Comparing Katniss And Prometheus In The Hunger Games

The last similarity between both main characters is that the two both have family and friends that they love, and would sacrifice their lives for. Katniss risked her life for Prim when she volunteered in place of her for the Hunger Games (Collins 22-23). Katniss has feelings for Peeta and cares for him when he is injured. Jonas learns to love, and loves Gabe, and protects him from being released. What is also interesting to note is that both characters have a younger sister, and parents they cannot be truly loved by. Both characters care deeply for and want to protect people they are

In her novel The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins clearly takes key elements of her story from the ancient greek myth of theseus. This story is very similar to The Hunger Games in several ways. In both stories each capital asks for tributes who will then have to fight for survival. Katniss like Theseus are very brave and strong and both volunteer to be put into these fights for survival. Both Katniss and Theseus have noticed the amount of injustice in their area. Katniss like Theseus succeed not only in winning the games but through love, in katniss case with Peeta, and in Theseus's case with Minos's daughter. In the hunger games, Katniss couldn't of won without peeta’s help, and same goes for theseus which in some way used Ariadne in his advantage

Imagine living in a world where man hunts man for sport or are made to kill each other in a publicly televised event. These are the world's that the characters Rainsford and Katniss live in. In the book A Most Dangerous Game the character Rainsford finds himself on an island where a man named General Zaroff hunts him and many more before him, for sport. In the movie The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen lives in a world where people are split up into twelve different districts. The government takes two people, a boy and a girl, from each district and throws them into an arena to fight to the death. Rainsford and Katniss both possess the skills and traits of a true survivor. These skills and traits are using intelligence over strength, showing compassion to others, and triumphing over those who only use strength.

Everyone has a different motive that drives them to undertake a personal mission or goal. Some people are driven by fame or power. Others may be driven by the idea of gaining a fortune. There are probably endless reasons to accomplish a mission or goal, but one of the strongest forces that can push someone to achieve their mission is to help save a loved one. For example, Farah Ahmedi was determined to survive unbearable circumstances to help herself and her mother, while Katniss Everdeen and Rikki-Tikki put their lives on the line in order to help save their loved ones. Their determination was so strong and in many cases, their missions led them into risky and dangerous situations. All three characters were willing to take chances, even risk death in order to accomplish their missions and goals.

The definition of a hero has been moulded and changed over time, but all heroes have shared some qualities, constructing our archetypal hero. Katniss, the 'hero' from Suzanne Collins, 'The Hunger Games' challenges and confirms our views of a typical hero. She has events like a heroes journey and a tough upbringing, but she also has conflicting attributes like simply not being a male. Suzanne Collins has created a complex character, who doesn't strictly fit into the mould of a hero.

A virtuous person (moral exemplar) is someone who sets a fine example and serves as a role model for the rest of us.

The similarities that exist between Prometheus and Katniss is that they both take control and help out other people. When Prometheus notices that they don’t have fire he goes out and he looks for supplies that could help create the fire. Katniss does the same when she runs out of food or water, she goes out and will go through whatever to find some.”Prometheus had set his heart on helping mankind, and he did not give up.” Katniss had her heart set on winning the Hunger Games and nor did she give up.

While Theseus and Katniss have many similarities the biggest one are the trails they both go through, Theseus with the maze and the minotaur and Katniss and the annual Hunger Games. In myth of Theseus, Athens is invaded by Crete after Minos, the king of Crete, had sent his son to Athens and there he was killed when the Athenian king sent him on “an expedition full of peril”(Hamilton 157). After King Minos captured Athens he threatened to raze Athens to the ground unless every nine years Athens “sent him a tribute of seven maidens and seven youths”, all for the entertainment of King Minos and revenge for his son. Similarly in The Hunger Games, in the Country of Panem, after a failed revolution, the government in the capital city made each of the 12 districts send 2 tributes to the capital. Once they got to the capital they were forced to fight in an arena for the entertainment of the higher ups in the government. Theses trails that both Theseus and Katniss faced

In Hunger Games Katniss lives with her sister Prim rose and her mother. Even though Katniss is trying her hardest to still be with her family, District 12 is a very gloomy place. Further on, in the story Gale and Katniss were thinking about running away from District 12 for good. Next, more similarities

Although half of the Gladers die, their sacrifice makes it possible for the rest of them to escape the maze. As compared to the film Maze Runner, majority of the sacrifice in The Hunger Games is derived from accepting death. During the competition, only one person out of twenty four can survive, which ends up to a cruel entertainment for the Capitol. 
 
The main characters in The Hunger Games and Maze Runner both showcase the theme of heroism by doing many heroic acts throughout the film. Katniss Everdeen is considered as a hero in the film as she encounters a dangerous journey. She is classified as a hero in a sense that she risked her own life for her family, friends and district. In contrast to Katniss’ act of heroism, Thomas was the most heroic character among the rest. Although he was a new member of the glade, he demonstrated his courage, his self-sacrifice for the good of others and leadership.  As well as Thomas demonstrating courage, Katniss is also known as a courageous figure as she displays heroism by pouting her life in danger while she made sacrifices of the well-being of others. She portrays a true bro as she is prepared to give up everything for the safety of others, she is a great example f a hero because throughout the film she sacrifices herself by taking her sister’s place in the games to keep her sister safe.

Both Rainsford and Katniss are very skilled hunters and are very smart, they have a lot of outdoors knowledge. Katniss doesn’t have any books published on hunting and she hasn’t hunted almost every animal like Rainsford has. Katniss uses a bow and arrow and hunts illegally, Rainsford uses guns and is a well known hunter around the world. Both characters were “hunted” by other people, Katniss was hunted by 22 other tributes, where as Rainsford was hunted by one. Both Katniss and Rainsford were at a disadvantage, neither of them knew the landscape or what to expect.

There are a few similarities between Katniss and prometheus. I did not think there were a lot of ‘in your face’ kind of similarities though. There was one that was pretty obvious and that was when Prometheus disobeyed Zeus by teaching mankind how to make fire. It was just like how Katniss got the idea to act like her and Peeta were going to eat the berries together. I’m not sure if “disobeying” would be the correct word for that though. It was more of a slap in the face to the capitol but you could say that Prometheus disobeying Zeus was a slap in the face to Zeus.

The first similarity noticed between the two were the social class divisions between the citizens of both Panem and Eurasia. In The Hunger Games, Panem is divided into the capitol and 12 districts, where the lesser citizens spend their days. Seeing as though the society we live under today also contains such social divisions, it’s not seen as socially unjust. However, the problem with the social divisions of Panem is that the people in the districts further away from the capitol live miserable lives. District 12, the home of Katniss ( the protagonist), is one of the poorest districts, if not the poorest. Many people live in poverty and struggle to feed themselves. Katniss occasionally hunts outside the district fences illegally, just to be able to provide for her family considering her mother struggled to do that ever since her husband died in a mining explosion. President Snow is well aware of the circumstances these families face but still does nothing to help, leaving them to find their own ways of keeping themselves alive.

Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of the Hunger Games, displays the quality of selflessness when her sister, Prim, was chosen to participate in the annual hunger games. Through Katniss volunteering, she had expressed her love for her sister, so much so that she would give up her life. ”I volunteer, I volunteer as tribute!” are the words of Katniss at the reaping. Through the use of repetition, the readers portray Katniss as selfless and an undeniable hero to look up to and furthermore, aspire to be as brave as her.

The Hunger Games has a sad tone that does not mock the values of the characters. There are no gay characters and religion does not play a role in the movie. It also adheres to the genre's usual conventions. Women are portrayed in very typical roles like mothers or sisters.