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    Hunger Games Themes

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    home‚ but now she has to apply them during the games. No matter how tough or scary the problem was to Katniss‚ she was able to conquer the issue because of the settings she lived in before the games. In the beginning of The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins gives a hint that her dad was a big role model to find food in the woods. “But there’s also food if you know how

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    Katniss Everdeen

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    “How are women and girls represented in contemporary novels?” In Suzanne Collins contemporary novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ the author represents women and girls in a variety of ways. Suzanne Collins represents feminine qualities in women and girls in a negative way in her novel‚ The Hunger Game. Collins uses characterisation to depict feminine qualities as being a drawback. An example of this can be seen in her portrayal of Prim and her mother‚ who share similar traditional feminine qualities‚ “My

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    “How does Collins use the genre of dystopian fiction to make a comment on contemporary society?” Suzanne Collins uses dystopian fiction to warn us of the many things that are wrong in the present world. The Hunger Games is based on a depressing world which we would all hate to live in. Collins brings to our attention some of the problems we have in today’s world such as our obsession with looking perfect‚ how we waste our time‚ and how selfish we are. In our society we waste our time on video

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    Katniss Unselfishness

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    In the Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins creates an extraordinary character‚ Katniss Everdeen. Katniss Everdeen is unselfish‚ protective‚ and strong. The author portrays this by building up the suspense in the plot. There is many qualities in Katniss sums her into being a courageous person. The two parts of novel displays Katniss characteristics efficiently. One quality I love about Katniss is her unselfishness. She displayed this throughout the first two parts. More importable‚ she demonstrated in

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    Divergent

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    Examining the Characteristics of Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games In typical examples of literature‚ women are generally presented as dependent and weak‚ requiring the assistance of men to save them. However‚ in The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins presents a female protagonist who breaks the stereotype of these women; Katniss Everdeen is an independent‚ logical‚ yet doubtful character. To begin with‚ Katniss is independent. Ever since her father died and her mother went through

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    Games by Suzanne Collins quickly rose through the ranks and has become one of the most influential and best selling books of the late 2000’s. Based in a post-apocalyptic United States‚ The Hunger Games tells the story of the young heroine Katniss Everdeen and her journey of survival in both the harsh conditions of her coal mining home in District 12‚ and the later dangerous climate of the Capitol and the hunger games. Survival is one of the major reoccurring themes that Collins weaves throughout

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    The Odds are Not Ever in Your Favor if You Read The Hunger Games One of the most influential‚ albeit controversial‚ book series of 2008 is written by Suzanne Collins‚ an author who previously had been a children’s television writer. Collins‚ in her new series The Hunger Games‚ delves into the dark‚ questionable subject of child versus child combat. The heroine of the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is someone to be admired and looked up to. Time and time again she makes the tough choices required of her

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    Hunger Games Book Review

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    compelling young adult novel that will surely appeal to many readers that admire action and adventure with a hint of romance. In my opinion‚ The Hunger Games is an exceptional novel that is dramatic and really fun to read. The author‚ Suzanne Collins‚ does a really good job with developing the plot. The plot is very unique and

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    The Flying Dragons

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    DIEGO TORRES 10/26/11 P: 6 THE HUNGER GAMES‚ SUZANNE COLLINS The book the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place on a country named Panem. Panem was a country that after being terrorized by vague disasters arose from the ashes of North America. The setting of this book can also be described as post-apocalyptic‚ and takes place in the future. In the book Panem is located on the 12 district which was formerly located in the region of Appalachia. The main conflict

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    The Hunger Games

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    The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even with that being the main audience target‚ the book has appealed to parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. The book is set in a time where North America has been destroyed and divided into 12 districts; the 13th has been destroyed due to a rebellion‚ and it’s all run by the powerful Capital. In district 12 lives Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ who hunts to provide

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