Making several appearances on the American Library Association’s ‘most contested books’ listings for its controversial and confronting content‚ The Hunger Games trilogy has become one of the most discussed Young Adult fictions since its debut in 2008. Through Suzanne Collins’ use of provocative themes of class and extreme poverty‚ confronting depictions of violence amongst children and the challenging of stereotypical gender roles‚ the novel discusses the hardships faced by children living within
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The novel‚ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a teenage girl‚ Katniss‚ having to live in a poor world where she participates in a yearly event called ‘The Hunger Games’. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a teenage boy having to see the flaws of a world which are sameness. The Hunger Games is more dystopian than The Giver but both stories share some similarities. The Hunger Games and The Giver both characters are positively popular or famous to the community but the difference is that the
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Hunger Games theme What would we do if we were chosen at random to fight for our life? Would we just let it happen? Would we fight back and try our best to keep out dignity? Or would we do whatever it takes just to stay alive‚ even if it means losing site of who we really are? These are all decisions that Peeta and Katniss‚ two kids from a city called Panem had to make all by themselves. The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many themes‚ but the most important overall‚ is the importance
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In 1996‚ director Nicholas Hynter released a film adaptation of Miller’s play. Despite popular belief‚ movie adaptations hold just as much significance as the original written text. Both the text and its visual counterpart are created to convey a message‚ just in their own respective ways. As authors use literary devices to create meaning and convey themes within their texts‚ directors use movie techniques. A technique like lighting can be used to characterize‚ while visual symbolism can allude and
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Rosina Gonzalez ENG 353 02/08/05 Research Paper For this paper‚ I chose the Roald Dahl modern fantasy book‚ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory‚ and the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl’s books are mostly fantasy and full of imagination. They are always a little cruel‚ but never without humor - a thrilling mixture of the grotesque and comic. A frequent motif is that people are not what they appear to be. Dahl’s works for children are usually told from the
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Lowry‚ is a fascinating story about a different type of society and learning the secrets behind it. The movie of the same name directed by Phillip Noyce‚ is creative‚ but showed some very disappointing changes from the book. All in all‚ the book is far more preferable because the plot is far more exciting‚ the characters are developed well‚ and the creativeness is more descriptive than that of the movie. The Giver is a novel about a young boy named Jonas. He is given the profession of the Receiver
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film and the book portray a conflict between Grant Wiggins‚ the protagonist‚ and Reverend Ambroise about religion‚ the community and Jefferson‚ however‚ the book provides a more in-depth layer to the conflict. In the novel‚ not only does Ambroise besiege Grant about his atheism‚ but also asserts his dominance and his power as a reverend; Ambroise flaunts his authority‚ because he believes that Grant threatens his power when Grant actually does not care about Ambroise’s power. For the movie‚ however‚
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Pajamas is a book by John Boyne that was published in 2006. This book takes place during the holocaust. A little boy named Bruno‚ his mom‚ dad and sister Gretel move from their home to a new house where the father is in charge of a concentration camp. Bruno goes exploring at the new house and makes his way to the concentration camp finding a young boy‚ the same age as himself‚ named Shmuel. In 2008 a movie adapted from the book directed and written by Mark Herman‚ was made. The movie was very similar
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published both as a book and as a movie. Being a reader or a viewer entirely changes our point of view on the story. As a reader‚ we get descriptive insight on the situations and emotions of the characters. We are then able to re-create these visually using our imagination and have endless freedom doing so. As a viewer‚ our creativity is somewhat restricted. We do not imagine the characters’ physical appearance‚ the locations or the overall situations in the same way as in a book. These elements are
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History of The Hunger Games & Panem What we now know as North America wasn’t always known as North America. North America during post-apocalyptic times was known as Panem. Panem comes from a Latin phrase which means bread and circuses. The phrase was used to describe people or a person using entertainment to distract others from more important issues‚ which in this case would be problems in the districts. The leader of Panem used entertainment and the providing of food to get the residents
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