Comparison Of The Hunger Games Movie Vs Book

“ The Hunger Games” How often do you see teenagers reading a book for pleasure these days? Sadly, this is a dying art. It is essential to encourage today’s adolescents to read. When a book is made into a movie, people often argue that the written version is no longer necessary. Although the movie version is fun to watch, reading the actual novel is much more stimulating. Such is the case with Suzanne Collin’s novel, The Hunger Games. This novel is about the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts, a world where teenagers have to kill each other. Think of this as an obligation and the only way to survive. There is suspense, action, and tragedy
One of the main reasons for this is that there are no poor special effects in books. You can create images in your own head and they come out flawlessly. Now it has been pointed out that imagination has no limitations and special effects, so things that sound really good in books sometimes look quite ridiculous in movies. However, imagination is limited by the sense of reality. For example in the novel, Katniss says, “A few hours later, I am dressed in what will either be the most sensational or the deadliest costume in the opening ceremonies. I'm in a simple black unitard that covers me from ankle to neck. Shiny leather boots lace up to my knees. But it's the fluttering cape made of streams of orange, yellow, and red and the matching headpiece that define this costume. Cinna plans to light them on fire just before our chariot rolls into the streets.” (Collins 38) The costume that is shown in the movie is a huge disappointment and is nothing like this spectacular dress vividly described in the novel. In the movie, Katniss’ dresses were very ordinary, which is very disappointing for someone who has already read the book and imagined much more exciting
Only the book version can convey the complexity of the main character Katniss, which vividly portrays her inner soliloquy, fear and constant feelings of inadequacy. In the movie, which is largely composed of Jennifer Lawrence’s fan freaking tastic acting and really smart cinematography, Katniss’s inner thoughts are missing. For example, it’s never really articulated that Katniss doesn’t necessarily return Peeta’s feelings during the games. If you hadn’t read the book, you wouldn’t know because Katniss isn’t telling you. The Hunger Games movie does not portray Katniss’ complicated romantic feelings for Peeta and Gale, the book has an advantage of diving deeper into Katniss’s mind. Moreover, in the book, it states that each tribute wears a black jacket in the arena. In the film, each pair of tributes wears a different colored jacket to represent their district. A third major discrepancy is the fact that in the book, the Mockingjay pin is given to Katniss by the mayor’s daughter, Madge and in the film it is given to her by an unknown old woman. Therefore, book is better because it always gives you more essential