safe. Katniss knows that she needs to win the Hunger games for her family‚ and surviving the games is just an obstacle in her path to see her family again. In the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ the main character Katniss Everdeen survives the life obstacles of providing for her family and surviving the Hunger Games with the help of Peeta Mellark in the Capitol. To begin‚ the main character Katniss Everdeen survives the life obstacles of providing for her family and surviving the Hunger Games
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“... May the odds be ever in your favor‚”. For Katniss Everdeen the odds seem to be in the exact opposite. Katniss has had a tough life. After her father dies she is left has the main provider of her family. This makes the fact that her sister is chosen in the reaping for the Hunger Games even worse. She takes her place but worries about her family will get food without her. While in the Games Katniss has to pretend to love Peeta for the sake of the capitol. All of these problems add up to make a
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The movie Hunger Games sets a good example of authoritarian system. Meaning that the state holds all the power and people cannot effectively claim rights against the state. The movie is set in Panem‚ a country of wealthy Capitol and twelve districts located in different states of poverty. In the movie the Capitol‚ the totalitarians‚ select a boy and a girl to complete in the annual “Hunger Games.” This game was created in order to control future rebellions and every year the Capitol selects by lottery
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In In the story "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collin tells us how Katniss has to survive and not get killed in a game set up by the Capitol. The perspective of a quotation I used was "Hope is the only thing stronger than fear". Katniss has hope that she will survive and she uses her skill to survive. Katniss has to kill the other player to win and she has to be the last person in the game for her to win. During the game Katniss is presented as a skilled person with her skills with the Bow. At the
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Isabelle Gwak Ms. Therese English 10 3 September 2012 “The hunger games by Suzanne Collins is a work of dystopian literature” In my own opinion and from the evidences I found I hereby prove that the book “The Hunger Games” is a work of a dystopian novel. Here are some characteristic of a dystopian novel that matches up with the book “The Hunger Games”. First of all Dystopian literatures have social class on them (Ferrari). They always have single absolute rulers with the most power. Then
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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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Katniss Everdeen was a sixteen year old girl that lived with her mother and her little sister Prim in District 12. Katniss’s family depended on her to hunt for food ever since her father died in a mine explosion when she was only eleven years old. At the reaping‚ the mayor gave a speech about how the government in North America fell and the country of Panem took over. There was a war between the Capitol and the districts‚ and the Capitol won. To remind the districts not to rebel‚ the Capitol
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The Lottery vs. The Hunger Games The Hunger Games and The Lottery have many similarities and differences in terms of the dystopian society that is portrayed in each selection. The main event that happens in each story portrays the dystopian societies that they both contain in a few different ways‚ as well as a similar one. The purpose of the event in The Hunger Games and The Lottery is extremely different from each other. The hierarchy within each dystopian society also has some similarities and
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source of inspiration. Suzanne Collins‚ the author of The Hunger Games‚ was heavily inspired by ancient Greek and Roman culture. Her characters‚ setting‚ and even parts of her storyline all have similar aspects to the Greek and Romans. Roman history and Greek stories helped shaped The Hunger Games into what it is today. Suzanne was heavily inspired by the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur as well as the famous Roman Gladiator Games. Elements from both can be seen throughout the story. In an
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In the fictional novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ a girl named Katniss has to fight for her life in the 74th annual Hunger Games. The book focused on Katniss volunteering to be in the Hunger Games and her journey to the arena. Also‚ it focused on her battling to win with her partner Peeta after a rule change allowing both to win. The three topics addressed in the exciting book are characterization‚ conflict‚ and themes. To start‚ the author uses characterization to reveal
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