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    In the story “The Hunger Games” Dystopian literature is portrayed as dictatorship within the government and it is seen as the antagonist in the story. Suzanne Collins exaggerated the government and how it was ran. Suzanne made the story written by a teenager who was independent and did not believe in what President Snow was doing to the country. She says “So I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” This is said by

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    abandoned distillery and crude huts up until 1916‚ but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the German prisoners were moved and it was used as a place of internment for approximately 1‚800 Irish. Notable prisoners included Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. They were accorded the status of prisoners of war. The camp became a ground for the spreading of the revolutionary gospel. The camp became known as ollscoil na réabhlóide[2]‚ the "University of Revolution" or sometimes "Sinn Féin

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    In the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ book‚ The Hunger Games‚ the viewer in placed into a dystopian world with main characters‚ Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark. Their story is set in the country of Panem‚ leading up the the 74th annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an event in which one male and one female “tribute” are chosen from each of the twelve districts and put into an arena where they will fight to the death until the last fighter can be crowned victor. Katniss and Peeta both

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    Introduction Suzanne Collins was writing for children long before her popular Hunger Games trilogy took the literary world by storm. However‚ she was writing for a different age group and a different genre‚ having started her literary career as a writer for children’s television shows. She wrote for several popular children’s television shows‚ including Little Bear‚ Oswald‚ Wow Wow Wubbzy‚ Clifford’s Puppy Days‚ and Clarissa Explains it All. She ventured into children’s books after a meeting with

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    but what they represent and what the story behind them is. Roland Barthes’ ideas have shown up in many different things in social media in today’s pop culture. A great example would be the popular novel “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins. This well-known book takes place in a new country Panem in place of North America and is inhabited by 12 districts run by the Capitol. Every year there is the annual Hunger Games where a male and female tribute are chosen from each district and all

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    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 Hunger Games is a science fiction drama based on the book by Suzanne Collins. It is set in the area known as Panem. Panem is the ruins of North America left after a great war. The Hunger Games stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen‚ Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark‚ Willow Shields as Primrose Everdeen‚ Elizabeth Banks as Effie Trinket‚ and Woody Harrelson as Haymitch Abernathy. The Hunger Games is set in a futuristic country called Panem‚ within Panem there are 12 districts and the capitol

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    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 suffering

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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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    A .Mockingjay Written by Suzanne Collins Published in 2010 Genre: Young Adult‚ Fantasy Fiction B. Mockingjay‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is the third and final book to the hit series‚ The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen has ventured through the Hunger Games and the third Quarter Quell‚ and has been rescued by the rebels in District 13 and has been convinced to become “the Mockingjay‚” which happens to be the symbol of the rebellion in Panem. As she takes lead of the rebellion Katniss

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