Review of "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
Isabelle Gwak
Ms. Therese
English 10 3 September 2012
“The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is a work of dystopian literature” In my own opinion and from the evidences I found I hereby prove that the book “The Hunger Games” is a work of a dystopian novel. Here are some characteristic of a dystopian novel that matches up with the book “The Hunger Games”. First of all Dystopian literatures have social class on them (Ferrari). They always have single absolute rulers with the most power. Then there are the middle classed people who just live by with their life, and lastly there are the lower classed people who have nothing (What_makes_it_dystopian). “I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about district 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far off city called the capitol” (Collins 6) this quote was mentioned from the character from the hunger games called Katniss. This quote suggests that since the first class people are powerful the lower class people are scared of them and their consequences too. The lower class people always have a big trouble (Dixon). They have to always stake their life on the line to do something they are not free, but captured (International_Reading_Association). Be it whether it is food or money they are always lacking on it, so they have to be happy and satisfied with what they have. “No one in the Seam would turn up their nose at a good leg of wild dog” (Collins 11) this line was delivered by the soup seller in district 12. This line means that people will just be happy that they can get a taste of meat rather than choosing and being picky on rather it is a cow, pig or anything like that of a sort. The poor people starve and there isn’t enough for everyone so no one really has the right to be picky on what they are given. The third reason is because lower ranking society or people have to do what they are told by the higher up people. If they are to say you have to scarifies your child
Ms. Therese
English 10 3 September 2012
“The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is a work of dystopian literature” In my own opinion and from the evidences I found I hereby prove that the book “The Hunger Games” is a work of a dystopian novel. Here are some characteristic of a dystopian novel that matches up with the book “The Hunger Games”. First of all Dystopian literatures have social class on them (Ferrari). They always have single absolute rulers with the most power. Then there are the middle classed people who just live by with their life, and lastly there are the lower classed people who have nothing (What_makes_it_dystopian). “I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about district 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far off city called the capitol” (Collins 6) this quote was mentioned from the character from the hunger games called Katniss. This quote suggests that since the first class people are powerful the lower class people are scared of them and their consequences too. The lower class people always have a big trouble (Dixon). They have to always stake their life on the line to do something they are not free, but captured (International_Reading_Association). Be it whether it is food or money they are always lacking on it, so they have to be happy and satisfied with what they have. “No one in the Seam would turn up their nose at a good leg of wild dog” (Collins 11) this line was delivered by the soup seller in district 12. This line means that people will just be happy that they can get a taste of meat rather than choosing and being picky on rather it is a cow, pig or anything like that of a sort. The poor people starve and there isn’t enough for everyone so no one really has the right to be picky on what they are given. The third reason is because lower ranking society or people have to do what they are told by the higher up people. If they are to say you have to scarifies your child
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