The Hunger Games Essay By: Yasmeen Sahibzada The Hunger Games is a story of a 16-year old young adult named Katniss Everdeen who changes by her fate of entering the annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual televised fight to the death. This event is held to entertain the Capitol. The Capitol is a utopian city where the Panem’s most powerful and wealthy live. Over the course of the book‚ Katniss enters the games‚ finds fake love‚ becomes a part of the star crossed lovers‚ and finds herself
Premium Young-adult fiction Rebellion
Hunger Games Description The two words I would chose to describe Katniss Everdeen would be rebellious and strong. She is rebellious in every way when it comes to the broken government that is ruling. She turned the death penalty she received into a way to show her government that the people are strong and that they would stand up. The word strong represents her very well. Not only is she physically strong but also mentally. She comes up with different ways to out smart people in the book
Premium Learning Skill Death penalty
Periods 1-2 Book Talk: The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins What the book was about: The Hunger Games is a book taking place in the nation of Panem‚ the cruel‚ superficial capitol surrounded by twelve districts. To keep the districts in order‚ and to remind them how powerful they really are‚ the Capitol makes each district send a boy and girl to take part in the Hunger Games‚ a brutal‚ gory fight to the death live on television‚ made so each person
Premium The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
1302 Essay #3 – Evaluation March 19‚ 2014 The Hunger Games "Prim!" The strangled cry comes out of my throat‚ and my muscles begin to move again. "Prim!" I don’t need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm‚ I push her behind me. "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!" (2.5-6). “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a book filled with adventure
Premium The Hunger Games High school Suzanne Collins
Title: The Hunger Games Author Background: The author of this book is Suzanne Collins‚ who currently lives in Connecticut with her family. She started her career in 1991 writing for children’s television. She has worked on Nickelodeon shows including Clarissa Explains it all‚ The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo‚ Little Bear‚ and Oswald. Suzanne recently finished her third book in the series‚ The Hunger Games‚ Catching Fire. Genre: Science Fiction Meaning of the Title: The title The Hunger Games has a very
Premium Health care Patient Management
The Hunger Games The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel written for young adults. Even with that being the main audience target‚ the book has appealed to parents as well and has been a best seller since it came out. The book is set in a time where North America has been destroyed and divided into 12 districts; the 13th has been destroyed due to a rebellion‚ and it’s all run by the powerful Capital. In district 12 lives Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ who hunts to provide
Premium United States The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins
The Hunger Games is a text that illustrates a war torn world where the rich and powerful are in control of the poor. The text identifies our real life fears and hopes through the imaginary dystopian world of Pamen. This is the present day North America. Rabkin states humans understand their world and themselves through narratives. The hope and fears of their narratives become our futuristic hopes and fears. Humans today have fears for the future including; poverty‚ lack of food and water‚ population
Premium Future Poverty Hope
The Hunger Games “Taking the kids from our districts‚ forcing them to kill one another while we watch– this is the Capitol’s way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy” (Collins‚ 18). Imagine living in a world where the only source of entertainment is controlled under a totalitarian government. A world where the regimes ideology of “good television” is forcing twenty-four adolescences to fight to the death and the last man standing is the winner. The dark‚ twisted ideology of The Hunger
Premium Human Government Hunger
Understanding Evil in the Hunger Games How can you stand by and watch those who create evil‚ continue? Albert Einstein once said‚ “The world is dangerous to live in‚ not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and let them do so”. This quote relates to The Hunger Games on many levels. This paper will attempt to explain the meaning of Einstein`s quote‚ along with the ramifications of condoning evil by three distinct characters in The Hunger Games. The characters identified
Premium Albert Einstein Force Law
The Hunger Games. Actors/Characters. - Katniss Everdeen/Jennifer Lawrence. (Silver Linings‚ House at the End of the Street and X-Men: First Class) - Peeta Mellark/Josh Hutcherson. (Bridge to Terabithia‚ Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant) - Gale Hawthorn/Liam Hemsworth. (The Expendables 2‚ The Last Song and Love and Honour). - Haymitch Abernathy/Woody Harrelson. (Zombieland‚ 2012 and Friends With Benefits) - Effie Trinket/Elizabeth Banks. (The-40-Year-Old
Premium Woody Harrelson The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins