In the story “Hunger games” by Susan Collins‚ the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen is forced into the hunger games. Over a 3 year course‚ Katniss shows a great deal of changes in and out of the Arena. Katniss must leave her family including her younger sister Prim to take care of herself. Katniss herself is not certain she will return. She leaves all the responsibility in her sister’s hands. Once the 74th hunger games is over‚ katniss returns home to her mother and her sister only go straight back
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History of The Hunger Games & Panem What we now know as North America wasn’t always known as North America. North America during post-apocalyptic times was known as Panem. Panem comes from a Latin phrase which means bread and circuses. The phrase was used to describe people or a person using entertainment to distract others from more important issues‚ which in this case would be problems in the districts. The leader of Panem used entertainment and the providing of food to get the residents
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different events and situations‚ however they are often heavily influenced by the people their with‚ their country‚ and the mainstream way of thinking of the time. Some examples that prove this‚ are world events like World War II and the books like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In both of these situations or events‚ each individual has their different opinions‚ but each individual in each different district or country have similar opinions due to the influences of their community. World War
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please the crowd of their competitors. Like the Romans‚ the Hunger Games introduce the tributes with a parade of chariots‚ each with their own representation. The spectators were able to determine who they would cheer on to win. In The Hunger Games‚ this was a way to appease them for their support. Sponsors were then able to contribute to the tributes indirectly through contribution towards victory. Every little thing counts‚ from the Games to the supporters to the district tributes. Gladiators were
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despise the games so much for all the pain they cause to the districts. Why do 24 people have to fight to win a stupid game; men‚ women‚ teenagers even kids aren’t spared. The people of the capital make me sick. Every year I watch friends killing friends and family killing family. The worst part of all of this is that the capital calls it a retribution….A penance for the uprising that happened all those years ago. Every year we are forced to watch the inhumane tv show called‚ “the hunger games.” (Turn
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March 29th‚ 2090 4am The reaping I can’t sleep. I’ve got to be up in an hour anyway to start work downstairs in the bakery mixing and kneading the dough for the bread before baking it. I could have tried to lie in bed for another hour but my head is swimming with thoughts and I think the only way to make sense of them is to just write them down. Yesterday was an exceptionally terrible day. Reaping days are always terrible; it is the one day of the year that makes you live the
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In the novel‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ there are many memorable symbols used. One of these symbols is the Flowers. The reason this symbol is important is that it helps the reader to understand some of the main ideas of the novel. Suzanne Collins wants the reader to think about how there is always hope in dark times when in need. Flowers play a significant role in the Hunger Games. The use of Flowers are used in a few important ways‚ such
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manipulate the individual into a spectacle as a recurring thematic trend. Specifically‚ while Katniss does not explicitly love Peeta‚ she is forced by the Capitol into the persona of the “star-crossed lover” in-order to entertain the audiences of the Hunger games and “give them something more to care about.” In this way‚ there exists a tension between real and false appearances. For instance‚ in-order to properly put on this performance or façade of love‚ Katniss attempts to rely on the real love felt by
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your point of view is‚ and where the essay will be heading. To introduce the topic for a text response essay‚ you should mention the title of the text in addition to the author. You should cover all of this information in a few sentences: “The Hunger Games‚ directed by Gary Ross‚ is highly critical of violence‚ valuing the compassion of characters like Katniss and Peeta while criticising the cruelty and self-interest of others.” The title of the text should be used in italics or single quotation
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ENG 266 - 1001 Essay # 1: The Hunger Games April 3‚ 2013 In a story that has an underlying theme of class and poverty‚ The Hunger Games and their twelve districts can be compared to India’s caste system. Both are hierarchies based on social status. The districts in The Hunger Games include the Capitol being at the top of the chain‚ with districts one through twelve falling below in numerical order. Going down the order‚ each district gets more and more poor. Following along with that‚ the Indian
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