A Decade of Change for Women

Throughout the novel, she remains a hunter and a survivor. She has little interest in boys and is instead focused on her responsibilities, and though she develops feelings for Peeta and becomes aware of feelings for Gale during the Games, romance is not a priority for her. “Females are more likely than females to be depicted as parents (52.2% vs. 40.4%) and in a committed relationship (59.9% vs. 47.4%) in motion pictures.” (Smith and Cook, 14) The Smith and Cook research put females, from G-rated movies, ambitions into three categories: as daydreamers, derailed, and daredevils. Katniss would fall under the daredevil category. Daredevils are protagonists that express a goal or make choices that will move them toward their ambition. (Smith and Cook, 17) “…daredevils may encounter romantic love but are not willing to relinquish their initial pursuits or accept romance as their own prize.” (Smith and Cook, 17) Katniss’s ability to stay the course despite developing feelings for Peeta should be seen as a win for her character and not become a derailed, someone who can easily forget their goal because love. Katniss first and foremost is a survivalist. She keeps her identity and never loses sight of who she is and what she wants to

In the novel, The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian young adult book that is based in Panem that is divided into twelve districts. Each year the districts have to send a boy and a girl into an arena to fight to the death. The novel’s protagonist is Katniss, who lives in the poorest district. Katniss makes the audience think of the important ideas of bravery, societal class and love.

The Hunger Games, A book series by Suzanne Collins, differs in few ways from Veronica Roth’s Divergent. The Hunger Games lead role, Katniss Everdeen, lives in a world of few choices. The government controls the lives of everybody in the 12 districts. When Katniss’ little sister, Primrose, is chosen to fight in the annual Hunger Games, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She is forced to fight and forced to kill, all to survive. This competition results in the people fearing not only their government, but also their futures. Katniss becomes a symbol of rebellion against the

In the novel “The Hunger Games” Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the main character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is based around a dystopian nation, in which is placed in Panem. Through which a boy and a girl from each district must take part in ‘The Hunger Games’ where they have to fight to the death, until there is one survivor. Katniss subsequently evolves as a significant hero portraying the heroic qualities such as selflessness, identity change and intelligence. Selflessness is shown as she puts others before herself, her identity changes as she has to put up a brave face, and intelligence is displayed as her strategies progress in the games.

“We had to save you because you're the Mockingjay, Katniss, says Plutarch. While you live, the revolution lives” (Collins). Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is a complex character who epitomizes the archetype of a hero, however, she also shatters the mold by rebelling against the capital and endangering her whole family. She starts out as a hero to her family, especially her sister, and then becomes the symbol of strength to everyone. Katniss sacrifices herself by volunteering to join the Hunger Games in place of her sister, it is a game of survival where a boy and a girl from each district are forced to fight the other members of other districts to the death. By going out of her ordinary world and preparing to join a game where her life could be taken, she fits right into the archetype of a hero. Her bow and arrow, the weapon that only she can wield, will be the only things to help her survive. Despite these heroic qualities, Katniss makes an erroneous decision and blunder mistakes that shows the reader the flip side of Katniss.

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is another trilogy set in a dystopian world, about how one person who is willing to speak their voice, can be the voice for everyone. The Capitol of Panem controls its 12 districts by forcing them each to select a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the Hunger Games. Every citizen must watch as there youths fight to the death until only one remains. District 12 Tribute Katniss Everdeen has

The Hunger Games by Susan Collins is a slap in the face for society, essentially a wakeup call. Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl that volunteers as tribute for Prim, her little sister and is the focus of The Hunger Games. The book is set in Panem a dystopian society with twelve districts and an over ruling power, the Capitol. The Capitol has created a punishment for a rebellion that occurs 74 years earlier, called the reaping. Every year there is a reaping, the reaping requires each of the twelve districts to gather and watch as two of their children are picked to compete in the most dangerous game; the hunger games. Each child sent is in a competition for their life, one will survive. After the reaping the tributes are sent to the Capitol where they are introduced to the public. The tributes are treated like celebrities, interview and forced to play their best angle to the media. See any similarities between 21st century America and the world Katniss lives in? Panem and

Katniss Everdeen is not a normal girl, she is a teenager who had to grow up fast within District Twelve. After losing her father to a mine accident, Katniss had to become an adult and be the sole provider for her family. Her mother detached herself from her role as a parent, which meant Katniss not only had to become the provider but also the nurturer of the family. This gives her the role of being the mother and father to her sister

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, teaches readers about the sustaining power of love. The book is about Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old girl living in district 12 forced to fight for her life in the hunger games. During the hunger games the 12 districts select a boy and girl the age of 12-18 called tributes to enter the hunger games. The hunger games is a brutal competition lasting a couple of weeks where the 24 tributes fight one another and survive in the arena. The victor gets to go home and is awarded many prizes and gifts. But there can only be one victor according to the rules.

The Hunger Games is a 2008 top selling science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. Set in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem, Suzanna Collins deals with many issues that each play vital roles in the novel, such as the inequality between the rich and poor and the importance of appearances.

Although it turns out to be a ploy to catch thought criminals and he doesn’t succeed in his endeavors, he still possesses qualities of a modern hero. A modern, more easily recognizable modern hero, however, is Katniss Everdeen from Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games Trilogy. Katniss is an ordinary resident of District 12 who volunteers as tribute when her younger sister is reaped. Katniss struggles internally to figure out whether she should lead the rebellion as desired by

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is arguably one of the most well-known novels of the 21st century. The story follows a girl named Katniss Everdeen who volunteers to participate in the Hunger Games on behalf of her sister. Throughout the games, Katniss, together with her partner Peeta, tries to survive an arena where everyone fights to survive. The two characters meet several of their fellow competitors throughout the games, who may or may not help them win. Although it appears to be a novel about a dystopian future where the government hosts an event where people try to kill each other, the novel is also about defiance against bad forces that may influence our lives.

In his article "The Girl on Fire: The Hunger Games, Feminist Geopolitics and the Contemporary Female Action Hero." Philip Kirby writes about the gender politics found with the Hunger Games trilogy. In the article Kirby specifically, gears his focus towards Katniss Everdeen and her role as a female action hero. In the first book of the trilogy, Katniss Everdeen a sixteen-year-old teenager volunteers to spare her sister in the games. Using her skills taught to her by her father she's completes in the Games in an effort for survival.

Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games, decided to do something different with her main protagonists, Katniss and Peeta. In the book, they seem to have flipped gender roles that society does not see males and females in such a way. For example, women have often been seen as housewives by society, which has set certain occupations and responsibilities they must abide to. Furthermore, women were allowed to handle activities such as cooking, cleaning and caring for children and men. On another note, men have also had been told they are only capable of engaging in masculine activities. This was limited to working and providing for the family, nothing more. According to the book Handbook on Gender Roles: Conflicts, Attitudes and Behaviors by Amato and Booth, these gender roles are classified as traditional. In the book, Collins tends to switch what each societies gender norms; she challenges what each character is meant to do because of their sex. She wants to prove that men are capable of doing a woman’s job and a woman being capable of completing a man’s job. Katniss and Peeta both do not meet the expectations society has set them to do; in fact it is the total opposite.

In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth a young girl named Tris who decides her fate against her parents will. As the cities around her turn to war Tris must stick by her friends and do what is right. Similar yet different, in the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins a young girl named Katniss takes the place of her sister in an annual war between 11 other districts. Katniss must choose between her well being and the wellbeing of the people she loves. In this essay readers learn how both books express similarities and differences in the theme, the setting, as well as the usage and meaning of symbolism.