today’s adolescents to read. When a book is made into a movie‚ people often argue that the written version is no longer necessary. Although the movie version is fun to watch‚ reading the actual novel is much more stimulating. Such is the case with Suzanne Collin’s novel‚ The Hunger Games. This novel is about the nation of Panem‚ a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts‚ a world where teenagers have to kill each other. Think of this as an obligation and the only way to survive. There
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Outside Reading Assignment: Hunger Games The Hunger Games has a huge conservative Christian message‚ but the great thing is the message isn’t overpowering. This is the story that takes place in the remains of the United States after the liberals have succeeded in abolishing God and Christ from the culture completely by successfully creating their own Utopia- which isn’t really what it is hyped up to be‚ it’s a nightmare for anyone not in the liberal class. The liberals take residency
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“I want to die as myself” Katniss Everdeen claims showing that she will not conform to what the capitol wants her to be and that she will do anything in her power to rebel against it. In the novel The Hunger Games made by Suzanne Collins‚ Katniss everdeen displays many forms of rebellion against the rules of the Capitol throughout the story. All ready before the games Katniss shows rebellion and hate for the capitol‚ because of her tough life growing up in the seam. She shows the
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Thematic Essay The Hunger Games‚ an insightful novel by Suzanne Collins‚ is based on morals and justice. This novel is about Katniss Everdeen‚ a 16 year old girl and tribute for The Hunger Games‚ who is obligated to fight to the death with twenty-three others. She and her male counterpart‚ Peeta‚ are pitted against bigger and stronger representatives who have trained for this competition their whole lives‚ however‚ this advantage does not intimidate them. Trust‚ determination‚ and love and friendship
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barcode tattoo‚ everyone’s getting it. The Barcode Rebellion‚ by Suzanne Weyn‚ is about a girl named Kayla. She has been a barcode resistor since the age of 17. And ever since she joined the group she has been on the run. Within every tattoo being implanted in the human body‚ there are thousands of nanobots being implanted as well. And with those nanobots inside their body’s‚ Global 1 can control them. In The Barcode Rebellion‚ Suzanne Weyn uses conflict to find her Identity and to fight against the
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usually because of people or events that take place in their life. The four texts I have studied this year which use the theme of alienation are: “The hills” written by Patricia Grace‚ “Boy” directed by Taika Waititi‚ “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins‚ and “Ravens Gate” written by Anthony Horowitz. My first text‚ “The Hills” is about a teenage Maori boy who is treated unfairly by the police because he is black. Alienation is presented through the discrimination the boy is subjected to
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4 Aspects “The Hunger Games” In the film “The Hunger Games” directed by Gary Ross‚ and adapted from the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins‚ I studied four different aspects of the film that help to improve the effects the film has on its audience. The first aspect of the film I studied was the contrast -created by both Collins and Ross- between the districts and the Capitol. Some examples of these contrasts include people feasting every night in the Capitol‚ while everyone starves in the
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Summer Reading Assignment 2012 A. Top Five Quotes 1. “’I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’” (22). This is the most important quote in the entire series. With these six words‚ Katniss Everdeen sets into motion the events of the entire Hunger Games trilogy. Katniss shouts these words out at the very beginning of Chapter 2; almost immediately after a Capitol representative announces her little sister Prim’s name as a tribute in the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers to take Prim’s
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The main theme for “Ground Zero” by Suzanne Berne‚ is absence. After New York’s World Trade Center towers became destroyed in 2011‚ Berne felt like she needed to visit what people refer to as “ground zero.” Once she arrived‚ she noticed she was not the only person drawn to the site. Furthermore‚ since she was one of those who saw the disaster from televisions‚ and newspapers‚ she remained determined to find a way to better understand the emptiness she was looking at. She decided to ask people for
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The hero’s journey has been used for many centuries and has even been used in Homer’s epic The Odyssey. Like Homer‚ Suzanne Collins accurately portrays the process of the hero’s journey within The Hunger Games series. Starting with the beginning of the hero’s journey‚ the ordinary world is the first stage in the hero’s journey where the hero/heroine is in their normal life. In The Hunger Games‚ this is the beginning of the book when Katniss‚ the heroine‚ is going through her normal day‚ hence her
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