The Hunger Games vs. Twilight: An Argumentative Essay Joshua Gabriel Palma Lontoc BLL 104 October 5‚ 2012 One of the popular movies nowadays is The Hunger Games‚ which tells the story of a girl named Katniss Everdeen who joins the 74th annual hunger games as a replacement for her sister Primrose Everdeen. A lot of teenagers love the Hunger Games‚ but others hate it‚ saying that the series is exactly like the Twilight saga‚ another big time movie which tells the story of Isabella Swan
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series and the Hunger Games trilogy. This genre covers several topics‚ in several different subgenres‚ but they all have one element in common‚ a main character is growing up. This concept of the “bildungsroman” or coming of age story has graced the pens of famous writers such as William Shakespeare‚ Charles Dickens‚ and Mark Twain‚ and yet‚ young adult books still get flack for being too “mainstream” or shallow. As a
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The Hunger games is a film that at first glance is disguised as a romantic teen movie for young adults to enjoy watching on the weekend with all of their friends and family. But with just a small amount of critical thinking and understanding of the themes and images that are presented in front of you during the viewing of this film you can receive a whole other level of understanding to what the makers of the film are trying to help you visualize in a discreet manner. Right off the bat‚ at the start
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The 2012 movie “The Hunger Games” is a fireball of a movie‚ in which the main character was based on Athena the Greek goddess. As Katniss is the modern day version‚ their story isn’t exactly the same. Athena got praised‚ while Katniss got challenged to keep her life. As Katniss Everdeen was in “The Hunger Games‚” Athena was also known as independent‚ determined‚ and most of all wise. Athena was very much independent. As many men desired her‚ she stayed a virgin and did not seek to marry (Greek 2014)
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Mikyla Pene-Bavastro The movie ‘The Hunger Games’ directed by Gary Ross is an extraordinary fictional tale. A tale set in a futuristic dystopia society called ‘Panem’. This nation is divided into 12 districts and a capitol. Every year each district must offer two tributes a male and a female that must fight to the death until there is one remaining tribute out of twenty-four‚ who later becomes a victor. An interesting character in the film is Katniss Everdene‚ the films heroine. A District 12
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how weak they are and how little control they have‚ hosts the Hunger Games. Two tributes are selected from each district to participate in a game. An arena is set up that looks like a natural surrounding {a jungle‚ rain forest‚ desert‚ etc..) Here‚ the tributes have to try to survive and kill each other off. The one who is the last standing wins and earns food and gifts for their District‚ and also can never be selected for the Games. Once chosen‚ you can’t get out of it unless someone else offers
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The book The Hunger Games takes place in the U.S many years after a war that put the world in total chaos. The last semblance of civilization is the capital Panem‚ and its 13 surrounding districts. Rebellions started to erupt through the districts to overthrow the capitals rule‚ but in the end it lasted in the defeat for the rebellion. As punishment for the rebellion‚ the capital has an annual competition named “The hunger games” where every year one boy and girl less than 19 years old from each
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Hunger Games and Toddlers and Tiaras Comparison Essay There are many major differences between the Hunger Games and Toddlers and Tiaras. One of the most recognizable differences between the two‚ is that the Hunger Games is a book about a girl trying to survive a game for the entertainment of the capitol and for scaring the citizens from rebellion. Whereas the reality television show toddlers and tiaras is about little girls beauty pageants. One of the numerous and large differences between
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The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen‚ the book’s ruthless heroine‚ learns a lot of life lessons throughout her first adventure. Peeta Mellark‚ the baker’s son‚ has developed a realization of how much power the Capitol really does have over the people of Panem. Even Gale Hawthorne‚ Katniss’ best friend and possible love interest‚ is used to putting his family before himself. The 74th Hunger Games allows these characters to open up and discover their purpose in life. Much of The Hunger Games is centered
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The Hunger Games This paper is to be a discussion of The Hunger Games. It is mostly going to include a discussion of the main themes of the movie and how the director presents these themes in forms of characters‚ the environment‚ etc. The Hunger Games is about a girl called Katniss Everdeen‚ a girl from district 12 who voluntarily takes her younger sister´s place as tribute in the Hunger Games‚ a televised fight to the death in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are
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