Social Criticism In The Hunger Games And Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland “Off with their heads!“ (Carroll 122) could be the motto of Suzanne Collins’ bestseller The Hunger Games. Published in 2008‚ the novel tells the dystopian story of Katniss‚ a young girl who has to participate in a fight-to-death-tournament with 23 other teenagers. Connoisseurs might have recognized the quotation of the classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll‚ first published in 1865. Mostly known as a children’s
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Throughout The Hunger Games‚ there are vast similarities when you compare Panem and the real world current events. Suzanne Collins shows us what is wrong with the world through her literary work. She thinks that when people read her book that they would make that connection and take notice on the world and would want to make a difference. This book is an easier way of seeing the world for the people who are having trouble seeing it for what it really is. The Hunger Games may be fictional‚ but
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has always been‚ in my opinion‚ an extremely important trait of any society or civilization. Not only that‚ but I feel we humans create what civilized means and it is defined totally by what we truly think is right or wrong. In the stories The Hunger Games‚ The Lottery‚ and The Lady or the Tiger I feel The Lottery is most civilized because they’ve been doing their lottery for a long time‚ they truly think it’s a reasonable thing to do and everyone has a fair chance. In the small town The Lottery
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Character Analysis of Katniss Everdeen‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen is a 16-year-old girl who lives in a poor coal-mining region called District 12‚ in the country of Panem. She volunteers for herself instead of her younger sister to participate in the potentially deadly annual Hunger Games. As her father was killed in an accident‚ Katniss has taken on the role of her family’s head of household. Katniss’s mother was unable to cope with the loss and is deeply depressed. Filling her father’s
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Julius Caesar vs. the Hunger Games Did you ever realize that the Hunger Games and Julius Caesar have a lot of similarities? Not just Julius Caesar‚ but also the whole Ancient Roman Empire itself. The Latin word “Panem”‚ the country the Hunger Games is located‚ means bread in English. To me‚ the Hunger Games is more of an advanced version with all of the same concepts of the former Ancient Roman Empire. There is an old Greek myth that exists where fourteen Athenian boys and girls are sent to Crete
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were being interviewed Peeta proposed to Katniss! Even worse Katniss said yes! I thought all of it was an act for the Games. Katniss said it was so why in the world would they be getting married now? The Games are over. Their strategy shouldn’t be needed anymore. Katniss can’t really be in love with Peeta can she? She couldn’t have lied to me that it was all an act during the Games. If they are actually going to get married it has to be an act. Katniss said it was an act and I believe her so it has
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Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins * Characters: a) -Main Characters: Katniss Everdeen & Peeta Mellark -Secondary Characters: Gale‚ Primrose‚ Katniss’ Mother‚ Cato‚ Clove‚ Marvel‚ Glimmer‚ Foxface‚ Thresh‚ Rue‚ Haymitch & Effie b) Character Traits: -Katniss Everdeen: She is sixteen years old‚ and is portrayed as quiet‚ independent and fierce. Her looks are typical for someone from the Seam (the slums of District 12): long dark hair (which she wears in
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For the month of October I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In this book‚ the main character is a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. She is a tough hunter and provides food for her family due to her father’s death and her mother’s illness. She also has a younger sister‚ Primrose. Every year there is a Hunger Games reaping. The reaping of the Hunger Games is when one boy and one girl from each district are forced to participate in The Hunger Games‚ a fight to the death on live TV. Primrose
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special girl‚ Clarisse‚ he must hide and run from a government that hunts him down “So it was the hand that started it all . . . His hands had been infected‚ and soon it would be his arms . . . His hands were ravenous”(42).. They are both works of dystopian fiction where controls are used to keep their inhabitants ignorant and “civilized”. However when it comes to contrasting the types of controls used‚ we can say “Minority Report” uses more technology to limit civilian’s everyday life by inserting
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Keri Momon Period 3 English Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Type of literary material: science fiction- adventure‚ action‚ suspense‚ drama Setting: time-future‚ place- Panem (the future untied states) Main Character: A. Katniss Everdeen- she is the very main character in the story B. Peeta Mellark-he is the bakers son C. Haymitch-he is the town drunk Point of View- first person because the main character is telling the whole story.
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