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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The Power Elements of Literary Devices in The Hunger Games In literature‚ how an author chooses to construct their words is very important. They need to use them in a way that will allow the reader to take more meaning away from it‚ and see them as more than just words on paper. Literary devices are what give literature a deeper‚ more thoughtful meaning. They are not always clear and defined‚ and sometimes take closer reading to identify their full meaning‚ but they certainly give
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Deandre Viveros Peeta Mellark Reaping’s Day The only reason I’m waking up today is for the Reaping. Otherwise‚ I would have loved to sleep for an eternity away from my mother. You’d think a baker in District Twelve would have an easier life than those in the rundown Seam‚ but I don’t. Try living with a family who doesn’t care for your existence and with a mother who isn’t afraid to beat you if you burn some bread. Right now it’s the crack of dawn. That means it’s time to prepare all of
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Peggy Carter‚ Peeta Mellark‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ and Hazel Grace‚ simple ideas before they leapt from their pages unmasking our true identities. “I would rather live in a book than live in the real world. It’s as if the only thing that matters are the stories before my eyes‚” said Gabriela Marie Gonzalez‚ a Junior attending Detroit Cristo Rey high school. As high school students‚ throughout life we have obtained specific role models. For instance‚ a basketball player may play basketball due to the
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Maze Runner‚ Thomas‚ the main character‚ is trying to escape a maze that is created by people who are controlling the maze to stop them from escaping. They have little to no power inside the maze and no access to the outside world. In The Hunger Games‚ Katniss has no privileges as a “citizen” in the districts and is put inside an arena to kill people as a show for the Capital‚ who is basically a dictatorship. The theme of dystopia is fairly similar in the fact that both characters begin in a very
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Thesis: Katniss being able to hunt and find food is not just a way to survive but also a big advantage for her in the games. Point/proof to support thesis: Katniss and her family were starving but she found a way to survive. Textual Evidence and citation: “I thought of the hours spent in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to survive” (Collins‚ 32). Analysis: Her father taught her how to hunt and it allowed her to find a way to survive. Point: Katniss is very observant because
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the dangerous running of the bulls and in China there has been the very painfull foot binding‚ but these traditions are child’s play compared to some. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Is about a post war society divided into 12 districts who each send two teenagers to fight to the death once a year in The Capital. The Capital runs the games and reap the fruits of the 12 district’s labor. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson is about a small American town in the 1800s‚ that keeps order and sanity by
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The screen adaption of Suzanne Collins novel ‘Hunger Games’ was a major commercial success‚ according to the IMDb (2012) the movie has with an estimated budget of $78 million managed to generate more than $670 million. When thinking of the factors‚ that significantly shaped the success of the film project the already established reader ship and fan base of the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise has to be taken into account. The first book of the Hunger games trilogy was published in 2008 and is even in 2012
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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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Su YiFei Mr. Bacon ENG3U 10 April 2015 The Detrimental Effects of Governmental Power in The Hunger Games It is easy to see the detrimental effects of governmental power in the novel The Hunger Games. The government has great power and no one can balance it. The abuse of political power by the government has lead to totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is being heavily abused in the country as the distribution of ruling power between the capitol and the Districts are extremely uneven. As we can see
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