competitors‚ but what they represent and what the story behind them is. Roland Barthes’ ideas have shown up in many different things in social media in today’s pop culture. A great example would be the popular novel “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins. This well-known book takes place in a new country Panem in place of North America and is inhabited by 12 districts run by the Capitol. Every year there is the annual Hunger Games where a male and female tribute are chosen from each district
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Kristen Smith ENC 1102 19 September 2013 Mini-Essay 1 The Thin Line Between Hope and Hopelessness Suzanne Collins ’ novel‚ The Hunger Games and George Orwell ’s 1984 both illustrate the theme that hope can remain alive even amid the most hopeless of circumstances. The main characters of these stories‚ Hunger Games ’ Katniss Everdeen and 1984 ’s Winston Smith live in similar totalitarian societies where every move they make or thought they have is controlled by an all-powerful government. Although
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this quote is still relevant to the problems that our society faces today. A major problem in our society today is people are afraid to take action on issues because they do not want to be judged on what they believe. The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins illustrates a problem in society is people do not speak up when they believe something is wrong. This problem is shown through the use of a dystopian setting. The protagonist offers a solution to this problem through
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in today’s society. Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery‚” is an ideal representation of this theme because a citizen of their village is sacrificed each year to be the lottery’s “winner‚” and that winner is stoned to death. Comparably‚ in Suzanne Collins’ film The Hunger Games‚ a similar lottery is drawn each year where 24 citizens of Panem must fight to the death to achieve the country’s “winner.” The citizens of both the village and Panem have been programmed to understand that this tradition
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Published in 2008 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins quickly rose through the ranks and has become one of the most influential and best selling books of the late 2000’s. Based in a post-apocalyptic United States‚ The Hunger Games tells the story of the young heroine Katniss Everdeen and her journey of survival in both the harsh conditions of her coal mining home in District 12‚ and the later dangerous climate of the Capitol and the hunger games. Survival is one of the major reoccurring themes that
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quite nauseating. The Hunger Games is a shameless inoculator‚ its anti-subversive‚ pseudo-dystopic‚ politically biased‚ and simplified world-building has inseminated the genre‚ producing more works of the same platitude. It’s strange to think that Suzanne Collins was actually attempting to write an important piece of social commentary‚ when the book was completely devoid anything thought-provoking. She failed to grasp the concept of a dystopia and instead created a gimmick for her condensed world‚
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parts must be dropped‚ and which theme will they choose to emphasize the most. The possibility of creating a movie exactly like the book it was inspired by is nearly impossible. Naturally‚ The Hunger Games is no exception to this system. Author‚ Suzanne Collins creates a world far beyond our wildest imaginations and drops us straight into the middle of the chaos known as “the games”. It is the prerogative of the director to shape the story however he chooses‚ in order to capture his audience. For
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descriptive techniques‚ like personification‚ was extremely noticeable because of its effectiveness on the story. Overall‚ I really enjoyed the book and highly recommend to those who love teen fiction or just enjoy the adrenaline rush. Good job Suzanne Collins‚ and I would definitely read it again.
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Jerad Chandler Mr. Stark English 101 27 September 2012 The Hunger Games In the dystopia world of “The Hungers Games” by Suzanne Collins‚ lies a nation called Panem‚ a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is strict and keeps the districts in line by hosting the annual Hunger Games. Twenty-four teenagers are forced to fight to the death on live television. Two children‚ one boy and one girl‚ between the ages of twelve and eighteen‚ are randomly chosen from each
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The Hunger Games and the Lottery Comparison Essay My two books for this comparison essay are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. “The Lottery” is about the town’s people drawing out slips of paper and seeing who gets the slip of paper with the black pencil dot; however The Hunger Games is about Katniss taking her sister’s place when she’s called into the Hunger Games and trying to survive in the arena with Peeta in the Hunger Games. This book ends with Katniss
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