The Lord of the Hunger Games It may come as a surprise that a novel taught in a tenth grade english class is strikingly similar to a currently popular book of the teenage population. A common theme relates William Golding’s classic novel‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ and the very popular teen heart-throb‚ The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The unifying motif is the underlying savagery and desperation to live that stands out within each person when survival mode is activated. Peeta‚ the love interest
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I loved this novel Lord Of The Flies for many reasons. As I read it I could find all the connections in it‚ like the book was meant to be a symbolism to World War II‚ and I really noticed methods of defense and attack‚ their reactions to what they saw on the island and to each other‚ this is what made me keep wanting to read as i read i noticed these items of sybolism that leads to bigger things ‚which made me enjoy read the book. I loved how it related to the study in human nature. The
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difference of group and individual survival between the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collin‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ and the 1990 film of Lord of the Flies directed by Harry Hook. BY: Becky Coutlee April‚ 23‚ 2012 D.Smith Comparing and contrasting the similarities and difference of group and individual survival between the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collin‚ Lord of the Flies by William Golding‚ and the 1990 film of Lord of the Flies directed by Harry Hook. “And while the law of ’competition’
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written in 1954 but also movies in 2012. The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding follows a group of English boys that survived a plane crash‚ landing on a deserted island. They are fighting for survival‚ living through many challenges such as hunting for their food‚ finding shelter‚ and signaling for help. Lord of the Flies is similar to the movie The Hunger Games‚ this movie follows Katniss Everdeen who took her sister’s place in the Hunger Games. She quickly adapted to the training that followed
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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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Raigan McGuire Jensen/ Period 2 12/10/13 QWA Compare/Contrast Anthem vs. The Hunger Games In today’s society‚ a lot of people tend to take for granted what they have. Every once and a while‚ something drastic will ensue them‚ and that’s when they finally grasp what’s been right in front of them the whole time. In many different societies‚ for example the societies in The Hunger Games‚ and Anthem‚ the individuals that are living there are forced to listen to the ruler‚ or rulers‚ do not have
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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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Compare and Contrast: The Hunger Games vs. “The Lottery” The Hunger Games and “The Lottery” are two different stories that have similarities and differences. Depending on the plots and story lines of both they might have more similarities than differences or more differences than similarities. Breaking it up into three different topics is very helpful when comparing and contrasting these two stories. There are three aspects that are going to be covered. Aspect one is a comparison between both of
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In class we read The Giver and The Hunger Games. In the book The Giver they tried to create a utopia which means modeled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. There are three main similarities or differences that stood out in these books. In The Giver and The Hunger Games they were in a “dome” or a closed in area. Both of the main characters were chosen. Last‚ The Giver community was just living their lives and in The Hunger Games the tributes were fighting for their
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While both novels are science fiction‚ The Hunger Games‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ shows more action and vigor than The Giver’s perfect utopian society with unnerving truths. The two novels have a conflict that includes survival. Lowry‚ author of The Giver‚ uses action‚ ideas‚ and adjectives to describe her main characters’ appearance and personalities in the community. Collins also describes her characters in the same way. The plot in The Giver was straightforward. Lowry gives an indication as
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