The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

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.

In the novel “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins, she uses many literary devices such as, 1st person point of view. Suzanne also shows mood by the way Katniss Everdeen acts and speaks. Collins also describes the setting of where some of the events take place at. Collins also use direct and indirect characterization.

The Hunger Games The Hunger Games book written by Suzanne Collins is a book about youth violence, social divisions and rivalry. The Hunger Games book shows a girl by the name of Katniss Everdeen who lives in a place called District 12 as a lower division than most people in the world. The author of the Hunger Games uses a lot of figurative language and imagery to allow the reader to feel the same emotions of Katniss's life. As the reader understands the book, it shows a lot of language features to show nature of violence, exploring emotional statements such as figurative language and imagery.

When she awakens she notices that Rue is watching her, and Katniss makes a truce with her. They both share supplies and information that they know about the other tributes, which there are only 10 left, and Peeta left the careers. As they share, they think of a plan to take down all of the careers food, since they don’t really know how to find it themselves. But before the plan takes place, Rue brings up the mockingjay pin that Katniss has and teaches her a little melody to sing to the birds, this melody will signify that everything is

The Hunger Games Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins has very deep characterization. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist, was the winner of the previous Hunger Games. She is picked for the Quarter Quell, which picks winners of past Hunger Games to fight each other again in a new arena. Her and Peeta are chosen again. Katniss is a character who cares about others but will do whatever it takes to make sure the ones she cares about are safe. This is shown on page 189 when she says "But I have a mission. No, it's more than a mission. It's my dying wish. Keep Peeta alive." In this quote, Katniss shows how much she cares about Peeta by putting the safety of his front of her own. Peeta is tough selfless person who cares about Katniss and her well being.

In the novel “The Hunger Games” Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the main character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is based around a dystopian nation, in which is placed in Panem. Through which a boy and a girl from each district must take part in ‘The Hunger Games’ where they have to fight to the death, until there is one survivor. Katniss subsequently evolves as a significant hero portraying the heroic qualities such as selflessness, identity change and intelligence. Selflessness is shown as she puts others before herself, her identity changes as she has to put up a brave face, and intelligence is displayed as her strategies progress in the games.

Katniss has reached the point where she is off to the Capitol. She meets Haymitch and Effie who are her mentors. Haymitch and Effie are her supernatural aid. They are there to help her prepare for the games and to teach her how to win. Haymitch is a previous victor who informs Katniss of what the games are going to be like. Haymitch says that the best advice he has for Katniss is “Stay Alive”. Katniss is trying to get as much information out of Haymitch because she wants to know how to win. Haymitch tries to explain to Katniss that if she wants to win, she needs to get people to like her because that is what will bring her sponsors. Effie is there for moral support and she tries to see the positive in what the games bring. Effie always says “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!”. Effie is there to make sure that Katniss is visually appealing and that she is who everyone wants to be. She wants Katniss to enjoy the time she has left because she may never get to experience anything like it again.

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.

The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins delineates that there are times when people believe that all hope is lost but only those who are strong will persevere through their darkest moments. Suzanne Collins portrays the theme throughout the novel with the main protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, as she struggles to endure her daily life and the annual Hunger Games. Collins displays the prodigious amount of persistence of Katniss Everdeen and her comrade, Peeta Mellark, which allows them to survive throughout the Hunger Games.

In Suzanne Collins’s novel, The Hunger Games, a dystopian society of Panem is brought to life for readers through the story of the heroine, Katniss Everdeen. Being chosen as a “tribute” in the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss is thrown into a deadly arena filled with twenty-three other potential killers where she must fight to the death. The story of her survival against the other tributes, nature, and society is viewed by national television. In 2012, Collins’s novel was adapted into a film by Director Gary Ross. This adaptation still follows the journey of Katniss Everdeen, but it adds color, images, and sound, creating a whole new perspective for viewers. By showing an example of “reality TV” in a dystopian society, the plot of The Hunger Games illustrates the social issue of surveillance and its societal power with civilization’s composition, leaving readers questioning the use of such surveillance systems.

“We had to save you because you're the Mockingjay, Katniss, says Plutarch. While you live, the revolution lives” (Collins). Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games is a complex character who epitomizes the archetype of a hero, however, she also shatters the mold by rebelling against the capital and endangering her whole family. She starts out as a hero to her family, especially her sister, and then becomes the symbol of strength to everyone. Katniss sacrifices herself by volunteering to join the Hunger Games in place of her sister, it is a game of survival where a boy and a girl from each district are forced to fight the other members of other districts to the death. By going out of her ordinary world and preparing to join a game where her life could be taken, she fits right into the archetype of a hero. Her bow and arrow, the weapon that only she can wield, will be the only things to help her survive. Despite these heroic qualities, Katniss makes an erroneous decision and blunder mistakes that shows the reader the flip side of Katniss.

The book “The Hunger Games” was written by Suzanne Collins and it’s the first book out of the trilogy she has written. Collins uses a mixture of modern and classical as elements in this story and it allows for any age reader to enjoy it. Some the literary devices she uses in the book are setting, symbolism, and themes. It’s everything you could want in a book because it has a little bit of each genre, like action, romance, comedy, and even mystery. This book will have you sitting at the edge of your seat on minute and then grabbing for a tissue the next. When reading this book, “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and looking at the setting, symbolism, and theme it’s easy to sense the different tones and emotions going on in the story.

Close your eyes, take a deep breath, and picture a society where liberty, no longer exists. A society that keeps you from seeing the outside world, trapped, between a fence and barbed wire. Where poverty grows thicker every day and the most you can call home, is a beat-up shack. In the science fiction novel, The Hunger Games, written by, Suzanne Collins, the future North America was known as “Panem” annually selects a boy and girl, ages ranging from 12-18, from each of the twelve districts to compete in what the district citizens know as the “Hunger Games.” The novel is revolved around a 16-year-old named Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to compete in the games after her twelve-year-old sister's name was chosen, Alongside her is Peeta Mellark, who in the past has had quite the dramatic history with Katniss. After they are chosen, they are sent to the capital to undergo intense training to prepare themselves for the 74th hunger games. Throughout this essay, you will read about the two main characters, Katniss, Peeta, and how they go through significant changes throughout the book and later on read about how their relationship changes as time go on.

In the book Divergent by Veronica Roth a young girl named Tris who decides her fate against her parents will. As the cities around her turn to war Tris must stick by her friends and do what is right. Similar yet different, in the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins a young girl named Katniss takes the place of her sister in an annual war between 11 other districts. Katniss must choose between her well being and the wellbeing of the people she loves. In this essay readers learn how both books express similarities and differences in the theme, the setting, as well as the usage and meaning of symbolism.

In life there is always some sort of violence and there always seems to be a good and a bad side. The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross is a movie about 24 tributes fighting to the death for the Hunger Games crown. The prize is riches, fame and freedom from ever having to physically fight in the arena again. It is a game of violence, ferocity, and blood, and only one tribute can win. Even though stories often have a Battle between Good and Evil, it is Katniss’s internal conflict confronting her own good and evil that portrays humanity with a longing for destruction, violent inclination, and sense of separation.