RUNNING HEAD: CENSORING OF THE HUNGER GAMES 1 Complications among The Hunger Games Verses Censorship Jacob Millerleile Jackson-Milton High School CENSORING OF THE HUNGER GAMES 2 Abstract The issue of this paper is going to discuss the censorship of the novel and movie‚ The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins. The novel was declared too graphic for the young
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The Hunger games is a film that at first glance is disguised as a romantic teen movie for young adults to enjoy watching on the weekend with all of their friends and family. But with just a small amount of critical thinking and understanding of the themes and images that are presented in front of you during the viewing of this film you can receive a whole other level of understanding to what the makers of the film are trying to help you visualize in a discreet manner. Right off the bat‚ at the start
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” is more than just a best seller. It is a vortex into a futuristic United States that offers morals and themes that can relate to today’s society. Collins contrasts the poverty-stricken‚ subservient world of main character‚ Katniss‚ with the affluence and power of the people of the governing Capitol. Collins descends into the abuses of government control‚ and explores the importance and hope of individuality in a totalitarian society. Katniss
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everyone‚ there are about 21‚000 people die every day of hunger-related causes‚ according to the United Nation. [1] The Hunger Games‚ as its name denotes‚ its about poverty‚ hunger and social inequalities. This film is set in the near future where there are 12 Districts and a Capitol that controls them. In this film‚ the main character Katniss lives in one of the district with her fatherless family. The district she lives in is in poverty and hunger. Since she is the eldest‚ she has to take responsibility
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The Hunger Games The first thing I noticed was that the book was being told from Katniss’s perspective‚ while the movie was told from many different perspectives. Also‚ in the book the Mocking Jay pin was given to Katniss by Madge before she went to the capital‚ and then Katniss gave the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. In the movie Katniss got the Mocking Jay pin from the black market‚ and then gives the Mocking Jay pin to Prim. Another thing I noticed was that Madge‚ the girl that gave Katniss the
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The book‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ is an exciting tale of the reversion of a group of boys stranded on an island. To continue with the success of this book‚ two movies were created‚ one in 1963 and one in 1990. The movie I am choosing to review is the movie version of Lord of the Flies produced in 1963. Although the movie does contain a minimal amount of differences from the book it’s based on‚ I noticed a variety of similarities between the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ and its corresponding
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differences between the book‚ The Help‚ and the movie‚ “The Help”. Although the director did manage to keep some of plot the same‚ there are still not as many similarities as differences in the book and movie. To start off‚ the director did keep most of the characters looks and personalities the same in the movie as in the book. Some differences were that in the book Skeeter is big and tall‚ but the movie has her slender and average height‚ if not shorter. Hilly is portrayed in the book as a dark haired
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In the birds the book and movie are really different. To me i really preferred the movie over the book but the both seemed pretty pointless and pretty stupid because like in the movie the characters have different names. In the movie there was also a lot of really bad actors. Whereas in the book you didn’t have to worry about bad actors you just would read. In the movie in the beginning the girl started off in a bird shop pretending to work there and so when a man walked in pretending to buy some
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since I read this book. A movie‚ a death‚ a church and friendship‚ "The Outsiders" has it all. A story of brotherhood‚ friendship‚ and of a murder‚ a boy and his friend are caught in a murder‚ they have to escape form getting caught by the police‚ and so they run away‚ starting their journey of friendship and hardships. After reading the novel and watching the movie I noticed some differences‚ I’ll start with Ponyboy‚ in the novel pony boy is slapped by his brother‚ but in the movie‚ he is pushed‚
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Suzanne Collin’s bestseller‚ The Hunger Games‚ it redefines that saying. In the novel‚ North America has been through some apocalyptic disasters and is known as Panam with twelve districts that are ruled by the Capitol. Each year the Hunger Games are held as a reminder of the bleak past and that the Capitol is still in control of the citizens of Panam. One girl and one boy between the ages twelve and eighteen from each district are drafted to fight to death in the Hunger Games. The last one standing is
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