Catching Fire is better than The Hunger Games in some key areas of storytelling‚ but it does not redeem this blockbuster trilogy of its principal flaw: its future is never fully believable. I suspect that‚ like Twilight fans‚ what appeals to the bulk of its fan base is not just the action-packed premise‚ but the love triangle at the heart of the tale‚ between put-upon teen heroine Katniss Everdeen‚ her Games partner Peeta Mellark (with whom she must put on a show of romantic feeling‚ though on his
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The Hunger Games really relates to real life at the moment because of the corrupt government. In the hunger games‚ the government puts everyone against each other by putting a boy and a girl from each district in a competition where they must fight to the death. It’s all symbolic on how the Capitol prevents the people from forming an alliance and rebelling; the Games keep “every district against the others” and fighting among themselves. The government today‚ is tearing apart our united nations by
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Throughout The Hunger Games series‚ there is a huge shift in the main character Katniss Everdeen. In the first Hunger Games movie‚ it introduces Katniss‚ who grew up in district twelve‚ the poorest district out of all thirteen. She lived in a place where finding a piece of bread on the ground was like winning the lottery. Once Katniss started to train for the games‚ people started seeing how talented she is with a bow and arrow‚ and she started to understand that she has some power over others. By
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Oryx and Crake written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood‚ is the first of three dystopian novels part of the Maddaddam trilogy. Oryx and Crake was based off a futuristic society which was run off of the science of good genetics. Jimmy the protagonist‚ lived in a family of genetic scientists. One day Jimmy‚ met a boy named Glenn‚ better known as Crake (his code name). Together they connected with their obsession with a child porn star. After having attended separate post-secondary schools‚ Jimmy
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As Katniss comes to the end of the Hunger Games she meets several archetypes‚ and finishes her hero’s journey. First Katniss faces the resurrection‚ where she must defeat her final threshold guardian Cato‚ who is the last hurdle in the way of her winning the Hunger Games. On top of the cornucopia Peeta and Katniss fight for their lives‚ at times struggling with hand to hand combat as the mutant muts wait below. Peeta and Cato struggle to knock each other off the cornucopia‚ Katniss has an opportunity
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Unity is strength‚ when there is teamwork and cooperation.When you’re struggling and need help with something what do you do? Do you try to do it on your own? Or do you ask someone for help? Have you ever realized when you work together with someone you might get the job done faster? Well I can assure you in the book I’m reading‚ working together really gets the job done. Instead of working against one another why not help each other. You know what they say‚ two heads‚ are better than one. My book
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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Peter Foltz Mrs. Wicks AP English 12 March 17‚ 2014 Phase Seven: The Fiction Debate A comparative essay between the merits of literary and genre fiction as it pertains to audience and style Skimming through the collections of books at a local Barnes & Nobel‚ one might be stunned to find a copy of the popular fiction The Hunger Games sharing the shelf with the literary classic‚ The Canterbury Tales. But why should this come as a surprise? Don’t the authors share the same last initial? One could
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Esther Rogers Katniss Everdeen and Michelle Obama’s relation What a makes a person who they are is not what clothes they wear or the car they drive. A person’s true identity lies within their mind‚ the way they think and how they chose to act upon those thoughts. Katniss Everdeen the brave young woman that fights for her sister in the book‚ The Hunger Games‚ is much like our first lady‚ Michelle Obama. Michelle fights by her husband day in and day out for this country for the good of the people
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English 9A Analytical Essay The “Hunger Games” on opening weekend brought in $152‚535‚747 dollars. I believe that I will easy top that‚ being the great director that I am. I will take Richard Cornell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and turn it into a worldwide hit. I think that I will bring this short story to life using multiple elements of both movie and fiction! There will be both internal and external conflict. The internal conflict will be between Rainsford and himself. Having to use his resourceful
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