The HUNGER GAMES (A summary) By Suzanne Collins The nation of Panem is the ruins of the place once known as North America. Panem was once surrounded by 13 districts‚ and at the center of it is the Capitol. The districts had created an uprising before against the Capitol which ended into destruction of the District 13. The 12 districts remained but have been faced to a game where life is at stake –the Hunger Games which for the capitol reminds everyone in Panem that it is to pay what had happened
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who do you think of? Is the person real or or not? I think that Saint Joan of Arc is a heroine. She is famous for leading the French into war against the English at a young age. I also think of Katniss Everdeen as a heroine. She is the lead characters of one of my favorite book series‚ The Hunger Games Trilogy. There are many similar and different characters between these two heroines. Saint Joan of Arc was a military leader who grew up in a small town in France. When Joan was around twelve years
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The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins Identity is what defines a person. Identity makes up who you are; in the forms of how you look‚ dress‚ talk personality‚ etc. In Suzanne Collins‚ The Hunger Games‚ Katniss Everdeen is a 16 year old girl who matured at an early age. She had to teach herself how to provide for her family. Her father taught her few things before he was blown by the mine explosion. Katniss flounders with her identity because of the role she plays in the Games; while in the games she
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Theseus and The Hunger Games What made The Hunger Games a breathtaking story was its influences and similarities from the Greek tale Theseus. A similarity shown in both stories are the two major events‚ the Hunger Games and the sacrifices for the Minotaur. Another similarity in the two tales is the creation of monsters that plague both Panem and Greece. Lastly‚ what these two fables have in common is the bravery and courage of their main characters. The Greek myth Theseus was one of the fundamental
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Twilight and the Hunger Games By N. Sood Have you ever heard of the Twilight series or the Hunger Game trilogy? If you haven’t‚ you probably live under a rock! The Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer and the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins are some of the hottest reads for teens right now. The Twilight series has had three movies come out so far with another one coming up on November 18th and Hunger Games is coming out on the 23rd of March next year. Arising between fans of either of the series
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already relate to on other planes of life will educe the filmmakers’ sought viewer-response to their romance. As impossible as this may seem‚ we ask ourselves: Why then? Why introduce this exhausted form of entertainment into a story like The Hunger Games‚ which certainly does not require it at all in the first place to succeed as a compelling action-drama? As I say: Romance as a genre or plot device functions successfully only through emphasizing the need for vicarious emotional
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins 2008 1. Suzanne Collins style in this novel is descriptive first person. Like most dystopian novels it also is written with an overall dark tone. It is depressing and descriptive. 2. “I understand how Peeta feels. I can’t stand the sight of the Capitol people myself. But making them deal with Haymitch might be a small form of revenge. So I’m pondering the reason why he insists on taking care of Haymitch and all of a sudden I think‚ It’s because he’s being
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When Peeta says that he wants to show that he’s “more than just a piece in their Games” (Collins‚ 142) he hints at a concept which completely escapes Katniss: that‚ much like different pieces in chess have different abilities‚ the tributes in the Hunger Games each have unique roles which they are meant to perform. After Peeta announces his alleged love for her‚ in order to calm her‚ Haymitch tells her that “Now [he] can
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Adam Riopelle English II period 1 Mrs. Smith 12 November 2011 THE HUNGER GAMES The book “The Hunger Games” is in year 3026 in an almost post-apocalyptical North America also in a new nation called Panem. It consists of a rich capitol and 13 overpopulated districts‚ but District 12 is where the book starts with the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen. 75 years prior to the current setting of the book‚ there was a mass rebellion of the people from District 13‚ located in far north-east modern day
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The book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about the yearly event that the government forces the twelve Districts to participate in. That event is called the Hunger Games. Each year‚ they hold a reaping where two names will be drawn for all twelve of the districts. From district twelve‚ the girl tribute is Katniss Everdeen and the boy just happens to be Peeta Mellark. On their way into the arena‚ they get to eat all kinds of spledid foods. This is new to all of the tributes because they grew
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