exposed to inhumane conditions‚ rules and acts from society. The theme was portrayed in the story in an implicit way. For example when Peeta and Katniss‚ the main characters of the story‚ were “celebrating” being elected in the annual Hunger Games in a huge feast in the Capitol‚ we were provided with quotes like this one‚ happening inside of Katniss’ mind “…And here in the Capitol they ’re vomiting for the pleasure of filling their bellies again and again. Not from some illness of body or mind
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Theseus’s slaying of the mighty Minotaur mutes the accounts of his treatment of Ariadne that may differ from Hamilton’s. Would a female still be acknowledged as heroic if she abandoned a man who helped her? For example in Atalanta’s Greek myth‚ Atalanta avoids romance at all cost and this seems to show that she breaks free from the stereotype that woman must find love to become a hero. Atalanta imposes a condition on men wanting to marry her‚ “As a way of disposing of them [men] easily and agreeably
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The districts all pay a yearly sacrifice to the Capitol in the form of their tributes. These tributes are children who will die in the Hunger Games. Katniss is seen explaining‚ how she is outraged by the fact that they use children as a sacrifice just to prove that they’re at the government’s mercy. Children killing other children is a source of entertainment for the country‚ Panem’s‚ Capitol citizens
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respond to repression. In the Hunger Games Suzanne Collins portray Katniss as someone who learns to keep unobtrusive to make her family and her surroundings safe. “I volunteer” I gasp. “I volunteer as a tribute.” This shows how repressive Katniss is and how she is so caring and loving to her family. She is willing to put her life on the line for her sister‚ people in the audience were very flabbergasted and were quite shocked. Katniss is scared of the peacekeepers because they make the government prevailing
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told to do by the President and she tries to turn bad things into good. Even though Effie seems self-centered‚ she really does care about other people and their needs. An example of how Effie shows she cares about others is when she tries to make Katniss and Peeta feel comfortable in the Capitol even though they are feeling out of place. One of the most interesting characters in The Hunger Games is Effie Trinket
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A recent representation of this type of dystopian literature is Suzanne Collins trilogy‚ The Hunger Games‚ whose main character‚ the heroic sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen struggles to take care of her family and friends at every turn. For the joy of teenagers‚ this book is set in a reality show-like condition‚ where wealthy capitalist entertain themselves by watching underage kids kill themselves in barbaric
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in the book was not as significant as was depicted in the movie. He gives a speech to the tributes which is heard in the movie‚ he is shown in conversation with Seneca Crane more than once and is seen in the control room keeping a vigilant eye on Katniss and Peeta’s victorious return to District 12 at the conclusion of the film. This decision that the director took to increase Snow’s role in the movie came about after the distinguished actor playing the role of President Coriolanus wrote him a detailed
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authority figures treats the “Lower class.” I say this because throughout the Hunger Games series The Capitol and President Snow are trying to tear down Katniss and make her obey them for their own gain. While they not only try to tear Katniss down‚ they also take down the other factions by violent actions with no repercussions. They want Katniss and her followers to obey and surrender so much that It creates a rebellion in Panem which results in a war. This is a somewhat similar to what is happening
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Once upon a time gender was vastly defining for a person. It determined what a person had to look like‚ how one acted‚ and ultimately who someone was in society. Gender was even the same thing as sex. We can see countless examples of this all throughout the world’s history. As a matter of fact‚ it is the majority of it. Only recently‚ first truly coming into the spotlight in the 1970s‚ have we started to see the changing of this ideology. It is quite obvious what the difference of the two sexes
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Suzanne Collins. Collins uses these devices as an easier way of characterizing Katniss‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ and the intense story she has written‚ making the reader more intrigued and interested in what she has written. It only takes reading the first few opening lines to come across some of the devices that Collins has cleverly chosen to use. We are almost instantly confronted with a metaphor as Katniss wakes up on “the day of the reaping” (5): “My fingers stretch out‚ seeking Prim’s
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