The Hunger Games Chapter 1 The story starts in district twelve‚ the narrator wakes up in her house‚ where she lives with her mother and her little sister Prim. This day is very special. It’s the day of the reaping. Today is the day the contestants for the annual Hunger Games from district 12 are picked out of the bowl. There are picked a boy and a girl from every of the 12 districts to compete in the hunger games. In the poor district 12‚ everybody looks forward to this day with fear of being selected
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The book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about the yearly event that the government forces the twelve Districts to participate in. That event is called the Hunger Games. Each year‚ they hold a reaping where two names will be drawn for all twelve of the districts. From district twelve‚ the girl tribute is Katniss Everdeen and the boy just happens to be Peeta Mellark. On their way into the arena‚ they get to eat all kinds of spledid foods. This is new to all of the tributes because they grew
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The Power of Dystopian Literature is in its Ability to Warn A dystopian novel holds the power to not only engage a reader in a fantasy world‚ where life is vastly different from our own‚ but to speculate as to the reality of this future for mankind. Dystopian literature is first and foremost a warning designed by an author‚ built from issues of the present. Some of the most famous novels of all time are from a dystopian viewpoint; take War of the Worlds by H.G Wells for example. The texts I have
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How Albania and the Hunger Games are Alike Albania and The Hunger Games are very similar places for Albania being a real country and the Hunger Games being a third world country. Both of these countries are alike by showing that they both have very many problems in the country. In Albania the country deals with starvation‚ law makers‚ and lives in fear. In the Hunger Games the people deal with same problems such as‚ law makers‚ starvation and lives in fear. These countries have gone through a lot
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Sociology of “Hunger Games” By. Tom ************ Soc 101 11/17/13 Introduction The nation of Panem has risen out of the ravaged ruins of what was once known as North America. 74 years ago‚ the poverty-stricken districts of Panem rebelled against the wealthy‚ controlling the Capitol. After its crushing victory‚ the Capitol devised the Hunger Games as an annual reminder to the twelve districts of its authority‚ and as continuing punishment for the rebellion. Every year
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Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery‚” is an ideal representation of this theme because a citizen of their village is sacrificed each year to be the lottery’s “winner‚” and that winner is stoned to death. Comparably‚ in Suzanne Collins’ film The Hunger Games‚ a similar lottery is drawn each year where 24 citizens of Panem must fight to the death to achieve the country’s “winner.” The citizens of both the village and Panem have been programmed to understand that this tradition will occur and that it
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Dystopian Literature Literary Analysis Dystopian literature has a lot of themes‚ including government control and citizen equality. Government control helps the people to appear to be equal in almost every way‚ but that isn’t always a good thing. The people of these societies are severely oppressed because of how the government is in control. Dystopian literature shows how the government is in control of the people‚ while the citizens appear to be equal. This paper will include examples from "The
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gets to people’s head and will change them. In Suzanne Collin’s book‚ The Hunger Games‚ power‚ fame and wealth can determine life or death. “Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death.” (fourth cover) In an interview with Suzanne Collins she was asked about what the most difficult part about writing the book was. She replies to the viewers by telling them “when you’re going to write a story like The Hunger Games‚ you have to accept from the beginning that you’re going to kill characters
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The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanna Collins. The Hunger Games is a novel written about a futuristic society. This society is built of 12 Districts all controlled by a higher class‚ the Capitol. Every year the Capitol hosts The Hunger Games‚ where one boy and one girl from each district are selected to fight to the death. The young adults all are supposed to believe the Hunger Games are a privilege and told‚ “may the odds be ever in your favour”(Collins‚ 19). This is an annual tradition. Until the 74th game
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you will receive the glory of bragging rights. The Hunger Games is a brutal‚ ongoing battle set on TV for the country to see. Myself and twenty-three other tributes were randomly drawn to fight in the Hunger Games. If you are looking to bet on and sponsor a strong tribute‚ I guarantee I am the best choice. Even thought I might not have the muscle strength like everyone else‚ I have better social skills than others‚ but I can win the Hunger Games because‚ I know how to fight and use self defense‚
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