After watching "The Hunger Games"‚ what sociological themes did you see? Even though we as a country/world do not have a contest in which selected individual’s battle to the death‚ how can you relate the principles and contexts of "The Hunger Games" to our society or other societies around the world? How can you relate the "districts" to society? Do we (in the United States) have "districts"? If so‚ how do the "districts" relate to sports? How can you relate the power of the Capital to the past cultures
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Summary: Chapter 1 Katniss Everdeen‚ who tells her story in the first person‚ wakes up. It is the day of the reaping. She sees her little sister‚ Prim (short for Primrose)‚ asleep in bed with their mother across the room. Katniss puts on her clothes to go hunting. The area where she and her family live is called the Seam‚ and it’s part of District 12. They are at the edge of the district‚ which is enclosed by a high fence‚ and Katniss often crawls under the fence and enters the woods outside‚ where
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The Hunger Games really relates to real life at the moment because of the corrupt government. In the hunger games‚ the government puts everyone against each other by putting a boy and a girl from each district in a competition where they must fight to the death. It’s all symbolic on how the Capitol prevents the people from forming an alliance and rebelling; the Games keep “every district against the others” and fighting among themselves. The government today‚ is tearing apart our united nations by
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For a government to be successful it needs to inflict fear into everyone of its people. The capital did so by using the Hunger Games as a tool for fear‚ excommunicating each of the districts from each other‚ and reminding everyone how one district can be eliminated so easily. Therefore‚ a government cannot rule as efficiently if there is no fear in its people. If fear is not within the government’s people then a rebellion could easily be started. In the words of Niccolo Machiavelli “is it better
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girl who finds herself in the Hunger Games‚ where she faces many‚ many challenges‚ not only physically but also emotionally. One of the hardest struggles Katniss faces in the games is having to deal with the death of her ally‚ and new friend‚ Rue. Another challenge Katniss faces is the adaptations she must make during the games when taking care of fellow district member‚ Peeta‚ who is near death. Most likely the hardest thing Katniss must deal with throughout the games is deciphering her real feelings
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Characterization Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is the main character in “The Hunger Games”‚ written by Jennifer Lawrence. Katniss is only 16 years old but has lost her father already 5 years ago and lives with her mother (who is mentally disturbed since the death of her husband) and her 12 year old little sister Prim in Seam - the poor part of the anyway poor coal-mining District 12 in the futuristic world of Panem – previously North America (destroyed in a global war). Katniss has long
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controls who are those selected people also. In the Hunger Games if the capitol does not like you then you are killed on the spot. In In Time if the Time Keepers do not like you then they take your time away. But in The Heir if the people do not like you your family gets hurt; either by harm or the wrecking of your business. The forceful hand used in the governments is a heavily common theme in the dystopian genre. For example in The Hunger Games the Peace Keepers are a major force. If you steal then
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government is in control. Dystopian literature shows how the government is in control of the people‚ while the citizens appear to be equal. This paper will include examples from "The Giver”‚ “The Hunger Games”‚ and “The Lottery”. There are a lot of examples of severe oppression in literature. In “The Hunger Games” district 12‚ along with each of the other districts‚ is very oppressed by the controlling government. They are
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This year’s annual hunger games are full of unique skills and talents from the tributes but which talent will determine the victor of the 74th hunger games? Following the recent training scores‚ it is clear that this year’s hunger games will be spectacular. Skills such as archery‚ spears throwing‚ knives and agricultural knowledge will be present this hunger games. Inside the capitols training center there are several training stations where tributes have been given the opportunity to learn and
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The Hunger Games has become a major obsession of mine‚ and no the title has nothing to do with food. Reading and anticipating The Hunger Games trilogy and its upcoming movie is‚ during which my grandmother was sick‚ something I clung too. You see I have never been a major fan of anything. I mean Taylor Swift is an idol of mine but I’m not running to the nearest store to buy her CDs or items. But this fan base love for the book and movie almost drove my family insane. After reading and discovering
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