usually challenged or banned to protect others‚ for example; violence‚ sexually explicit or offensive language. Catching fire is said to be challenged because of its violence‚ anti-ethnic‚ anti-family‚ insensitivity‚ and offensive language. The Hunger Games series was on the 2010 challenged books lists. I believe that the violence in Catching Fire isn’t as extreme as some people think and it is not necessarily a bad thing. Exposing violence to younger readers matures them by making them realize
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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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there are still nights when a game has to be swapped for lard or shoelaces or wool‚ still nights when we go to bed with our stomachs growling." (pg.9)This example shows that not only men can hunt‚ that women can too.In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss must endure a brutal competition where the last kid standing wins. Throughout The Hunger Games several characters such as Katniss and Peeta Mellark both reinforce and undermine gender roles. However The Hunger Games as a whole presents an argument
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When I first started reading the Hunger Games‚ I was struck with the dystopian world in which Katniss lives. The description of her father dying and leaving the burden of her distant mother and younger sister made me sympathize for Katniss. I also really liked the relationship between Katniss and Gale because even though they were brought together through necessity‚ their friendship is so easy and comfortable. It was heart wrenching that they had such a serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally
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Review THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE “May the odds be always in your favour.” This is the famous line in the Hunger Games movie 2012. This movie talks about the game of life which is to survive. Hunger Games is an annual ceremony of Panem in which there will be two tributes in every district. This game declares only one winner so the tributes can do anything they want‚ just like killing their opponents‚ in order to stay alive. This year‚ 2013‚ Francis Lawrence’s The Hunger Games: Catching
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In the second installment of The Hunger Games Series‚ Catching Fire‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ the theme of the government overstepping their bounds is prominent. President Snow’s character is a focal point into letting the audience see the power he has and how it has affected his decision making and actions. The setting of government enforced Panem and the harsh punishments to rule breakers shows the unnecessary harshness of the government. The plot development relates to the theme of an overactive government
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Film Review-The Hunger Games Director and co-writer-Gary Ross The Hunger Games‚ it’s a harsh and relentless story based upon the first novel out of a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins. The book is narrated by 16 year old Katniss; a young woman who lives in a post-apocalyptic America divided into 13 districts and ruled by one‚ the Capitol. In this imaginary future‚ ruled by the Capitol‚ an apparatus of their control is the Hunger Games‚ an event established in the aftermaths of a rebellion against
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principles of transcendentalism. From the 1830’s to today‚ the media has been thoroughly influenced by this movement‚ and it continues to stay strong. An example of how the media has been influenced by transcendentalism would be the movie‚ The Hunger Games. Seeing the first trailer air in November of 2011‚ many initial thoughts and opinions began to surface on how good this movie was going to be. In the first trailer‚ the lead‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is faced with extremely difficult situations like
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Summer Reading-“Catching Fire’’ The book”Catching Fire” is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen‚who won the Hunger Games‚and she is going to have to go in the Hunger Games all over again.The author for this book is Suzanne Collins‚and the type of this book is fiction and suspense. The main character in this book is Katniss Everdeen.She is the winner of the Hunger Games because of her amazing skills on surviving.The people in District 12‚which is her home‚believes in her.She didn’t really
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important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s place in the Games in order to spare the life of her sister. Despite there being thousands of names in the reaping‚ and this being the
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