Analysis Of The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

On August 10, 1962, Suzanne Collins was born in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the youngest of four children and the daughter of an Air Force officer. For this reason, Suzanne moved a significant amount during her childhood, living in a variety of different places. To her family, history was an immensely important topic because her father taught this at a History was an immensely important topic in her family because her dad was a history teacher at a college level. Her father shared military experiences with his children. Collins states “I believe he felt a great responsibility and urgency about educating his children about war ... So throughout our lives we basically heard about war."(1) As a child Suzanne like to read about Greek and Roman
It was extremely important to him that we understood history and the history of war. He died in 2003, two weeks before the Iraq war began. He was strongly opposed to it.” (1) Her most popular book series would no doubt be The Hunger Games. With many wondering what influenced her she answers the question by saying “If I have to pick one story that most influenced "The Hunger Games," it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8-years-old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them. Minos, the King of Crete, was furious with the Athenians. They had taken the wrong side in a war, and he held them responsible for the death of his son. In punishment, they were going to have to send their children. Apparently there was nothing the Athenian parents could do about it. And then Theseus comes along. He's the prince of Athens. He volunteers to go and kill the Minotaur, and that's when it stops. In her own way, Katniss (the young heroine of "The Hunger Games") is Theseus in terms of the opening of the story.” (2) Suzanne Collins starts her
People achieve greatness practicing a variety of things relating to their hobby. Geoff Colvin says that greatness can only be achieved through hard work, and his support is having 10 or more years of practice, deliberate practice, and encouragement. Suzanne Collins graduated high school from the Alabama school of fine arts in 1980. She then enrolled at Indiana University where she graduated in 1985 as a double major in theater and telecommunications. After that she went on to earn a Master’s degree and dramatic writing from New York University. She moved into television writing for various different children's television programs. These in which included Clarissa Explains it All and Little Bear. This took around 10 years of practicing writing. Since Collins is a writer, deliberate practice doesn’t fit. She may have to continuously edit her book, but other than that, as an author there isn’t much of intense practice. Writing is different from basketball or any other sport. In an article titled, “What it takes to be Great [Adapted]”, states “Michael Jordan practiced intensely beyond the already punishing team practices.” (Colvin 3), but with writing fiction it’s all imagination and; of course grammar, and the format required. Encouragement and inspiration played a big role in her life career. Collins had her experience throughout her childhood. Growing up with her father, who was an Air Force officer,