Compare And Contrast The Hunger Games Movie Vs Book

Both the Hunger Games and The Road are two books set in the same type of environment of being poor, explored choices of humans facing a test of humanity, impacted by human modernization and technology and emotional power. We will explore the different themes and compare the logic between the pages.

Best-selling author Brandon Sanderson once said, “Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself”. Directed by Gary Ross, The Hunger Games explores a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian government who inflicts fear and control on the Districts through the annual gladiator-like events of The Hunger Games. Through Oscar award-winner Jennifer Lawrence’s portrayal of protagonist Katniss Everdeen, Ross explores the conflict of power between the government and the people, different social classes, and the sacrifices of the people to manipulate the audience’s perspectives on the barbarism of The

There are several differences between the book and movie adaptation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Some of these similarities are very clearly portrayed in the story, and several of the differences made profound changes in my perception of the story line. These changes included plot and the way the story was told.

In life there is always some sort of violence and there always seems to be a good and a bad side. The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross is a movie about 24 tributes fighting to the death for the Hunger Games crown. The prize is riches, fame and freedom from ever having to physically fight in the arena again. It is a game of violence, ferocity, and blood, and only one tribute can win. Even though stories often have a Battle between Good and Evil, it is Katniss’s internal conflict confronting her own good and evil that portrays humanity with a longing for destruction, violent inclination, and sense of separation.

In the history of cinema, most movies involving a hero 's journey involve mostly the same plot; man gets a call, goes on a journey, gets in a battle or two, and saves the helpless woman from some evil source. The Hunger Games has the same plot as other hero films, but takes a complete turn on the actor encompassing the hero. The hero in this film is a Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from a dystopian society. In this film Katniss volunteers for her sister to be in the Hunger Games, which is an event where individuals are thrown into an arena where people from twelve districts fight each other to the death for entertainment. Katniss must win the hunger games and make it back to her family. Katniss eventually befriends Peta and they defeat all obstacles and win the Hunger Games together. The Hunger Games is a perfect example of a hero 's journey plot. It follows the steps that any hero journey movie would, including the call, crossing the threshold, a supreme ordeal, companions and mentors, a transformation and the end gift. This film encompasses the classic hero journey plot, with an exception of having a strong female lead instead of male.

The book “The Hunger Games” was written by Suzanne Collins and it’s the first book out of the trilogy she has written. Collins uses a mixture of modern and classical as elements in this story and it allows for any age reader to enjoy it. Some the literary devices she uses in the book are setting, symbolism, and themes. It’s everything you could want in a book because it has a little bit of each genre, like action, romance, comedy, and even mystery. This book will have you sitting at the edge of your seat on minute and then grabbing for a tissue the next. When reading this book, “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and looking at the setting, symbolism, and theme it’s easy to sense the different tones and emotions going on in the story.

There are many things to compare and contrast in the hunger games book and the movie.When

In the movie The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a televised fight, where only one person lives. Two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are selected at random to compete. The purpose of the movie The Hunger Games is to create a sense of urgency for freedom in young adults. The Hunger Games encourages young adults to rebel against society’s rule.

Allow me to preface this by stating that I’m horrible at introductions; it’s not a complete lie, but it does grasp the reader’s attention (albeit usually only because they want to see what monstrosity I ended up with) better than any introduction I can come up with at three in the morning. Onto the actually essay part, now; I found the two books to be amazing in the end, albeit the teen-romance-y stuff in “The Hunger Games” took some getting used to. If I had the time, I might read them again.

The author of the book The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, wrote this quote to help reveal the idea of how barbaric the Capitol is in the book. In the book, the game keeper does not like how well Katniss is doing in the games so he purposely attacked her with fire. When she is badly burned, she climbs up in a tree to try and hide because it is too difficult for her to defend herself. Because of the injury that she received from the people in the Capitol, it is very unlikely she would be able to survive the games. This just shows how barbaric the people in the Capitol are. They intentionally hurt one of the tributes to make the games more interesting for their own entertainment. Throughout the book, the Capitol forces 24 tributes to fight

Faruk Yucel Mrs. Kramer Academic English 2 4 December 2014 Fear Can Separate People “ The more the media peddled fear, the more the people lost the ability to believe in one another. For every new ill that befell them, the media created an explanation, and the explanation always had a face and a name.” - Genesis - Bernard Beckett.

The Hunger Games, the introductory novel in a trilogy book series written by author Suzanne Collins in 2008, is a young adult novel that surrounds a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen in a futuristic tale of a teenager who defies all odds when they are stacked against her. She is shaken to the core with sacrifice, adversity and danger when she finds herself forced to compete in a televised series of games where there is only one survivor. Not only does she want to live, but she has an incredible sense of responsibility to her family that she’s left behind. The film based off of the best selling novel, also entitled, “The Hunger Games,” premiered in March 2012. Director Gary Ross does a great job of incorporating the plot, setting and

1984 and The Hunger Games are two brilliant novels written by two award winning authors. They contain many characteristics that typical dystopian novels possess; however, they’re presented differently to create the fictitious environments, where both characters live. Which is why they make such great pieces of Literature to compare.

In the both narratives, humanity is lost because of the evil that lives within all people. In Lord of the Flies, one of the boys, Roger, giggles when a younger boy is beaten by their Chief, Jack (Golding 176). The physical abuse takes place without reason, demonstrating the cruelty of the boys for not only taking pleasure in another’s pain, but also encouraging Jack to continue with his ill treatment of the boys. In like manner, the annual hunger game is a battle among the districts, in which they are pitted against one other until the last victor remains (The Hunger Games). The game is arranged by the Capital, and the citizens and gamemakers enjoy watching the tributes get killed by disaster, starvation and violence for the sake of entertainment. Both stories involve people being entertained by watching others become injured or killed, affirming them to be savages. Also, when the fire that was started by Jack’s tribe was used to smoke Ralph out of the forest to kill him, it exposes the boys as savages. In The Hunger Games, the gamemakers use fire to reposition Katniss in order to kill her, hurting her in the process. Although fire is necessary in keeping characters from both narratives alive, its purpose is skewed to hurt others, rather than to help them survive. Also, both the film and the novel illustrate human instinct of how people follow and conform to the powerful with control over others. In The Hunger Games, Peeta associates himself with the tributes from District 2, because he is aware that they are the strongest and most powerful above all the other tributes. So, he pretends to be affiliated with Cato’s group, since his chances of survival are far greater with the group than with Katniss . Also, in Lord of the Flies, all the boys abandon Ralph, because of the decline of civilization, which has leads to the empowering of Jack’s chaotic society.

Emotions are powerful tools and can be expressed in a multitude of ways, but an extremely effective tool of conveying emotions is through soundtrack. A soundtrack is not only entertaining for an audience, but also can give them insight on what a character is feeling. A prime example of conveying emotions through soundtrack is in the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games novel is hard to effectively portray through a film because the writers and producers are limited in what they can do to. They are expected to, both, keep Katniss’ hard exterior and expose her inner thoughts and feelings. Although subtle, the use of soundtrack, diegetic sounds, and non-diegetic sounds within the film adaptation prove to be effective tools in helping the audience to relate to Katniss Everdean and to let them explore the deeper character beyond her expressionless exterior. The use of sound in The Hunger Games film adaptation provides the only insight into Katniss’ inner feelings and emotions, whereas the novel lets people know her thoughts explicitly through first person point of view.