The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins tells the tale of Katniss, a determined, independent, and complex woman trying to keep her loved ones safe and protected. Katniss’ personality and appearance contradict traditional leading lady norms, and her relationship and eventual romance with Peeta show the defiance of traditional gender roles in romantic relationships. Katniss and Peeta redefine gender roles in The Hunger Games as she stays true to her raw looks and personality, he embraces thoughtfulness, and as they both take on different romantic roles than society normally sees in romantic relationships. Scholars, Lem and Hassel, argue that there are gender roles seen in media, but I would like to go farther to say that kindness is a more

overall figure in the story. Her character impacted the lives of Kilinga but was also used as an

The author also builds another character, who shared many similarities with Katniss, Gale Hawthorne, Katniss’s best friends. In the

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.

There are several characters that are shown throughout the book but we are going to focus on the first three characters that you are introduced to in the first chapter. These three characters are Sam Temple, Quinn Gaither and Astrid Ellison. Sam Temple is a quiet but heroic teenager who doesn’t want to be known. In the town, people expect his heroic side. Mary (a character found in the novel) is seen saying, “She found herself angry with him for not being here now: she needed help” She talks how Sam is not there to help her. Sam Temple is definitely not a stereotypical “hero” as he, unlike other heroes, does not want to be known as one. Nevertheless, throughout the novel he does gain more confidence and heroism. Sam Temple’s best friend is Quinn Gaither and unlike Sam, he is no hero. Quinn has a sense of humour but is very cowardly when comes to frightening situations. In one scene Sam talks about Quinn’s betrayal and compares it to Drake’s (an evil character found in the

He is their mentor and the one who will tell and show them tactics to survive in the Hunger Games and also teaches them what the Hunger Games does to you so they could manage to survive are the significance of Haymitch to Peeta and Katniss.

The Hunger Games, a novel by Suzanne Collins, is the story of 16 years old, Katniss Everdeen, who fights to death for her district. The Hunger Games is an event hosted every year by the Capitol of Panem, where a randomly chosen boy and girl both need to represent each of the twelve districts that the capitol is composed of. When Katniss little sister, Prim, is chosen to be the representative for District twelve, Katniss volunteers to take her place and fight along her male counterpart, Peeta. The reason I choose this book for my book report is because Katniss is not your typical 16 year old girl. Not only is she her family’s provider but she’s also skillful, strong, rebellious, and unsentimental heroine. These are characteristics that society would mostly link to a 16 year old boy rather than a girl.

First, we have innocent and oblivious Scout; the youngest character in the book. Despite of her purity, her actions have a great impact on everyone. On the night when Scout, Jem

Scout, the essential character who tells the story through her point of view illustrates several character traits such as curiosity, intelligence and tomboy.

Economics is the study of scarcity within a systems of rules. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins’ can be translated into such, with hunger being scarcity and games being a system of rules. In the Hunger Games, we are introduced to a country called Panem. The country of Panem is divided into twelve different districts and the Capitol, where the government resides. Each district has their own different specializations and they have distinctive economies. The government regulates the trade and each district rely on trade from each other district and the Capitol for the goods they don 't produce. All of the districts and the Capitol is interdependent.

In the Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen is the narrator she went into the Hunger Games because she did not want her sister to die. Katniss is very brave for a girl, she is 16. Her personality is very caring, unique, and strong. Her appearance in the story appears shocking for the young men, there names are Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne. She has a very close relationship with her friends in the district 12 area.

In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen is a teenage girl who lives in an impoverished country of Panem. After he father passed away in a tragic mining explosion, she learned to fill in her father’s shoes. This made family her only priority as her mother was in no state to supper their family. Besides her caring nature for others, during The Hunger Games, Katniss develops a competitive attitude. As she grew up with no father and having little income coming from her mother, there would nights where Katniss and her family would go to sleep on an empty.

Genre: The genre of the story “Mockingjay” by Suzanne Collins is most likely to be science fiction because in the story they use futuristic things that are not here today in our world. In the story, Katniss receives a bow and arrow that is “living.” Katniss said she can “feel it” as if it were alive. Also, in the story Katniss says “Good night” to her bow and she felt it go still, which meant it was “sleeping” Point of View: The point of view of the story Mockingjay is first person.

In a place where poverty is prevalent and a country is ruled by a tyrannical dictator is it possible for an individual to trust others when their own life is always at stake? In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the main character Katniss Everdeen is a survivor. In the novel she is put into an arena to compete against twenty-three other tributes to the death. This is not the only time during which she has to fend for herself; at home she had to care for her family and keep them alive as well as herself. Due to these conflicts she is better equipped in the environment, she knows what it is like to have nothing, and she hardly trusts anyone that has never experienced life in poverty.

The Hunger Games (Chapter 1) is a novel excerpt by Suzanne Collins. The protagonist of the story, Katniss Everdeen, is a young woman that lives in the 12th district of a country called Panem. Katniss and her country are in the midst of the Hunger Games, where two people, a boy and a girl, from each district have to fight to the death in an outdoor arena. Katniss is the most effective protagonist, due to characterization. Her characteristics, such as her protective nature, her anger at the capitol, and her denial to happiness, all contribute to an effective protagonist who influences the story and the perception of readers.