Hunger Games Comparison

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.

Dystopian films and books have become popular over the past few years. These tend to reflect the way in which society could possibly soon turn if expecting extremes. Dystopian literature and media also tend to have utopian elements as well. While the societies in these works are strict and controlling, they do offer something that our society could possibly benefit from. Divergent has this element. The population is broken up into five factions that represent the different types of people in society and separate those who would fight easily due to their personal morals. The Hunger Games on the other hand (when modern society crumbled) they punished their citizens for fighting the government. While yes there was a chance for riches in the Hunger Games, it took risking your life to get it. In addition, if one did win the Hunger Games they would have an extremely easy life due to riches and a free luxury house. Divergent does not have this part, as its utopian aspect is the fact different ideals are separated from each other. Utopian literature is a reflection that is a perceived direction society may go. In these stories, mirrors are a device used to symbolically state the universe of the film is a reflection not a reality.

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

Humanity is one of the many virtues we as humans believe we are born with. However, living in a world much like the one described in both The Hunger Games and The Road novels, some may argue that turning off one’s humanity is a necessity. Nevertheless, both novels prove that while some characters had to turn off their humanity in a horrific world like The Hunger Games and The Road, the two main characters of each book demonstrated how a barbaric world could not take that virtue from them.

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

In the book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexi, known as Junior, goes over all of the hardships he experienced when he was in high school. The book that I feel most closely correlates to this book is The Hunger Games. In The Hunger Games,Katniss and her sister Prim go through significant hardships under the Capitol Wasteland, where family connections are made. . I will review the similarities from an economical standpoint and how family survives in hardship. Katniss and Junior go through the same problems of wanting to better their family, but not able to do so because they're so young. They also go through the problem of being poor, where they don't have enough money for food or transportation. Family is definitely something that is extremely important in both books. These books orient themselves around how family takes care of each other even as they're going through hardships.

The Hunger Games and Divergent demonstrate an exaggerated view of the extremes, society has come to, to minimise the drastic effects and repercussions that the present has caused this future dystopian society.

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

The Hunger Games and “Aschenputtel” have a surprisingly large amount of similarities. In each story, the main character has a parent who has passed away. This traumatic experience impacts how the characters grow and continue through life. The fairy godmother motif is another similarity. Aschenputtel’s godmother is a tree that grew over her mother’s grave. This tree is her haven, and she often cries and expresses her wishes beneath it. Having no dress or shoes for the ball, Aschenputtel receives what she needs from a bird in the tree. In The Hunger Games, Katniss’ godmother is her prep team, comprised of Effie Trinket and Cinna. These are her coaches and mentors who care for her in a time of desperation. Another similarity is the presence of a ‘prince charming’. In “Aschenputtel”

“All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do” (Leo Tolstoy). In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins and in A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, the protagonists Katniss Everdeen and Ishmael Beah are forced to endure violence for extended periods of time under the menace of death. However, during their traumatic experiences, both protagonists developed a strong sense of character identity. Despite being set in two completely different environments, loss of innocence, survival, and nature are important themes that can be found within the pages of both works that play important roles in the story and in character identity.

The setting of the story plays a vital role in creating the mood and atmosphere. In both George Orwell’s 1984 and Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, the post-war setting contributes to the unfortunate and unfair events of the story. 1984 by George Orwell focuses on Winston Smith, a thirty-nine-year-old Outer Party member living in futuristic London, which is part of Oceania. Oceania is ruled by the Inner Party and Big Brother, a well-known figure that the citizens are taught to love. However, the Inner Party is actually brainwashing everyone, taking almost all the freedom of each individual.

Often thought to be irrelevant are ancient texts such as Beowulf. Although written in completely different times and societies these ancient texts can closely correlate with more contemporary texts such as The Hunger Games. The way these two different types of texts, both contemporary and older epic texts, begin to show similarities is the way that epic heroes are portrayed. Often all texts, epic or new, follow the monomyth or hero's cycle. They also portray the protagonist; possessing certain heroic traits that classify them as epic heroes. The reason why people don't think the older texts are relevant is because of the way that objects, people or places are symbolised. However the differences in the symbolism are because the theme and issues of the text are suited to fit the society of the time.

Have you ever read a book and feel like you’re on a boat that is drowning in the middle of a big ocean? Yet, watch a movie based on the book and feel like you’re a board of the same boat but instead of drowning in the middle of a big ocean it’s more like a lake? Yes, it happens to the best of the readers. However, if you ever watched, read The Hunger Games, or both, you will feel that even when the beginning of both starts with a dreamed omen, each one adds two cents to this magnificent dystopia.

Both of these cinematics are so intriguing and have many similarities and differences that include their love story, theme, and heroine character. Divergent and the Hunger games saga both compare in theme and plot line in certain ways. These movies contain societies that are separated by either class or factions. In the Hunger Games you are put into classes, the wealthy and well-endowed members were located in the capital, and then the remaining was separated into districts. However Divergent separated their society by placing people according to personalities or what they call factions.

"The Hunger Games" exhibits a variety of sci-fi features that confirm her placement in this genre. The plot is set in the dystopian, post-apocalyptic society of Panem that "rose up out of the ashes of the place that was once called North America" (Collins). One can only speculate about the year because no