Hope; something that people believe in. Throughout the short story by Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" and in the movie "The Hunger Games" these people have one thing; hope. They live with a government that controls everything; dictatorship. In the short story "The Lottery" is about two higher class people are the leaders of the village and need to limit the population by killing off their villagers. The Lottery‚ Jackson shows how positions of power are important to the characters that possess them
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Exploratory Essay Dystopian Literature "Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go." - E. L. Doctorow Why is it that dystopian stories always reveal some kind of utopia in them? When I hear this question I think about people trying to strive for utopia within their world. Their world doesn’t need to be a dystopia but in striving they make their current situation even worse. But it’s not possible to reach utopia‚ so in trying to reach that impossible thing you reach dystopia
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it’s what you don’t have that counts”(Raskin pg 43). The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin is a big game with 16 heirs wanting to win‚ for the 200 million dollars. But all sets of clues are different‚ and there can only be one winner. To find out about this fascinating story‚ continue reading. The Westing Game book and movie contain many similarities and differences that are definitely worth exploring. The Westing Game novel and movie are mainly centered around heirs trying to solve the murder of Sam
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Have you ever been taken away from your family and friends? Been forced into a game where to stay alive is the only way to win? That is what the hunger game is. The novel is dystopian and is set in a futuristic society that is totalitarian‚ meaning none of these individuals have freedom. There is a futurist world‚ that used to be North America‚ called Panem. Panem consists of twelve districts and one Capitol. The Capitol controls and rules all of the Districts‚ and they have done so for 74 years
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The Hunger Games & The Republic The Hunger Games is a book by Suzanne Collins‚ which is narrated by a sixteen year-old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ exercises political control over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18 from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in
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“Going through thick and thin to attain own objective.” The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ a young girl named Katniss Everdeen faces her fate that was decided by herself. When her younger sister‚ Prime‚ was chosen a tribute to the hunger game‚ she stepped forward to become a volunteer instead of her sister. Katniss has a strong sense of responsibility because she supports her mother and sister instead of her father. She has a decency‚ so sometimes her temper tends to higher. However‚ that action
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but a movie based on it was created in 2013. The book of Ender’s Game is much better than the movie because the movie is missing many key elements of the story. There are many important details and elements in Ender’s Game. One important element is Valentine and Peter creating the personas Demosthenes and Locke. This is important because it shows what is happening outside of the battle school‚ and Peter taking over
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Ender Wiggin faced during the story of Ender’s Games. This fictional story takes place in a future Earth after an attack by Aliens called Buggers. The controlling government trained kids to become leaders to fight against the Buggers. Ender Wiggin is the main character of this story who was sent to battle to become one of these leaders. The Ender’s Game book is a better representation of the story‚ rather than the movie. The story has key themes in the book that makes it a better story. One example‚
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forced into the games as well. The only tributes that are seemingly without excuse for their actions are those who volunteer for the honor of winning the games‚ such as the tributes from District One. Katniss chooses‚ early on‚ to step into the games to defend her sister and therefore takes on this moral dilemma for the best reasons. E. Identify and discuss major philosophical theories‚ ideas and concepts that affect the major character of the film. The logic of the Hunger Games‚ in which contestants
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Ender’s Game is a novel about a child who voluntarily made the decision to military school in order to train to eventually fight in an alien invasion. When reading the novel‚ the reader is presented with the idea of taking someone’s childhood in order to win. When watching the movie‚ the viewer gets to see children fighting and preparing for a battle without knowing the overall purpose and message of the novel. Ender’s Game is asking if it is morally correct to train a child for war. In the end though
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