The Hunger Games by Susan Collins is a slap in the face for society, essentially a wakeup call. Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl that volunteers as tribute for Prim, her little sister and is the focus of The Hunger Games. The book is set in Panem a dystopian society with twelve districts and an over ruling power, the Capitol. The Capitol has created a punishment for a rebellion that occurs 74 years earlier, called the reaping. Every year there is a reaping, the reaping requires each of the twelve districts to gather and watch as two of their children are picked to compete in the most dangerous game; the hunger games. Each child sent is in a competition for their life, one will survive. After the reaping the tributes are sent to the Capitol where they are introduced to the public. The tributes are treated like celebrities, interview and forced to play their best angle to the media. See any similarities between 21st century America and the world Katniss lives in? Panem and …show more content…
America is well on its way to being the next Panem. One of the first similarities between Panem and America is that we as Americans are so incredibly self-centered and desensitized to the world around us. After Katniss returns to the Capitol from the arena she observes that her prep team is brimming with selfishness. “Even though they are rattling on about the Games, it’s all about where they were or what they were doing or how they felt when a specific event occurred. ‘I was in bed!’ ‘I just had my eyebrows dyed!’ ‘I swear I nearly fainted!’ Everything is about them, not the dying boys and girls in the arena” (354). Katniss’ prep team is the epitome of self-centeredness, “I, I, I”, they are blinded by their own
The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is an adventure fiction novel filled with adventures and trials that will lead you to into the near distant future. In a place that was once known as United States of America, is now known as Panem, which is divided up in to twelve cruel districts. Forced by the nation’s capitol, one boy and one girl shall be chosen randomly to participate in the annual Hunger Games. Hunger Games, also known as the deathly journey when put in to an unknown place and requires you to fight until you are the last one standing. This may be seen as an enjoyable entertainment to those residing in the nations capitol; but to Katniss Everdeen, a courageous teenager, it is a death sentence that cannot be avoided.
The novel The Hunger Games is written by author Suzannne Collins. Collins created a dystopian novel that has similarities to the current society we live in and could be interpreted to be what the future holds. Throughout the book characteristics of a dystopia society are revealed. From districts starving, living in poverty, being killed for trying to escape to somewhere better and being forced to do things they do not want to do. The beginning of the book on page three, starts with the main character Katniss Everdeen assuming her sister left their bed for their mothers’ because of nightmares caused by the reaping. The reaping is when each district chooses a boy and girl to take place in the Hunger Games. The Hunger games is a sadistic way the capital reminds their citizens they are in control. At the age of twelve children names are entered into calling up until they are
The Hunger Games, the movie, was adapted from the popular young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games is sometimes described as another cliche love story for which the young adult genre is infamous. Despite appearances, The Hunger Games illustrates a complex and creative dystopian world with a much deeper underlying message, including topics such as, politics, history, and celebrity worship. The setting appears to be a futuristic version of America. This future America is very classist, and the tyrannical government is sure to keep the classes divided by heavily oppressing the working class. The working class is divided into twelve districts, which used to be thirteen districts until the thirteenth district was annihilated as a result of its uprising. In response to the thirteenth district’s resistance, the President created a game called “The Hunger Games” in an effort to instill obedience in the remaining twelve districts. Through the course of the movie, we learn that “The Hunger Games” are not only a mechanism to force obedience on the working class, but also to serve as entertainment for the elite society who live in the Capitol. The Games require 24 randomly selected children from the working class districts to fight to the death in an elaborately staged battle, all of which is filmed and broadcasted to the entire nation, working class and elite alike. Thesis: The Hunger Games, the movie, has a hauntingly feasible storyline and clear references to real
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins published in 2008 stars Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Haymitch, Effie Trinket, and lastly the cold President Snow is a book that takes place in the future in Panem(North America). The basic plot is that 12 districts are kept in famine and total distress by the Capitol’s leader President Snow. Every year they are forced to send 2 tributes from each district one boy and one girl in a winner takes all death match to keep the districts feel inferior to the capital.
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 Hunger Games’ written by Suzanne Collins (2008) describes a narrative where there are 12 districts that came from the ruins of North America that is called Panem, 3 of the districts are favoured by the Capitol, the rest of the districts are really poor. Each year a male and female ranging from 12 to 18 must go to the Capitol’s arena where they fight to the death reality television show called ‘The Hunger Games’. The text describes a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in the dystopic district (District 12). Throughout the novel she makes friends and enemies. Despite being portrayed as a reality television event in Panem, there is mostly nothing realistic about the hunger games. In the novel the arena is altered and prepared with
The hunger games also are based in a futuristic society as applies to the book the Fahrenheit 451. The setting in the novel is one of complete disarray in the order of the society as is the case in the novel the Fahrenheit 451. The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel, but its content is far more political than any other novels written in the twenty-first century. The novel revolves around a young female teenager who is engaged in a young triangle with other two young men. The young men are Peeta Mellark and her best friend, Gale. The main idea, however, is the task that the young teenager, who happens to be the main character is faced with. Katniss Everdeen as is the name of the girl, is faced with the task of uniting her Falk in an uprising against the cruel system of administration which happens to be taking advantage of the other population (Dubrofsky
“The Hunger Games” trilogy was conjured up as Collins sat watching television late one night. The series follows a rebel heroine, Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation Panem, formally known as North America. In Panem, The Hunger Games is an annual event where two tributes, one male and one female, from each district fight to the death leaving only one in a televised battle. For Collins her books touch on the subjects-necessary and unnecessary wars-that her father often discussed with her. “I just feel it isn’t discussed, not the way it should be.” she says. Collins won, Kids’ Choice Award For Favorite Book (2013), Teen Choice Award For Choice Book(2012), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award (2010), Hal Clement Award (2009), Cybils Awards For Fantasy And Science Fiction (2008), and California Young Reader Medal: Young Adult. Overall the series has been tremendous success, selling over 50 million print and electronic
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place in a country called Panem, which is located on the continent once known as North America. Panem is made up of twelve districts and the Capitol, a wealthy city where the government takes place. The twelve districts are forced to work in a specific industry to supply the Capitol. Because of the hard working conditions and hunger, the districts start a rebellion against the Capitol. To punish them, every year the Capitol creates the Hunger Games, and the districts must reap one girl and one boy to participate. They then are locked in an arena along with their fellow twenty- two tributes to fight to the death. The last person alive is the winner, and they are protected from ever being in the Hunger
The Hunger Games is a you adult novel that takes place in a dystopian society in North America called Panem that forces their 12 Districts to send a boy and a girl once a year to a televised event known as the Hunger Games. Everyone is obligated to watch as the teens fought to the death until only one remains standing. Katniss Everdeen volunteered herself into the Games when her little sister, Prim, was chosen. Along with the male tribute, Peeta Mellark, she goes to the Capitol to be trained and prepared before they are sent to the Arena.
Our world today, seems to be one big sphere of utter chaos, which even the best of us cannot cease. The Hunger Games reflects our real life, with relatable experiences, characteristics and regulations throughout the book. Susan Collins, the author of the Hunger Games, wrote the book from her future theory of what the world is capable of turning into, so much so that Panem is actually based in North America. It’s scary to think that the horrific, dreadful events occurring in the Hunger Games can actually relate to our current world, establishing from politics and governments, to some of our favourite things, such as reality television.
The plot was settled in Panem, a dystopian country built on what was once North America. With limited resources, the government, ran by a system called the Capitol keeps its citizens in control by separating them into twelve districts. To control rebellions, the Capitol makes their citizens remember the past rebellion. In each district, a girl and a boy, aged from 12-18 are randomly drawn out to join the annual Hunger Games, a life-death game in an arena and is broadcasted through TV. All twenty-four players must kill each other and survive in wilderness until one survives, which he/she will become the victor. The story is about Katniss Everdeen's experience from District 12, who have volunteered herself for her younger sister Prim, who unluckily got chosen. Katniss left with her other tribute Peeta to train for the brutal game. During the game, Katniss fought to survive
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in the post-apocalypse nation called Panam. There is an annual event in which one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected randomly to compete in a televised battle to the death. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in the place of her sister when she was chosen to compete in the games. Throughout her journey she undergoes challenges but her courage, bravery, and heroism help her to survive. For this, Katniss can be analyzed in a myth and archetypical by being the hero in the novel. She takes on the roles of the male archetype but also embodies female archetypal characteristics. Additionally, the fire she symbolizes throughout the novel signifies her character and what she represents to the people of Panam.
The narration takes place in a post-apocalyptic North America. The nation-state of Panem is separated into twelve districts, the thirteenth one having been destroyed due to the rebellion against the government residing in the Capitol. Katniss comes from a poor coal-mining District 12, where she lives with her mother and younger sister Prim. Every year the Capitol holds the so-called Hunger Games to entertain its citizens and remind every district of the authorities’ immense power. The lottery system is used to identify one boy and one girl from each district to participate in the event. Only one person can remain alive and be proclaimed the winner.
In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins the main character is Katniss Everdeen, a sixteen - year - old girl that lives in district 12, one of the 12 districts that surrounds the capitol, Panem. The capitol is bitter and heartless place and keeps the districts in check by forcing each and every district to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to perform and fight in the annual Hunger Games, on live TV. When Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sisters