luxuries. When showing them around on the Capital bound train she points out all of the fancy items on each car. She states “That even though you’re here and even through it’s just for a little while. You get to enjoy all of this” (The Hunger Games). Another example of this ironic situation is when the beauty team comes to preps the tributes. They are their to make them look decent and presentable, but in the end they are all going to be thrust into an arena to fight for their death; it is not going
The Hunger Games Review and Critique The Hunger Games is a fantasy adventure love story about a young girl from a poor district who volunteers to take her sister place to fight to the death in the 74th Annual Hunger Games in the country’s capitol city. “Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an
may have been hard to recognize them because you are unaware of what they are. An archetype is a very typical example of a person or thing. Some major archetypes we see in literature are the hero, star-crossed lover, mentor, underdog, the devil, angel, and many more. One version of literature that has many archetypes is the Hunger Games. Archetypes that are exhibited in the Hunger Games is in many of the characters like Katniss Everdeen , Peeta Mellark, Shaymitch Abernathy, Gale Hawthorne, Primrose
In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins expresses two themes. The first one is that we can’t let the government use their power to treat, and use people like they want, they are oppressing them. “At one o’clock, we head of the square. Attendance is mandatory unless you are on deaths door. This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. If not you will be imprisoned.” (Collins, 16) we can see that the Capitol forces the people to participate in the reaping by threatening
is packaged in a glorious way. Often times there is encouragement to act in ways that promote thrill and adventure. This way, media glorifies the bad aspects of people and encourages them to act in forbidden ways. The Hunger Games includes many of these aspects. For example, observe Katniss Everdeen in her journey as a tribute, a victor, and a leader. Her varying degrees of awareness, understanding, and manipulation of televised content accurately reflect how our own society responds to it as
How to Create Suspense and Tension Literary suspense and tension are essential elements in any story, both in fiction and some genres of non-fiction. Several elements are needed to create and maintain the suspense in a piece of writing, such as the reader’s concern and empathy, looming danger, and building of tension throughout the story. Each element plays an important role and is a necessary part of a well-devised plot. Suspense and tension begin and end with the character. The reader must first
few of the novels include “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins, “To Kill A Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, as well as “Lord Of The Flies” by William Golding. The themes of fear, power and identity are all shared in these novels. In Harper Lee’s novel ‘TKMB’ the theme of fear is displayed with the children and how they become afraid of ‘Boo Radley’. The children begin encounter this fear during their adolescents just as Tobias does in “Four”. In “The Hunger Games” the theme of power and identity
Suzanne Collins in 2010 to be very good at keeping me in suspense and keeping me interested. However, there were areas in which the book was not quite as good such as giving all the details, being too violent, and isn’t good for little kids. The book is a good book and I liked it but I didn’t like it as much as I did the first 2 books and this last book disappointed me. I was expecting some amazing ending to the series of the hunger games but I was let down from the things that happened in the book
manipulated and filled with distractions to use at their disposal. This is why New York City was the ideal location for this film to be set. Without this setting, many of the thriller scenes throughout the movie would lose their effect on the audience. For example, the main protagonist Nick Cassidy threatens to jump from a 30 story building in the middle of New York to end his life. If this height was decreased, nobody would care about him jumping and his plan would be ruined. People only stayed and watched
one, or who would pay for the movie or book. Even though, there has to be some kind of plot; that might not be the main purpose of the book. The important part, that draws people in could also be the characters. The girl that is reading The Hunger Games, might not be reading it because she wants to what happens next. It could be that she loves Katniss Everdeen, and wants to keep reading about her. Of course there has to be a plot or there would be no reason to keep reading; it just might not