Kristen Smith ENC 1102 19 September 2013 Mini-Essay 1 The Thin Line Between Hope and Hopelessness Suzanne Collins ’ novel‚ The Hunger Games and George Orwell ’s 1984 both illustrate the theme that hope can remain alive even amid the most hopeless of circumstances. The main characters of these stories‚ Hunger Games ’ Katniss Everdeen and 1984 ’s Winston Smith live in similar totalitarian societies where every move they make or thought they have is controlled by an all-powerful government. Although
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The screen adaption of Suzanne Collins novel ‘Hunger Games’ was a major commercial success‚ according to the IMDb (2012) the movie has with an estimated budget of $78 million managed to generate more than $670 million. When thinking of the factors‚ that significantly shaped the success of the film project the already established reader ship and fan base of the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise has to be taken into account. The first book of the Hunger games trilogy was published in 2008 and is even in 2012
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A Critical Review of the Significant Influence of 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
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A COMPARISON OF THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME WITH THE LOTTERY ____________ A Research Paper Submitted to ____________ In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for ENGL 102-D23 LUO ____________ By The Most Dangerous Game‚ by Richard Connell and The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson portray the common theme that people remain indifferent to cruelty until they are the recipients of it. Both stories show that when the darker side of human nature centers on itself‚ evil
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CHARACTERISATION: Macbeth In William Shakespeare’s "Macbeth"‚ the audience witness’s one man’s overriding ambitions resulting in consequences both for himself and those around him. In the play the main character is heavily influenced and persuaded by external forces‚ particularly the supernatural and the immense ambition of Lady Macbeth In Act I‚ Shakespeare set the scene for what is to prove the pivotal part of the play‚ the death of King Duncan. Therefore‚ through act one the audience’s perception
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novel The Hunger Games can be interpreted as entertainment in both the book and novel‚ the novel is to inform‚ and movie is to entertain. This is because in the first few chapters all the author talks about is how bad‚ sad and how the government is being ruined‚ how sad‚ informing the audience what the government can become. In the movie it doesn’t really express how bad the government is and skips over important key details‚ therefore the movie is to entertain. In the movie The Hunger Games‚ the director
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Comparison and Contrast of 1984 and The Hunger Games The two stories 1984 and The Hunger Games both have characters that show briefly‚ but affect the actions of the main character. These characters have many similarities and differences‚ although they are in different stories. An example character that appears briefly in 1984 is Julia. Similarly‚ in The Hunger Games‚ an example would be Prim. In 1984‚ Julia is very important to the action of Winston Smith. She is a rebel of the Party
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Forbidden Rebellion How is it possible that one force can rule over a group more than double its size? In Suzanne Collins’ novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ there are 12 districts of many people ruled by one force known as The Capitol. The country is run is a Marxist manner: The Capitol serves as the bourgeoisie of Panem‚ and the districts serve as the proletariat. The Capitol controls every move the districts make‚ punishes every act of rebellion‚ and kills off innocent people just to show their power
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The novel‚ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a teenage girl‚ Katniss‚ having to live in a poor world where she participates in a yearly event called ‘The Hunger Games’. The Giver by Lois Lowry is about a teenage boy having to see the flaws of a world which are sameness. The Hunger Games is more dystopian than The Giver but both stories share some similarities. The Hunger Games and The Giver both characters are positively popular or famous to the community but the difference is that the
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The Hunger Games response The story is about Katniss‚ a sixteen year old girl. She lives in Panem‚ a big country that replaces North America in the future. After a rebellion against the government‚ the country was divided into the capitol and 12 districts‚ to be able to control it better. To remind the people of Panem that the government is in charge‚ every year they organize these so called hunger games‚ where a girl and a boy from each district enter a big natural arena where they hide‚ fight
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