The book, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is about a girl in a dystopian futuristic society in the country of Panem who finds herself in a morbid competition to fight to the end. Katniss, the girl, is part of District 12, the poorest part of this fictional country, and to feed her family, she must break the law and go to the woods to hunt for food. When her mother becomes too depressed to function, she becomes the primary caretaker of her mother and 12-year-old sister, Primrose. When Primrose is picked to be a contestant in the games, Katniss steps in for her, knowing her sister will not survive. It is considered an honor to be chosen if you live in Districts 1 and 2, where contestants are properly trained, but those in District 12 are untrained, aware it is a morally wrong game and usually die in the first day. …show more content…
With the help of Haymitch, District 12’s former Hunger Games champion, the two train until they are thrown into the games with only one goal -- survival. Peeta joins a group of contestants from Districts 1, 2, and 4, while Katniss goes into hiding alone with only an orange backpack containing a sleeping bag, crackers, beef strips, iodine, matches, wire, sunglasses, and an empty water bottle. These things are useful to her, for she uses the bag to sleep in the trees at night and the food as sustenance, but she knows she will soon need water. Peeta’s group, the “Careers,” are on her trail, so she must act quickly and maneuver through the Capitol’s traps, including a firewall that nearly kills her. The Careers spot her, but she runs away before they can catch her and hides in a nearby
Writing Hey guys, it’s Hannah and here is the first instalment of The Hunger Games analysis. The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel written by the writer Suzanne Collins and is written in the voice the 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen. It is set in the future, post - apocalyptic nation of Panem, which is run oppressively by The Capitol who exercises strict political control over the rest of the nation. Every year a reaping day occurs that randomly selects 2 tributes to go in to The Hunger Games.
The Hunger games takes place in North America, now renamed Panem and is divided into 12 districts. The districts have different tasks that contribute to the overall well being of the empire. Panem is controlled by the Capitol a city with abundant resources that keeps the other districts under its control. Katniss Everdeen her sister Prim, and her mother live in district 12 where they do coal mining. All the districts are required each year to participate in the Hunger Games, a punishment for a rebellion that happened a long time ago. For the games each district must send two children between the ages 12 and 18 to fight to the death. They fight in an arena designed by the Gamemakers and the whole event is for peoples entertainment. Katniss was
Corruption is a fraudulent behaviour that occurs excessively in the world of Suzanne Colin's novel, "The Hunger Games". Furthermore, this form of activity takes place most often in the Capitol. It's difficult to say if the capitol is corrupted or not, however many believe that the capital is doing what they must to survive. Citizens of the capitol do radiate a form of corruption over power. The capitol is undeniably corrupt and advantageous. Three meaningful reasons that corroborate to the contention are: The totalitarian government of Panem is noticeably corrupted because of the drastic differences in the treatment of its citizens. Secondly, the capitol forces voyeurism to symbolise authority and power, to grasp obedience from the districts. Thirdly, the future of the districts will be non-existent if the Capitol continues to make them pay sacrificial benefits with their respective citizens. These reasons noticeably state one of Suzanne Collins most prioritised morals. Too much power leads to corruption.
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
I chose to the modern mythology known as The Hunger Games a novel written by Suzanne Collins and later adapted into a feature film. The novel was actually part of a trilogy The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. The story begins by introducing you to our main character Katniss Everdeen who lives in a world run by the Capitol where President Snow resides and has enforced a form of martial law on all 13 districts. Every year the Capitol hosts their annual Hunger Games which is a form of entertainment for the Capitol. Out of every district two tributes, one boy and one girl will be picked to participate in the Hunger Games which is a battle to the death. Whichever tribute manages to survive till the end will be rewarded by getting to stay in the capitol and their district will be given more food and supplies. The reason Katniss becomes a part of the games is because her little sister prim is chosen during the reaping to be the tribute so Katniss hearing her sisters name volunteers as tribute to save her sisters life but she tries to win the games for her district and to provide for them. The only problem is she finds it hard to murder the other tributes because they are all so young and she doesn’t see why she must kill them for the Capitols entertainment.
The book is about Katniss, a sixteen year old girl, who lives in district 12 with her mother and her sister, Prim. Each year, the Hunger Games are held, and a boy and a girl from each district are chosen to fight to the death. Prim is chosen but Katniss volunteers to take the place of her in the game. Peeta is chosen as the boy from District 12. The majority of the book takes place in the Arena designed by the Gamemakers. The main goal of the games is to kill the others and be the last one standing. The winner and their
This first book introduces the fight to the end battle known as the Hunger Games. This battle takes one male and one female between the ages of twelve and eighteen from each of the twelve districts, totaling twenty-four “tributes” (Newsmakers, Detroit:Gale. The competitors battle to the final death, hoping to stay alive and reap benefits for their respective district. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are the main characters and they are forced to fight for District twelve. Katniss’ little sister, Primrose who is nicknamed “Prim”, is originally drawn to fight, but Katniss volunteers in her place.
Now open your eyes; this all seems unrealistic doesn’t it? In “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen experiences all of this in result of volunteering as tribute in place of her sister. As many spinning and life-threatening events occur, the Hunger Games creates strong feelings of hope within the audience. As Katniss goes into the games already struggling for the survival of herself and family, many view her as weak and unprepared.
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a book about a crazy reality show where people fight for their lives. When two people are picked from District Twelve, they are forced to compete in a game, and there can only be one victor. Suzanne Collins uses different settings in the Hunger Games to show how those with wealth and power get more and keep their power to stay on top. The first setting Collins uses to make her point is District 12.
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.
This is especially visible in the behavior of Katniss after the game makers decline to acknowledge her when she is trying to generate a good rank. Instead of falling under the disrespect of the game makers, Katniss successfully pins the apple out of the pigs mouth onto the wall behind the large group of game makers leaving the men astonished not only by Katniss’ precise dexterity with the arrow but further intrigued by her guts to acquire their attention. Similar to Katniss’ actions, it is crucial for the lower class of the U.S. to draw the attention of the upper class in order to establish an up-rise. In addition this occurrence alone earned herself the respect of the game-makers and resulted in Katniss receiving a rank 11, the highest between all the competitors that year. The Hunger Games encourages American society to do something about the corruption that is still existent in current society. Similarly, John Gerring and Strom C. Thacker research “the causes and effects of political corruption” and how it has “emerged in recent years” and despite this many individuals “know little about the possible role of different political institutional arrangements on political corruption” (Gerring & Thacker 1). This is significant because it demonstrates how many people are oblivious to the dishonesty within the government, correspondingly the viewers of The Hunger Games were unaware of all the lies that surrounded the games. The dichotomy between upper and lower class shows how crucial it is for one to take a stand against a powerful institution such as the
The main character, Katniss, was a girl who lived with her mother and younger sister in a poor coal mining community. The Hunger Games separated their communities into twelve districts, that were categorized by the resource they supplied for the government, also called the Capital. As opposed to Divergent, the Capital took the majority of the resources such as food and clean water, where the districts relied completely on the government for survival. Katniss was forced into the hunger games, a televised fight to the death of the district children, where she gained popularity and eventually inspired the districts to rebel against the government. Though she does fight, she is more of a propaganda icon than a
Multiple dystopian novels have illustrated themes of corruption as the idea of progress becomes vastly idolized. Specifically in The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins uses literary symbolisms to express a theme that criticizes receiving enjoyment from another individual’s suffering. As individuals are confronted with various forms of entertainment (television, movies, video games, etc.), modern society has lost the ability to empathize with another human being. In contemporary society, citizens are constantly exposed to televised entertainment that includes subtly destructive actions, both physically and emotionally.
The novel, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about an event that’s happening live on television where the people in the Capitol selects a boy and girl between the age of twelve and eighteen from each district of Panem to fight against each other in a game of survival where they are forced to fight until death. The person who wins gets a new house for their families with food and they become wealthy and famous. Katniss, the protagonist, is a 16-year-old girl that find out that her younger sister, Prim, was chosen to compete with a boy named Peta. Katniss being the strong- willed teenager volunteer to take her sister’s place. Instead of fighting to the death, Peta and Katniss decide to fake a romantic relationship between each other to manipulate the game and Capitol politicians to become joint winner of THE HUNGER GAMES.
What is the story of the Hunger Games? The story centers around a girl named katniss everdeen who lives in a dystopian society with her mom and sister .in Panem their country the land is broken up into districts 1 through 12. The people are assigned or forced to live in certain distinct because of government oppression or their financial circumstances. Each year two youths are selected from each district to represent their section, in the hunger games. The games were created to remind the people of the districts of the failure of their past rebellion. The 24 participants chosen for the sport are forced to kill each other while their districts watch. When katniss’ younger sister is selected for the games katniss’ volunteers to take her place.