Maninder Kaur Professor Ybarra English 70 April 10‚ 2012 The Hunger Games 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? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in the country of Panem from the far- off city called the Capitol. The Capitol divides in districts. It is harsh‚ cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one
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provide for her family. Katniss decides to protect her sister and volunteers to take Prim’s place in The Hunger Games. In the film she states “ I volunteer! “I volunteer as tribe!”. Katniss embraces courage since she takes her sister’s place. In one of the scenes she needed to take courage when she had to face Cato at the lake. She was frightened since Cato is a strong competitor in the games. She had to also face everyone else in order to get medicine for Peeta since he was badly injured. She had
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“ The Hunger Games” How often do you see teenagers reading a book for pleasure these days? Sadly‚ this is a dying art. It is essential to encourage today’s adolescents to read. When a book is made into a movie‚ people often argue that the written version is no longer necessary. Although the movie version is fun to watch‚ reading the actual novel is much more stimulating. Such is the case with Suzanne Collin’s novel‚ The Hunger Games. This novel is about the nation of
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The Hunger Games vs Divergent Books have an important influence in our life. They teach us something‚ they help us imagine and they help us create our own world so we can do whatever we what with it. Nowadays‚ teens have entered the world of reading. They read more than they used to but why? The answer it’s easy. They read because there are some writers that help them enter a whole new world and experience with it. Two of the most famous writers for teens are Suzanne Collins for “The Hunger Games
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Su YiFei Mr. Bacon ENG3U 10 April 2015 The Detrimental Effects of Governmental Power in The Hunger Games It is easy to see the detrimental effects of governmental power in the novel The Hunger Games. The government has great power and no one can balance it. The abuse of political power by the government has lead to totalitarianism. Totalitarianism is being heavily abused in the country as the distribution of ruling power between the capitol and the Districts are extremely uneven. As we can see
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the book Hunger Games status is an identity factor. As the book noted status‚ is “a socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations‚ rights‚ and duties. These socially defined positions are mainly linked to family background. Those who live in District 12 aren’t members of a wealthy family that holds power‚ in return their status is consisted inferior. While the people of the capitol embrace all the power. A conflict theorist might use Hunger Games as an example
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The Power Elements of Literary Devices in The Hunger Games In literature‚ how an author chooses to construct their words is very important. They need to use them in a way that will allow the reader to take more meaning away from it‚ and see them as more than just words on paper. Literary devices are what give literature a deeper‚ more thoughtful meaning. They are not always clear and defined‚ and sometimes take closer reading to identify their full meaning‚ but they certainly give
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Suzanne Collins examines the themes of rebellion and class in her novel The Hunger Games. Collins has developed several themes in Part one of her novel‚ the theme of rebellion‚ class‚ and identity. Collins uses these themes to show how much of a totalitarian government the capitol really is. Panem is a nation that has built itself through the separation of classes. The districts are kept from contacting one another‚ and each is forced into a particular industry‚ thus limiting the social mobility
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Nusbaum Period 6 4/6/17 The Book That Changed my Life The book that made a large impact on my life was The Hunger Games. This book impacted me because it displayed images of violence but had a very good love story twisted into it. The Hunger Games starred Katniss Everdeen and her “partner” Peeta Mellark. They were selected from the same district to participate in the games. The game was a game of survival and only one person could emerge victorious. This book made such a large impact on my life because
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Introduction The topic of my research assignment is book versus movie and the book that I have chosen is The Hunger Games. The reason for choosing this book was that it is one of the popular young adult fiction novels and the movie was well received by the viewers. Most readers believe that the books are always better than the movies‚ however movies based on books remain a major earning means for the film industry. Although the main plot of the book remains intact in the movie‚ some differences are
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