristic world, The twelve existing Districts in North America once rebelled against their dictatorship, the Capitol, and were put down again to a servile state. Now, to constantly remind them that they shouldn't rebel and that the Capitol is in power, each District must choose one boy and one girl to compete in a gruesome fight with the other children from the other Districts.
     This just shows how horrible revenge can be. For any little transgression or misdemeanor, people always take pleasure in turning it right back to who they recieved it from. For instance - (And I'm not pointing fingers.) The U.S. decided to establish democracy in Iraq, sending in thousands upon thousands of troops to enfoce this new concept. Then revenge comes into play. Iraqi people decide to commit acts of violence against the U.S. and U.S. soldiers, and we find ourselves in a vicious cycle of revenge. If any of these Iraqi people are caught, then they are put to our idea of justice, which would be a loooong visit to a prison cell. But let's say one of our U.S. soldiers was kidnapped. The people in Iraq probably believe that we are who should be locked up, since we're enforcing something they didn't ask for in the first place, and strolling around their houses with loaded weapons. However, this concocts many more problems in the world when everyone is hunting everyone else to enforce justice, or exact revenge, and then violence is running rampant and the world is a terrible place.
    Self-preservation also comes into play with society, as people always like to act in their best interests or do what pleases them. People don't always look out for each other, little children. When I get off the bus each day, I may have a dollar-ish in my pocket left over to buy a cookie/candy bar, etc. I usually see one homeless man in the same place each day. Today, I compromised. I gave the man half of my money, but I also acted in my best interests. I saved the other 50 cents to buy a rainbow cookie down the street. I love those cookies, but felt rather guilty today. This isn't exactly self-preservation, but many people wouldn't hesitate to put someone else down to move higher up in their career, in monetary standings, in their social life, or elsewhere.