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    Jamie (Nhu Nguyen) Ms. Taylor English 6 The Hunger Game Lit Theory Feb 2nd 2013 The Hunger Game by Suzanne Collins is one of the bestseller on The New York Times for a long time. The period in the story is when the North America was completely collapsed; a country named Panem was established. The country has 12 districts (each 13th District‚ but it has been crossed from the list) and a city called the Capitol. Each county has a duty‚ labor‚ production‚ and transfer everything they do on the

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    March 22‚ 2012 English 801A&B The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about survival. Survival forces you to be courageous‚ enduring‚ and most of all do things you’ve never imagined. One of the main characters Katniss Everdeen is forced to change who she is and act like she’s in love in order to survive The Hunger Games. Katniss demonstrates her courageous characteristic when she sacrifices herself and takes her sister’s place in The Hunger Games

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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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    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Written by: Anon In The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins illustrates that symbolism and characterization makes survival the result of strength. First off‚ Suzanne uses characterization to present how strength is key for survival. For example‚ we can see that Katniss Everdeen had to use a lot of her strength to try and get through the hunger games. At one point in the story‚ Peeta Mellark got cut by Cato’s sword. He was deeply wounded and Katniss had to try

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    pronounced. To begin‚ the Hunger Games movie is a very interesting movie that is modified in order to clarify several concepts that cannot be presented as they were written by Suzanne Collins. To interpret this idea‚ the Hunger Games movie was altered so the viewers could understand many ideas that Suzanne Collins wrote‚ but could not be incorporated into the movie in the same way. For example‚ the idea that the items and the obstacles in the arena were created and controlled by the Gamemakers is

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    Hunger Games vs. Our society A. intro 1. Alter bodies for fashion/looks 2. 13 colonies theory 3. Average American/ Average Capitolean B. Body Altering 1. Body coloration a. tatooes b. tanning beds c. piercings/colored hair 2. Conclusion C. 13 Colonies Theory 1. 13 states/districts a. try to prevent a "war" b. King George III /President Snow taking over cruely c. Lower class/ Upper class 2. Upper Class = large and moder city = Capitol 3. "While there is no

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    article needs attention from an expert on the subject. Please add a reason or a talk parameter to this template to explain the issue with the article. Consider associating this request with a WikiProject. (June 2014) The Hunger Games Creator Suzanne Collins Original work The Hunger Games Print publications Novels The Hunger Games trilogy: The Hunger Games Catching Fire Mockingjay Films and television Films The Hunger Games (film series): The Hunger Games The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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    The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many characteristics of a dystopian society. Propaganda is used throughout the book to control the citizens of society. The people of the twelve districts have their Information‚ independent thought‚ and freedom restricted. The type of dystopian control present is corporate control. Propaganda is use to control the citizens of society. “The real message is clear‚ ‘Look how we take your children and sacrifice them and there’s nothing you

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    Losing means certain death.” (fourth cover) In an interview with Suzanne Collins she was asked about what the most difficult part about writing the book was. She replies to the viewers by telling them “when you’re going to write a story like The Hunger Games‚ you have to accept from the beginning that you’re going to kill characters.”(Collins‚ Suzanne. Interview by Rick Margolis. “A Killer Story: An Interview with Suzanne Collins‚ Author of ‘The Hunger Games’: Under Cover” SLJ.com. Rick Margolis‚ 1

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    good‚ and Collins does build upon the emotional core of her story very effectively by emphasizing Katniss’s internal conflict regarding both Peeta and Gale in this second volume. Her characters were already strongly relatable‚ and she only boosts their appeal in readers’ eyes this time. As a longtime SF reader who is just a tiny bit older than the target demographic here‚ I cannot help but read an SF novel for the whole package. That package includes convincing world building. This‚ Collins has not

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