”The Hunger Games”‚ written by Suzanne Collins‚ is one of the most popular dystopian book worldwide. The novel quickly won readers’ hearts due to the combination of gripping plot with a dose of romance‚ fast-flowing action and author’s writing style. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic future‚ when North America‚ after a devastating war has transformed into a country consisting of twelve poor districts ruled by wealthy and heavy-handed government. The authorities in order to punish society for
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For a government to be successful it needs to inflict fear into everyone of its people. The capital did so by using the Hunger Games as a tool for fear‚ excommunicating each of the districts from each other‚ and reminding everyone how one district can be eliminated so easily. Therefore‚ a government cannot rule as efficiently if there is no fear in its people. If fear is not within the government’s people then a rebellion could easily be started. In the words of Niccolo Machiavelli “is it better
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the most popular things when it comes to people choosing a movie to watch. But not usually all together at once‚ right? Gary Ross‚ the director of “The Hunger Games” followed a clear path of audience satisfaction when creating this incredibly fulfilling film. Through overwhelming mise en scene‚ plot portrayal‚ and exciting special effects‚ “The Hunger Games” has become one of the most commercially satisfying films to this day. Each element of the film has been emphasized to please a diverse audience
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Sands and the strikers. Bobby Sands was born into a catholic family in Newtownabbey‚ County Antrim on the 9th of March 1954. He had 3 siblings which two were girls and the other was a boy. They were named Marcella who was the oldest of the siblings and was born in 1955‚ Bernadette was born in 1958 and John was born in 1962. Bobby left school and became a apprentice coach builder until he forced out at gunpoint by loyalists. He married Geraldine Noade and they had a son named Gerard who was born
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Persuasive Speech Outline INTRODUCTION How much food do you think a person wastes on average in one day? The amount of food that is wasted in one year is enough to feed‚ half a small country in the 3rd world. ( ADAM CHANDLER) the amount of people around the world that are die because of the hunger they live in on daily basses is large. The people are wasting so much that‚ they can cut the world hunger in half within one year. The U.S is the world leader is food wasted per year. Need: The food
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The Hunger Games is a novel about the "haves" and the "have nots -that is‚ the people who have money and the people who have money and the people who dont. The capitol has many of it. while the capitol is weathier than other districts‚ some of the districts have advantages than others. For example they can train there own people to get read and do well int he Hunger Games- a competiton they see as a ay to gain glory and fame. How about the poor districts? Well‚ they dont have much of an advantage
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In Francis Lawrence’s Hunger Games ; Mocking jay part 2; which opened last year for a brief Oscar qualifying run ‚ a group of people whom are split up into 12 districts‚ each year‚ every district is forced to randomly choose two tributes-one girl and one boy- to fight in the annual Hunger Games. A fight to the death on live television. The film is mainly concentrated on Jennifer Lawrence‚ portraying a girl named Katniss Everdeen‚ who is in many ways audience point of entry. Lawrence‚ whom is an Academy
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The Hunger Games has become a major obsession of mine‚ and no the title has nothing to do with food. Reading and anticipating The Hunger Games trilogy and its upcoming movie is‚ during which my grandmother was sick‚ something I clung too. You see I have never been a major fan of anything. I mean Taylor Swift is an idol of mine but I’m not running to the nearest store to buy her CDs or items. But this fan base love for the book and movie almost drove my family insane. After reading and discovering
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Potter series and the Hunger Games trilogy. This genre covers several topics‚ in several different subgenres‚ but they all have one element in common‚ a main character is growing up. This concept of the “bildungsroman” or coming of age story has graced the pens of famous writers such as William Shakespeare‚ Charles Dickens‚ and Mark Twain‚ and yet‚ young adult books still get flack for being too “mainstream” or shallow. As a
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Hunger Games essay An important scene in the film the hunger games directed by Gary Ross is the reaping scene. This scene is important because it develops 3 ideas. Firstly‚ the effects of a totalitarian government‚ Secondly reality tv and its effects and lastly it develops kadnesses character. ross develops this scene through the use of verbal and visual features. The first reason this scene is important is because it shows a totalitarian society this is seen through the peacekeepers looking over
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