Identity is what defines a person. Identity makes up who you are; in the forms of how you look, dress, talk personality, etc. In Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl who matured at an early age. She had to teach herself how to provide for her family. Her father taught her few things before he was blown by the mine explosion. Katniss flounders with her identity because of the role she plays in the Games; while in the games she has no idea what is real or fake. She uses bow & arrow in order to survive; it has become a part of her identity.…
William Golding was born on September 19,1911 in Saint Columb Minor,cornwall,England.He was raised in a 14th-century house next door to a graveyard.His mother, Mildred,was an active suffragette.His father, Alex, worked as a school teacher His father. He enrolled in Marlborough Grammar School,The same school he’s father worked in.Also,Golding was a bully in school, Quoted “He enjoyed hurting people”. Later in primary school, Goliding went on to attend Brasenose College at Oxford University,where he studied English Literature. In 1934, William published his first book of poetry called ‘Poems’.After college, Golding worked in settlement houses and the theater for a time.Then he decide to followed his father’s footsteps. In…
The protagonist of the story, Connie, is a vain, “typical” teenage girl, looking for attention, especially from the opposite sex. Constantly “…craning her neck to glance in mirrors” (614), she often considered her appearance and how she looked to others to be a matter of extreme, if not most, importance.…
The Hunger Games is a novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins about a dystopian future of what was once known as North America, now known as "Panem". The totalitarian nation of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion. The Capitol selects a boy and a girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each of the twelve outlying districts to compete in the annual games, a televised fight-to-the-death. The novel is centered on Katniss Everdeen — a 16-year-old girl from District 12, who volunteers for her 12-year-old sister, Prim Everdeen, when Prim's name is chosen — and her male counterpart Peeta Mellark whom she has some rather dramatic history with. They are pitted against one another and bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.…
When it was time for the event, District 12’s escort, Effie Trinket comes to choose the tributes for the following Hunger Game. As a part of the process of the event, Effie Trinket greets Haymitch Abernathy, who was the winner of the 50th Hunger Game from District 12. Then Effie Trinket puts her hand in the glass ball, with all the name tags in, and pulls out one sheet of paper. Soon, Effie Trinket announces that Primrose Everdeen, Katniss’ younger sister, is the girl tribute for the 74th Hunger Game, from District 12. When Primrose’s name was announced, Katniss…
He had his hair slicked back perfectly, shining as the sun beamed down so perfect as if he was beautiful diamond. Brawny arms, clear brown skin and pearly white teeth. When she finally gained the courage to talk she said, “No thank you. I got it!”…
The 60's are not without reason called “Golden Sixties”. It was not only a time of relative peace and economic growth, but also a phase of rebellion in the youth, which questioned the way of life and beliefs of their parents. It was a time filled with music, miniskirts, sexual freedom and drugs. At that time, Joyce Carol Oates created her works, in which she talked about ordinary everyday affairs, giving them a specific dark climate fueled by the second bottom. A short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been" was written in such climate.…
I stood on the pod as I catch my last glimpse of my stylist Johnny Huckle, he tells me to be brave but most of all be smart. He’s been the only person I’ve actually like since I got here, the Capitol that is. I never in a million years thought that I would have been chosen. Me, little old Douglas Huckleberry from district 12, after Peeta and Katniss won this thing a few years ago district 12 hasn’t had much to root for in the last few hunger games. But here I am, replaying my game plan over and over in my head. Run to the first backpack I see and sprint to the woods. I say this out loud as the pod rises; I’ve got no time to be afraid I just need to survive. I don’t even pay attention to the countdown; I look around at each tribute, making eye contact with a few. The fear in some of the tributes eyes is nothing compared to the anger and arrogance of some. Mostly the career tributes, they have been training there whole life for this, while some had no idea this would happen.…
Her, the unintentional facade of youth, ornamented with dark chocolate hair that tastes ever-so-satisfying along with her brown doughy eyes that mesmerize every stranger in passing. She is, in much vain, the aspiration of pubescent girls who have lost all patience of the destiny that awaits their near future. Grown men unwillingly glue their eyes obsequiously to her gentle figure, for their subconsciouses must know that a precious moment such as this is one characterized by brevity.…
Anastasia and I are dreading meeting our new sister. “I bet she is ugly,” said Anastasia. When our mother and stepfather nervosity introduced us hoping that we get along, we were astounded at how ugly she was. “She is as ugly as that rat we saw earlier.” and she was right very right.…
In both the Hunger Games and Gattaca in tough times the rich and poor come together to help each other. In the Hunger Games Katniss made friends with Cinna from the capitol. This happened because she seen the shape that Katniss was in when she got to the training center. I think Cinna really did care and didn’t want to just boost Katniss’s confidence. I think Katniss seen how rough it was in district twelve and thought she could help Katniss. Cinna over passed the fact that she was from the capitol, to go out of her way to make sure Katniss was to the best of her health entering the games. I think Cinna helped to comfort Katniss by doing “GIRLY” things to her by doing her hair hanging out, to help Katniss take her mind off dying or back home. This was similar to Gattaca because when Vince had the lifelong goal to get to space. The Doctor help him pass him fake I.D. Then Jerome who got injured out of the country let him take his I.D. to help him get there even though his heart wasn’t capable of going to Gattaca. Therefore, I Think the Doctor and Jerome seen that Vince could go but had to get passed the government who…
This poised man portrays his wealth and confidence through the features of his face and clothing. The skin on his face is soft and smooth like a baby’s bottom. As strands of hair brush the side of his cheeks, they glide right off so gracefully by his skins smoothness. Though skin so soft and smooth with no blemishes to be found, except around his eyes, this many carries a masculine square jaw that reminds us of the Crimson Chin, from the kids TV show Fairly Odd Parents. He comes from a wealthy society, wearing a satin jacket and a silk scarf under it. The reserved clothing crawls all the way up to…
But as becomes clear over the course of the novel, appearances are extremely important to Katniss’s survival. The author’s focus on Cinna’s dresses subtly emphasizes this theme by forcing the reader to take notice of Katniss’s appearance. Katniss’s dress for the opening ceremony, we learn, makes her (and Peeta, who is similarly dressed) stand apart from the other tributes. The significance of this move isn’t fully clear until Katniss is in the arena and in need of sponsors. By making her stand out, the dress makes her popular, and this popularity is amplified by the public romance she shares with Peeta. Consequently, she becomes more likely to receive gifts, and these gifts actually turn out to be vital to her…
As the speeding train pulls into the Capitol’s station, the tributes are greeted by cheering, waving citizens, treating the tributes likes adored sports players instead of the victims they are. The games, which through this scene can be inferred, that the Capitol has come to practically worship. Each tribute was another body to speculate on and root for during the televised games. Because of the Capitol’s love and enjoyment of the Hunger Games their senses were clouded, and they were unable to see the dismal experience the tributes underwent. The Hunger games was an entertaining, television show for the Capitol, not a death match amongst children. While the Capitol looks upon the tributes with adoration, the viewer of the movie develops a twisted…
In the story “The Hunger Games” Dystopian literature is portrayed as dictatorship within the government and it is seen as the antagonist in the story. Suzanne Collins exaggerated the government and how it was ran. Suzanne made the story written by a teenager who was independent and did not believe in what President Snow was doing to the country. She says “So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” This is said by Katniss Everdeen in the story.…