The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and the Divergent by Veronica Roth shows a great example of a dystopian society. A dystopian society‚ a society where everything is frightening and unpleasant. Katniss and Tris is living in a world where humanity doesn’t exist‚ corrupted governments taking control‚ life there isn’t easy. Symbolism‚ the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. In The Hunger Games‚ Katniss showed that the woods represent her survival and the world beyond District 12. In the
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characters. In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins‚ Collins creates an alternate society which is completely controlled by their government‚ the Capitol. The Hunger Games is reminiscent of the Greek myth‚ Theseus and the Minotaur. They both share the idea of a society supervised thoroughly by the government‚ and the idea of a method of rebelling against higher powers. Collins uses the literary device of allusion to reference her literary work of The Hunger Games to characters and themes
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In the novel The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins a new country is created. Panem is born in place of North America‚ were the Hunger Games began. In the Hunger Games‚ there are 24 tributes. Tributes are people who live in the districts. The tributes in the Hunger Games are all the same. They kill one another and become the Capitols puppets. The tributes become violent‚ emotionless puppets. Then there is Katniss. Katniss is an excellent hunter and becomes lethal during the games. However‚ she has
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Paper The book I decide to read this semester was Hunger Games by the remarkable women Suzanne Collins. One of the main reasons I choose Hunger Games is because of all the great reviews it has gotten over the years. Another reason I picked this book is because my friends who has read the book has wanted me to read it. From all the public and personal reviews I’ve been drawn into‚ I expect to read one of the greatest book ever written. Hunger Games is about the 12 districts and the capital. The
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worse than others‚ the worst being the hunger. The hunger made everything else worse not only for him‚ but also the rest of his family. Wright could not enjoy positive experiences completely while his stomach was empty‚ and his bad experiences were made even worse by the emotions created by the hunger. At the beginning of the text‚ Wright complains and screams about being hungry after his father left. Johnson‚ an American
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Favor if You Read The Hunger Games One of the most influential‚ albeit controversial‚ book series of 2008 is written by Suzanne Collins‚ an author who previously had been a children’s television writer. Collins‚ in her new series The Hunger Games‚ delves into the dark‚ questionable subject of child versus child combat. The heroine of the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ is someone to be admired and looked up to. Time and time again she makes the tough choices required of her. The Hunger Games also has an exciting
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The Hunger Games‚ Uglies and Futuristic Ideas Humankind has thought up of many different ways our future could be like. Some imagine robots and flying cars‚ while others think of freedom and peace. Although Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies seem to have nothing in common at first glance‚ their time setting is what makes them alike. Both taking place in a distant future‚ they both create an image of what the world could look like. However‚ robots and flying cars
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Hunger Games: Movie Review The Hunger Games is a young adult novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen‚ who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol‚ a highly advanced metropolis‚ holds absolute power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual event in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol
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Raigan McGuire Jensen/ Period 2 12/10/13 QWA Compare/Contrast Anthem vs. The Hunger Games In today’s society‚ a lot of people tend to take for granted what they have. Every once and a while‚ something drastic will ensue them‚ and that’s when they finally grasp what’s been right in front of them the whole time. In many different societies‚ for example the societies in The Hunger Games‚ and Anthem‚ the individuals that are living there are forced to listen to the ruler‚ or rulers‚ do not have
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Reading Response to The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins: The Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins‚ is the wildly popular first book in The Hunger Games trilogy. I think that one of the reasons the book is so popular‚ is because of the main character‚ Katniss Everdeen. In the book‚ Katniss is 16 years old and is very strong willed‚ but often feels incredibly alienated. I think that Katniss is a very relatable character (which is one of the reasons the book is so popular!) in this way‚ and in the way
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