The Hunger Games By Katniss Everdeen

The Hunger Games is an intricate book with complex relationships and elaborate characters. Like every book, each choice of the author adds to, subtracts from, distracts, or emphasizes some component from the piece of literature. Suzanne Collins, the author of The Hunger Games, makes decisions throughout the book that change the relationships of characters and other important aspects. Because of this, the feelings and thoughts of the audience are heavily influenced by the author.

In the novel, The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian young adult book that is based in Panem that is divided into twelve districts. Each year the districts have to send a boy and a girl into an arena to fight to the death. The novel’s protagonist is Katniss, who lives in the poorest district. Katniss makes the audience think of the important ideas of bravery, societal class and love.

Social stratification is a concept used within sociology that explains the divisions and social inequalities of large groups of people within a particular society. The Hunger Games (2012) is a film that demonstrates this through amplifying how the power of the rich members in a polarised society are taking control of the poor and separating them in different districts which create specific social rankings. This essay will use the perspective of conflict theory to examine how Australian society is also effected by social stratification and therefore divided in social classes which effects their access to social equalities.

Katniss Everdeen fought for her family's survival to the point where she was facing imminent death daily. Fara Ahmedi lived in harsh conditions with her mom. Alex wanted to save himself and 13 others. The situations couldn’t be more different, nevertheless, all three are determined to survive and live a better life.

Since her father died in a coal mine accident, Katniss, who was only 11, had to provide food for her family to keep them from starvation. After all of the hardships she encountered in District 12, Katniss still gathered the strength to volunteer for her little sister, Prim, and win the Hunger Games. I also admired her act of rebellion in the arena, when Katniss picked up the Nightlock berries and rationed it between her and Peeta. She knew that the Gamemakers needed to have a victor, or else they would’ve been punished for failing the Capitol. Katniss was courageous enough to start a revolution, which shows the reader that you shouldn’t be afraid to speak up when you are

Katniss Everdeen, of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games (2008), is a working class heroine whose upbringing leads to rebellion against her totalitarian government. Upon being thrust into the ‘Hunger Games’, devised to exercise control, Katniss utilises survival skills to outsmart, out-hunt and out-live her fellow ‘tributes’. The urge to survive has driven Katniss since her father’s death and her mother’s deterioration; “…blank and unreachable, while her children turn to skin and bones.” (p. 10) As well as hunting for food, Katniss recalls; “I learned to hold my tongue and to turn my features into an indifferent mask so that no one could ever read my thoughts.” (p. 7) Her survival skills, both physical and psychological, are born of her background of poverty.

Suzanne Collins “The Hunger Games” details to the adventure of Katniss Everdeen who is forced to engage in a fight-to-the death tournament. The readers might not strongly relate to games or arena idea. However, what goes on in the character’s lives is very relatable. Collins specifically has the readers relate to Katniss (id take this out, too repetitive) by writing the book from a first perspective point of view. Readers sympathize with Katniss as she is self-sacrificing, her family depends on her to survive and she helps give rights and freedom to people in order to restore peace.

People sometimes do something for someone out of culpability. Katniss pretends to be in love with Peeta, another person participating in the Hunger Games, so they can both stay alive, based on the law that there can be two victors if they are from the same district. She doesn't want him to stay in the arena, because she knows she would feel guilty for the rest of her life if she left him to die. “ ‘ You’re not going to die’ I tell him firmly.”(Suzanne Collins page 253). Katniss takes care of Peeta when he is sick and feels guilty that she can’t do more for him. She goes and gets him medicine risking herself of exposure to all the people in the arena who are trying to kill her. She also knows she owes him for when he took a beating for her so

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay” is an exciting conclusion to the Hunger Games series about a war between the evil Capitol and the Districts who were once under their rule. Katniss Everdeen is given the title of “Mockingjay” in which her job is to give the Districts hope of a victory over the Capitol. The job seems simple enough, all she has to do is shoot commercials to help the war rebel war effort, but it becomes much more dangerous than that later. The theme of Mockingjay is to always stay hopeful, even in tough situations. This theme was developed through the characters, setting, and plot.

In the novel The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the main character Katniss is place to compete against twenty three other kids both boys and girls in order to survive. Katniss is a strong sixteen year old girl, who is far more mature than her age. Katniss is the provider in her family, which consist of herself, her mother and her little sister Prim. She is very protective over her sister and volunteers to take her place in the hunger games. Katniss is the person her family depends on for everything, but in a game like the hunger games, where life is at stake, and someone has to compete against others in order to survive, it is hard to survive without the help of others in some way. Katniss is able to survive the Hunger Games because of a

Suzanne Collins is an American author she is a television scriptwriter and a novelist. She was born in Hartford Connecticut, August 10, 1962. Her book genres are Fantasy Science fiction childrens literature and young adult fiction. Her greatest novel was The Hunger Games Mocking Jay.

In the film ‘The Hunger Games’ directed by Gary Ross, Katniss Everdeen is an example of a leader who takes risks for the chance of change. Not just once but on numerous occasions Katniss steps up for what she thinks is right for herself, her District and Panem. The first risk is when Katniss volunteers to fight in place of her sister Primrose in the 74th edition of the Hunger Games "I volunteer as tribute!", without any hesitation her first instinct was to protect her family rather than herself. This is a true insight into the leadership status of Katniss because it shows she cares about others, and she refuses to let injustice harm those she loves. She willingly sacrificed her own life because she knew she had a much better chance of making a difference to

Since the beginning of time, our ancestors have learned to survive through almost anything that can stand in our way. In order to survive we might need to go through the impossible and do things we would not ordinarily do.

The book I read is Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. Catching Fire is the second book of the series. The book's setting takes place in the future. In the first book, you are introduced to the main character, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss is a 16-year old girl who lives with her sister Prim, who was named after a primrose, and her mother. There is a Capitol, who's in charge of all 12 districts, Katniss lives in district 12. Every year in each district they have a reaping, where one girl and one boy from a district are chosen to compete in the annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are where 24 tributes, two from each district, compete against each other for survival. The last person alive wins the games and gets a new house in Victor's village.

The Hunger Games has been published on September 14, 2008. It has endured the test of time for eight years. Not only that, but it is one of the most read books ever. According to Goodreads, The Hunger Games book 1 is the most popular book ever. This series has made a total of 4 movies. Suzanne Collins added a new form of writing and has encouraged many youths to be happy in pursuing a life in