1. Aspects of Totalitarian Systems in Novels The following section will analyze how totalitarian systems are constructed in novels and list the important aspects they consist of. Due to the limitations of words, the focus is only on the main aspects: the head of the system, laws and punishments, and the concept on which the systems are built.2.1 Who is the head of the system The leader of Panem is Coriolanus Snow. He calls himself President Snow, even though he is an absolute ruler and there are no votes. He is described as very strict and scrupulous. His residence is in the Capitol, the capital of Panem. The Capitol holds all of Panem's wealth and is the host of the "Games". In contrast, we have the "Committee of Elders" in The Giver, with the "Chief Elder" at the top. They are a group of elders, who lead the Community: they make all the decisions, choose tasks for people and can change the rules. Another part of leadership in the Giver in the 'Receiver'. He is part of the Elders' Committee, but is isolated from it because he carries with him the memories of the Community. These should give him wisdom so that he can be questioned by the committee when new and difficult problems arise. A parallel between the two novels is the close supervision that leaders have over their citizens. In The Giver we can see that they are monitored via loudspeakers and that "[a]ll private ceremonies are recorded." In The Hunger Games we learn about supervision in the second book, Catching Fire, when Snow pressures and threatens Katniss knowing everything about her life, even the kiss with Gale. 2.2 Laws and Punishments From the beginning it is obvious that in the community in The Giver the...... middle of paper ......n impossible because there is no real differentiation between men and women and because there are no religions. Another foundation of community is the lack of choices for citizens. All choices have been established in the past or have been adopted by the Committee of Elders. The only real choice citizens have in their lives is time, having a family unit and, for students, where to spend their volunteer hours. This was a necessary community action to prevent citizens from making bad decisions. As the Giver said, each member of the community lives a life that was created for him or her. An additional quality of the community is that it is very constant. Changes rarely occur, and if they do, very slow and little. The Committee of Elders does not exclude anything new or foreign, since it has no memory and only knowledge of the moment..