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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The trend of dystopic young adult fiction is quite nauseating. The Hunger Games is a shameless inoculator‚ its anti-subversive‚ pseudo-dystopic‚ politically biased‚ and simplified world-building has inseminated the genre‚ producing more works of the same platitude. It’s strange to think that Suzanne Collins was actually attempting to write an important piece of social commentary‚ when the book was completely devoid anything thought-provoking. She failed to grasp the concept of a dystopia and instead
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The Hunger Games‚ the introductory novel in a trilogy book series written by author Suzanne Collins in 2008‚ is a young adult novel that surrounds a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen in a futuristic tale of a teenager who defies all odds when they are stacked against her. She is shaken to the core with sacrifice‚ adversity and danger when she finds herself forced to compete in a televised series of games where there is only one survivor. Not only does she want to live‚ but she has an incredible
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and the history of war. He died in 2003‚ two weeks before the Iraq war began. He was strongly opposed to it.” (1) Her most popular book series would no doubt be The Hunger Games. With many wondering what influenced her she answers the question by saying “If I have to pick one story that most influenced "The Hunger Games‚" it would be the Greek myth of Theseus‚ which I read when I was about 8-years-old. In punishment for past deeds‚ Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens
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History of The Hunger Games & Panem What we now know as North America wasn’t always known as North America. North America during post-apocalyptic times was known as Panem. Panem comes from a Latin phrase which means bread and circuses. The phrase was used to describe people or a person using entertainment to distract others from more important issues‚ which in this case would be problems in the districts. The leader of Panem used entertainment and the providing of food to get the residents
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After reading the novel and watching the film of “The Hunger Games‚” several similarities and differences are obvious. The film and the novel mostly have several similarities. The similarities between the novel and the film tells the same storyline‚ which takes place at the same time. Another similarities between the novel and the film is the part where it shows or tell that Katniss volunteered as a tribute at the reaping to save Prim. Between the film and novel‚ they both mostly have similarities
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please the crowd of their competitors. Like the Romans‚ the Hunger Games introduce the tributes with a parade of chariots‚ each with their own representation. The spectators were able to determine who they would cheer on to win. In The Hunger Games‚ this was a way to appease them for their support. Sponsors were then able to contribute to the tributes indirectly through contribution towards victory. Every little thing counts‚ from the Games to the supporters to the district tributes. Gladiators were
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March 29th‚ 2090 4am The reaping I can’t sleep. I’ve got to be up in an hour anyway to start work downstairs in the bakery mixing and kneading the dough for the bread before baking it. I could have tried to lie in bed for another hour but my head is swimming with thoughts and I think the only way to make sense of them is to just write them down. Yesterday was an exceptionally terrible day. Reaping days are always terrible; it is the one day of the year that makes you live the
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In the novel‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ there are many memorable symbols used. One of these symbols is the Flowers. The reason this symbol is important is that it helps the reader to understand some of the main ideas of the novel. Suzanne Collins wants the reader to think about how there is always hope in dark times when in need. Flowers play a significant role in the Hunger Games. The use of Flowers are used in a few important ways‚ such
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Levi Wortley Logan Denney Discussion Group 9-22-12 Our Society VS. The Hunger Games Now in the film The Hunger Games there are a lot of themes that mirrored in our society today. First and foremost there is the politics of Panem. The government‚ or “The Capitol‚” is corrupted. Their control over the country “Panem” is very iron like in the fact that they control everything from resources to where you can go and what you can do. After awhile of this the districts get fed up and rebel
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