The Theme of The Hunger Games In the movie‚ The Hunger Games‚ viewers are given a fictional look at what the world might look like in the future. In Panem‚ everybody lives in one of the twelve districts or in the capital‚ and each year there is an event called the Hunger Games. Each district sends two tributes‚ one male and one female‚ between the ages of twelve and eighteen into the Hunger Games Arena. Here the twenty-four tributes fight to the death to be the last one alive. The movie focusses
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“One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it‚” Sidney Howard once said. This famous quote relates to the Hunger Games in many different ways. One of the major themes of the Hunger Games by Susan Collins is that noble scarifies must be made for the survival of family and friends. The bottom line is that the protagonist sacrifices herself/himself in order to save others. The first example is how Katniss got money for Prim’s goat named lady. The second example
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To beat the games is all she‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ wants to do. There is no time to strategize how one could possibly win in this game‚ you just have to go. Katniss Everdeen is in the stickiest situation of all‚ declaring herself as a volunteer for the Hunger games instead of her sister. The odds happened to not be in her favor. In this action packed book Katniss beats the odds of hunger‚ injuries‚ scary flying things‚ rivals and many more. She wouldn’t have been able to survive these situations without
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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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Major Themes Evolving identity One of the central narratives in the novel is Katniss’s shifting identity. At the beginning of the story‚ she considers herself thoroughly a "girl from the Seam." She finds dignity in her poverty and her ability to survive it through her hunting and gathering skills. While friendly with several members of the merchant class‚ she identifies herself most strongly with Gale‚ also the child of a deceased poor miner. The stoic strength this identity has given her provides
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Theme is defined as a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly. Theme can be interpreted or noticed in many different ways and one common theme may be identified through different texts. It is either what readers think the work is about or what the work says about the subject. That is how theme develops within the work so it can lay out a platform for the story to be performed on. Different authors are the ones who create their own stories that
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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 Collins
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A common theme that was portrayed throughout the hunger games‚ both book and movie adaption‚ was survival. This is a consistent theme that we see pop up throughout the entirety of both versions. When we start out in district 12‚ we see how survival plays a part in the people who live there. The majority of their population is poverty and they obviously have a hard time even putting food on their tables. Along with that‚ they have the reaping in which the children have to hope and pray their name
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In Hunger Games‚ the problem of poverty is very serious in District 12‚ citizen there do not have enough food and power. However‚ the capital is a modern city which have high technology‚ people there are very wealthy as well. We could find that the gap between the rich and poor is very wide. It doesn’t make any sense as this situation should not last long‚ otherwise there will arise many problem such as discrimination and dispute. In the whole world‚ many country did a very good balance between every
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kids for the sole purpose of you killing all the others? The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about a girl‚ Katniss‚ takes her sisters place in the games. She goes in and fights for her life and ultimately succeeds and returns home. In the novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ themes of government control and love are discussed‚ and these themes are also present in our modern day world. One theme that really stands out throughout The Hunger Games is government control. In the novel‚ the Capitol controls everything
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