totalitarian governments and environmental disaster. Elements of dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Such societies appear in many works of fiction‚ mostly in stories set in a speculative future‚ one such story is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In the Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen and the other members of the 12 districts are being treated unfairly because of a rebellion cause by the former District 13 against the government‚ the Capitol. Their punishment is not only starvation and
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Influence of the Greek Mythology‚ the Roman Empire and the Christian Religion on Its Three Themes by Analyzing the Two Protagonists in The Hunger Games Introduction The Hunger Games is brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced by American writer Suzanne Collins‚ then it was adapted into a film by Gary Ross in March 23‚ 2012. In this movie‚ the director presents us with the amazingly suspenseful story through the using of high technology and the actors’ excellent performances. Furthermore‚ the whole film
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The autobiography by Fredrick Douglas and the novel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins‚ both show situations of characters being alienated by society. Fredrick was a slave in America during the 1820’s‚ when slavery was on its way to abolishment. Katniss Everdeen from Catching Fire on the other hand‚ had no choice of her lifestyle because of where she lived. Due to alienation‚ these characters lives resulted in being left lonely. His master had kept Fredrick a slave for most of his life. He had no
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The Hunger Games & The Republic The Hunger Games is a book by Suzanne Collins‚ which is narrated by a sixteen year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in
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Do you like games? Do you like being active? Do you like surviving in the wilderness? How is a book different from the movie version of it? Then you’ll love The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. There are many characters in the book The Hunger Games the main character is Katniss Everdeen she’s sixteen and her family relies on her because they no longer have a father figure‚ Katniss has a talent in archery because she hunts for deer in the forest where everyone is forbidden to go by order of
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In the United States of America‚ and globally‚ rising social inequality is very much a part of the average teenager’s life‚ whether they see someone who experiences it or are the victim of it. Also‚ literature can be a huge tool to have an impact on social inequality of an adolescent’s life. Many problems‚ can be addressed by authors and even at times remedied with something as simple as a book. Social inequality has been evident for many years as the growing inequality between poor and rich teens
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Period: 3 I read the book Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins‚ this book is number two of the Hunger Games series. This book over all was pretty good and I think I’m going to read the 3rd. Before I start to give my reasons for the words I want to say why I used the colors I did. I used a black back ground because she is being thrown into this unknown world again when she really should be living a life of luxury but because she outsmarted the game makers this is what she gets. I used Red yellow and
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The Hunger Games‚ the introductory novel in a trilogy book series written by author Suzanne Collins in 2008‚ is a young adult novel that surrounds a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen in a futuristic tale of a teenager who defies all odds when they are stacked against her. She is shaken to the core with sacrifice‚ adversity and danger when she finds herself forced to compete in a televised series of games where there is only one survivor. Not only does she want to live‚ but she has an incredible
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Symbolism Essay – The Hunger Games Discuss the author’s use of symbolism and explain how symbols are used to convey themes. In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ many symbols were used to convey themes and different messages. The three symbols that I looked at were the Mockingjay‚ Bread and the Capitol. The Mockingjay symbolised the people and their rebellion‚ freedom and hope. The Bread symbolised life‚ love‚ sacrifice and is the main staple food for the districts whereas The Capitol
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Cited: Collins‚ Suzanne. Catching Fire. New York: Scholastic‚ 2009. Print.
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