Death=?

     Death is a mysterious and complex thing. Yet in many science fiction books it is tossed aside as worthless. In The Hunger Games shows it as a game and as something so easy to lose. These books mention the deaths of main characters but if you read closer you'll notice the tons of lives lost. Whether from wars or revenge thousands of people die in each book. I think that it conveys that life isn't precious or that life is so little that it could be used as a punishment.
     In the book I'm currently reading Allegiant by Veronica Roth I noticed something in this futuristic world that relates to the death penalty that we have today. After a war that killed hundreds of innocents there is trials for the leaders of armies and the rebels. It brought up a question that is a current debate in the world: is death a valid punishment. Also, if you killed someone is it worth your own life? That brings up the question of what is equal to what. Death to death or death to jail. I've noticed that a lot of sci-fi books have the question of what is death worth. And is there a time where death is the better option?
     I concluded that in most books death is what the punishment ends up being. For example, in The Hunger Games President Snow has an execution date. I'm not sure if this portrays the authors opinion on the death penalty or if she only thinks it was a good punishment for this character in particular. In Allegiant People are sentenced to death but are rescued so that the only ones who died were the innocent citizens. This shows the opposite perspective that no matter how many you kill death is not the answer. Overall I do not think anyone should be sentenced to death. Rotting in a cell seems worst to me. However I disagree about how death is portrayed in many books for teens. Instead these books should show how valuable life is.