Hunger Games: From a Feminist’s Prospective Up until recently‚ women were never cast to play the strong leading role of the hero‚ but in recent pop-culture the male dominated movie industry has seen a sudden shift. These days women are being cast in a new light. There are women playing the hero and their male counterparts have found themselves playing the damsel in distress. In the recent blockbuster‚ Hunger Games‚ based on a novel by Susan Collins‚ is about a young girl named “Katniss”.
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The Huger Games The Hunger Games is a game‚ that occurs annually and it is set up by the ruling Capitol to show the other 12 districts of Panem that the Capitol owns them and that they are in-charge and it also serves as a merciless reminder to the price of rebellion against the Capitol. The hunger games consist of twenty-four teenagers‚ a male and a female from each twelve districts and they range in ages of twelve to eighteen. They are put in an arena‚ that differs every year and they have to
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Thoughts After Reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I am really pissed at Katniss. SWEEHEART‚ PEETA LUVS YA! And you love him too! Just admit it and live happily ever after! It is so obvious that when he "admitted" his crush that he was being real. And for some dang reason you can’t FREAKIN’ SEE IT! I mean it is in your face! Like right there. And you can’t see it. And why does your mind keep wandering to Gale? Did you not already say you were just friends? I mean‚ okay‚ I guess I can understand
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The hunger game definitely describes the conflict between worker class and capital class in a extreme case. And that’s the frequent criticism on capitalism such that it makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. Luckily‚ capitalism comes with democracy and the people can throw away their government if they suffer too much. I once took a philosophy class which we analyzed a lots of social model from different philosophers and discussed which is the best model. We came to the conclusion that a good
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Survival “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” announced Effie Trinket‚ the escort of the District 12 tributes. She tried to encourage the tributes to be happy about being chosen; that it is somewhat of an honor to be selected to participate in the Hunger Games‚ yet was unsuccessful. The Hunger Games is the first book in an amazing trilogy written by Suzanne Collins‚ that follows the story of Katniss Everdeen and how she survives The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual
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Introduction Suzanne Collins was writing for children long before her popular Hunger Games trilogy took the literary world by storm. However‚ she was writing for a different age group and a different genre‚ having started her literary career as a writer for children’s television shows. She wrote for several popular children’s television shows‚ including Little Bear‚ Oswald‚ Wow Wow Wubbzy‚ Clifford’s Puppy Days‚ and Clarissa Explains it All. She ventured into children’s books after a meeting with
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For the world or for yourself? I have just finished reading the Hunger Games Mocking Jay. The book was written by Suzanne Collins a very famous author. The genre of the Hunger Games Mocking Jay is Science Fiction. The book takes place in the midst of a war‚ between the capitol and the rebellion. When Katniss shot the force field of the arena with the electric wires‚ the capitol was shut down. Out of power‚ a way for the rebellion to take place. Katniss is knocked out as well as everyone else in the
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of confronting thongs most people are scared of. I chose the word brave for Katniss because she is really brave. In the book‚ The Hunger Games‚ her sister‚ Primrose Everdeen‚ was going to be part of The Hunger Games because her name was drawn from the draw that picks who is fighting in the games but Katniss was brave enough to volunteer so she is now fighting in the games instead of her little sister. Peeta Mellark is kind. Being kind means you are not mean. It means you are nice‚ pleasant to be
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Title: Hunger Games Setting: Panem Characters: Katniss Everdeen – the main character and the female tribute of District 12. Peeta Mellark – the male tribute of District 12 and the lover of Katniss Everdeen. President Snow - the antagonist of the story. Seneca Crane – the Game maker of the Hunger Games. Cato – he is the hardest enemy inside the arena from district 1. Plot: Katniss Everdeen is the sister of supposed to be the Female Tribute of the District 12 for the Hunger Games
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THE HUNGER GAMES‚ SUZANNE COLLINS The book the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place on a country named Panem. Panem was a country that after being terrorized by vague disasters arose from the ashes of North America. The setting of this book can also be described as post-apocalyptic‚ and takes place in the future. In the book Panem is located on the 12 district which was formerly located in the region of Appalachia. The main conflict of the book Hunger Games can best
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