The Giver Vs. The Hunger Games
In class we are learning about the dystopian genre. Dystopian means an imaginary place where people are unhappy and usually afraid because they are not treated fairly. In class we read The Giver and The Hunger Games. In the book The Giver they tried to create a utopia which means modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. There are three main similarities or differences that stood out in these books. In The Giver and The Hunger Games they were in a “dome” or a closed in area. Both of the main characters were chosen. Last, The Giver community was just living their lives and in The Hunger Games the tributes were fighting for their lives. These books were intense and fun to see what would happen next.
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One of them is that in The Hunger Games Katniss and all the other tributes were fighting for their lives and knew what death was, and did not want to experience it (pg. 160). But in The Giver the community had no clue what death was (pg. 186-187). They would call death release. In The Giver they had no feelings because the world was imitating a “perfect world”. The community in The Giver was robot like. In the morning everyone in their dwelling had to share their dreams and at night everyone in the dwelling has to share all their feelings for the day (pg.6). Those were rules they had to follow. Another rule that the people in every district had to follow was put their name in a lottery to be chosen to go to the arena and fight in the Hunger Games. In the Hunger Games there was 24 people, two from each 12 districts, and there was one winner. Except for this years’ games. There could be 2 winners (pg.244). The entire district could win! Spoiler Alert: Petta and Katniss won, which they are from the same district, District 12. In The Giver they just lived their lives day to day and did not have to worry about death. But in The Hunger Games everyone had to worry at the reaping day. The reaping day was when 2 tributes were chosen to go fight in the Hunger Games. So in The Hungers Games they had to fight for their lives, and in The Giver they were living their
One of them is that in The Hunger Games Katniss and all the other tributes were fighting for their lives and knew what death was, and did not want to experience it (pg. 160). But in The Giver the community had no clue what death was (pg. 186-187). They would call death release. In The Giver they had no feelings because the world was imitating a “perfect world”. The community in The Giver was robot like. In the morning everyone in their dwelling had to share their dreams and at night everyone in the dwelling has to share all their feelings for the day (pg.6). Those were rules they had to follow. Another rule that the people in every district had to follow was put their name in a lottery to be chosen to go to the arena and fight in the Hunger Games. In the Hunger Games there was 24 people, two from each 12 districts, and there was one winner. Except for this years’ games. There could be 2 winners (pg.244). The entire district could win! Spoiler Alert: Petta and Katniss won, which they are from the same district, District 12. In The Giver they just lived their lives day to day and did not have to worry about death. But in The Hunger Games everyone had to worry at the reaping day. The reaping day was when 2 tributes were chosen to go fight in the Hunger Games. So in The Hungers Games they had to fight for their lives, and in The Giver they were living their