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 Hunger Games Analytic Text Response The Hunger Games Analytic Text Response I think the Hunger games depicts a horrendous dystopia because Suzanne Collins makes the Hunger Games as a child slaughter match. She makes the characters such as the Game Maker as a man who takes orders from a bigger man who is sick minded as he reminds the 12 districts that we can take your children no matter what and make them fight in the glorious Hunger Games. He also gives each District a speciality trade which
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Thesis: Katniss being able to hunt and find food is not just a way to survive but also a big advantage for her in the games. Point/proof to support thesis: Katniss and her family were starving but she found a way to survive. Textual Evidence and citation: “I thought of the hours spent in the woods with my father and I knew how we were going to survive” (Collins‚ 32). Analysis: Her father taught her how to hunt and it allowed her to find a way to survive. Point: Katniss is very observant because
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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In the Hunger Games and Catching Fire books written by Suzanne Collins; one of the most prevalent themes is survival‚ and keeping your humanity and dignity as you try to survive. Katniss and Peeta must survive the games of course‚ but they also must survive their daily lives in the district. The capitol has made life incredibly difficult for those living in the districts‚ and to survive the lack of food and adequate necessities requires great strength of spirit. Some people in the districts give
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movie the hunger games by Gary Ross has many features that show Katniess Everdeen adapting‚ surviving and even thriving in the movie. The first thing is Katniss had to do was adapt to her new environment‚ which was relatively easy for her. She steams from district 12 which is one the districts ruled by the government and are often treated bad‚ making life miserable for the people‚ often making people hunt for their food like Katniss. All that experience and mistreatment led to Katniss being able
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the dangerous running of the bulls and in China there has been the very painfull foot binding‚ but these traditions are child’s play compared to some. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Is about a post war society divided into 12 districts who each send two teenagers to fight to the death once a year in The Capital. The Capital runs the games and reap the fruits of the 12 district’s labor. The Lottery‚ by Shirley Jackson is about a small American town in the 1800s‚ that keeps order and sanity by
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The Omission Of Crime by The Government The movie “Hunger Games” is taken place after the apocalypse in North America. Hunger Games is about a violent game between the girls and boys between the ages of twelve and eighteen years old who are forced to enter their name in the system so it can be drawn like the lottery tickets. Their name is chosen randomly like the lottery number‚ once their name is drawn they have to go and represent the district where they are from and thrown into one big arena
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The screen adaption of Suzanne Collins novel ‘Hunger Games’ was a major commercial success‚ according to the IMDb (2012) the movie has with an estimated budget of $78 million managed to generate more than $670 million. When thinking of the factors‚ that significantly shaped the success of the film project the already established reader ship and fan base of the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise has to be taken into account. The first book of the Hunger games trilogy was published in 2008 and is even in 2012
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Deandre Viveros Peeta Mellark Reaping’s Day The only reason I’m waking up today is for the Reaping. Otherwise‚ I would have loved to sleep for an eternity away from my mother. You’d think a baker in District Twelve would have an easier life than those in the rundown Seam‚ but I don’t. Try living with a family who doesn’t care for your existence and with a mother who isn’t afraid to beat you if you burn some bread. Right now it’s the crack of dawn. That means it’s time to prepare all of
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