The 2012 movie “The Hunger Games” is a fireball of a movie‚ in which the main character was based on Athena the Greek goddess. As Katniss is the modern day version‚ their story isn’t exactly the same. Athena got praised‚ while Katniss got challenged to keep her life. As Katniss Everdeen was in “The Hunger Games‚” Athena was also known as independent‚ determined‚ and most of all wise. Athena was very much independent. As many men desired her‚ she stayed a virgin and did not seek to marry (Greek 2014)
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Since the failed rebellion 53 years ago‚ Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has been forced to survive and provide for a family of three since her father died five years earlier. When she volunteer’s to replace her innocent younger sister in an annual televised slaughter‚ she is forced to entertain the good-looking‚ athletic and rich that rule over her. Later‚ she is given a badge that is carved with the Mocking-jay‚ an experiment that refused to be killed off‚ constrained and held down by the
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Hunger Games and Catching Fire‚ the main character Katniss Everdeen enlisted to fight in the Hunger Games‚ where children from twelve to eighteen have to survive and battle each other to death. The beginning of the dystopian novels is set in District 12‚ a city in the country Panem. Katniss Everdeen‚ a sixteen-year-old girl living in District 12‚ would be a good friend because she is powerful‚ loyal‚ and she stays true to herself. Katniss Everdeen inspires many with her powerful and strong feminine
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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the death until only one remains. The main character‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ takes her sister’s place to compete in this winner-takes-all game. Katniss is portrayed as the under-dog who will ultimately prevail throughout the movie. With the use of camera angles‚ music and dialogue‚ Katniss is given superiority over the other competitors. This superiority establishes‚ as seen through the essay Monster Culture (Seven Theses) by Jeffery Cohen‚ that Katniss is a rebellious monster who threatens The Capitol’s
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Winston Smith and Katniss Everdeen Winston Smith‚ from George Orwell’s 1984‚ is a thirty-nine year old man who lives in a society where everything is ruled by the government. Winston Smith lives in a world where even his thoughts are monitored by the Thought Police. He has to watch everything he does to a point where he is paranoid about everything. Winston Smith starts to write a journal‚ which is illegal‚ about his thoughts on rebelling against the government and when Julia‚ a women he is having
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What they want is for me to truly take on the role they designed for me. The symbol of the revolution. The Mockingjay. It isn’t enough‚ what I’ve done in the past‚ defying the Capitol in the Games‚ providing a rallying point. I must now become the actual leader‚ the face‚ the voice‚ the embodiment of the revolution. The person who the districts—most of which are now openly at war with the capitol—can count on to blaze the path to victory. I won’t have to do it alone. They have the whole team of people
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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. It means that you mind your own business and do what you’re told; you try not to get in the way or cause a scene. This is somewhat how we cooperate in our world today. Except in “The Hunger Games” they are more heavily
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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. Her sister Prim is the closest thing she has ever felt to love‚ she
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As a single mother of four children‚ it is my responsibility to be a positive role model for them. One of my roles is instilling how vital a college education is towards their future‚ which was problematic since I lacked one myself. Therefore‚ because children learn through example‚ making the decision to acquire a college degree was a necessary choice. The challenge began when it was time to decide what field of study to target‚ what type of school to attend‚ and where I envisioned myself in
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