Genetic Engineering

In our book club, we discussed that Panem has very complex genetic engineering, with canibal muttations, arenas, and toxic flowers. So far, in our world today, we have created many mutts ourselves. We have a human-made sheep called Polly. Polly has produced more sheeps. We also created a mechanical jellyfish. Scientists can now splice animal DNA and add human DNA into it. Panem is built on these mechanical man-made creatures. So if something goes wrong in the lab, we might have a canibal half-human half-lizard mutt.

Examples of extreme genetic engineering can be shown in not just The Hunger Games trilogy but also Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In it, Victor tries to create his own creature, but he messes up an creates a monster. The monster is just like humans, but because of its appearance it is shunned and abused by everyone he encounters.