Games vs. Twilight: An Argumentative Essay Joshua Gabriel Palma Lontoc BLL 104 October 5‚ 2012 One of the popular movies nowadays is The Hunger Games‚ which tells the story of a girl named Katniss Everdeen who joins the 74th annual hunger games as a replacement for her sister Primrose Everdeen. A lot of teenagers love the Hunger Games‚ but others hate it‚ saying that the series is exactly like the Twilight saga‚ another big time movie which tells the story of Isabella Swan‚ a lovestruck girl
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“The Hunger Games” is in year 3026 in an almost post-apocalyptical North America also in a new nation called Panem. It consists of a rich capitol and 13 overpopulated districts‚ but District 12 is where the book starts with the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen. 75 years prior to the current setting of the book‚ there was a mass rebellion of the people from District 13‚ located in far north-east modern day America. When the rebellion started‚ the capitol decided to completely nuke District 13‚ turning
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to compete in a live televised battle to the death. This is an underdog story of Katniss Everdeen who is from district 12 a coal-mining district that is the poorest and least populated district. She is able to come out victorious and find her love Peeta Mellark who is also from district 12. This story shows people our age that even through adversity if you work hard enough you can do anything you want to. Katniss faced much adversity in her life from her father dying in a mine accident‚ her having
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Character Essay Introduction: The Hunger Games is told a book written by Suzanne Collins. The novel aimed at adolescents is of the dystopian genre. The story is told by Katniss Everdeen (main character) in the present tense. There is ongoing bias in the novel‚ as we see things from Katniss’ point of view. In the book there is a variety of different characters; one of these will be the subject of this essay: Haymitch Abernathy. I will explain how Collins represents him. Description of Haymitch:
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control‚ and survival through characterization and allegory. The characters of Katniss Everdeen and Prince Theseus of Athens both illustrate what it takes to sacrifice one’s self for others. They both have incredible incentives towards their decision of “volunteering as tribute‚” yet they have different motives regarding who or what they made their choices for. From the beginning of The Hunger Games‚ it’s clear Katniss has a true connection to her younger sister‚ Prim‚ and genuinely cares for her
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Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ is the wildly popular first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. I think that one of the reasons the book is so popular‚ is because of the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen. In the book‚ Katniss is 16 years old and is very strong willed‚ but often feels incredibly alienated. I think that Katniss is a very relatable character (which is one of the reasons the book is so popular!) in this way‚ and in the way that she keeps her true feelings shielded from most people around her
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In the science fiction book‚ “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main protagonist of the story‚ has to face many difficulties in her life such as the death of her father. As well as living in one of the poorest regions called District 12 in the country of Panem. Owing to the tragic death of her father she takes on a big responsibility and cares for her mother and sister Prim. Every year the capitol of Panem has a ceremony called the Hunger Games where‚ two tributes a boy
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rebellion. In district 12 hunter Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl‚ carves out a scrimpy existence for herself‚ her younger sister Prim and their widowed mother. In order to keep the 12 districts aware of who runs the county‚ the Capitol arranges a game where different tributes are chosen from a drawing from each district fight to the death each year in a detailed arena. When her sister is picked‚ Katniss exercises her option to volunteer for the games. Along with Katniss comes also Peeta‚ the baker’s
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Collins depicts a dystopian world‚ in which a totalitarian government tries to control the people through a mixture of force and surveillance. Does it succeed with the protagonist‚ Katniss? Is she able to choose to be‚ behave‚ and do‚ as she wants? The text begins by introducing the protagonist Katniss Everdeen‚ who was a hunter living in the country of Panem in District 12. Their government works in a central city called The Capitol who are an overpowering government who control the people
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In Suzanne Collins‚ The Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl who matured at an early age. She had to teach herself how to provide for her family. Her father taught her few things before he was blown by the mine explosion. Katniss flounders with her identity because of the role she plays in the Games; while in the games she has no idea what is real or fake. She uses bow & arrow in order to survive; it has become a part of her identity. Katniss struggles to find her identity because
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