The Hunger Games: Comparing The Book And Movie

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2 is the least enjoyable out of the four series; it's dull, dreadful, and slow moving. The plot for those who don't know, involves the final assault on the oppressive Capitol by Katniss Everdeen who is played by Jennifer Lawrence and a group of her rebellious victors. Katniss and her team are sent by the rebel leader Alma Coin who is played by Julianne Moore to what seemed to be a typical propaganda mission in areas of the capital already appeased by rebel troops.

First of all, who is Katniss Everdeen? The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay is a trilogy of young adult novels that have been adapted into four major motion pictures. This insight into PTSD is going to focus on the movie adaptations. The main protagonist from the films is a girl named Katniss Everdeen.

For many years films have always been structured around the representation of gender roles. Up until recently, very few films have challenged the traditional stereotypes. However, with the increasing support of feminism and a heightened consciousness of the way the different genders are being labelled and stereotyped, many movies and novels now challenge traditional gender roles . ‘The Hunger Games’, a film adaptation of the novel by Suzanne Collins, is one of these movies. Released in 2012 and directed by Gary Ross, the film is the first of four movies based on the bestselling trilogy written from 2008-2010.

Katniss Everdeen is the main character of the Hunger Games Trilogy, by Suzanne Collins. She is alike everyone else as in the decisions she makes are driven by love. In the Hunger Games Trilogy, Katniss Everdeen’s desire to protect her loved ones causes her to evolve from an innocent, avid hunter to conflict, matured, war hero. Katniss makes all of her decisions based on love, and doing this causes her to mature and evolve as a character.

This in-depth film analysis will identify and deliberate the heterogeneous elements of film and how they are utilised to develop and elaborate empathy for Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist in Gary Ross’s critically acclaimed film The Hunger Games (2012). Modern day films generally use a variety of technical elements that are specifically designed to intrigue, captivate and convey emotion to the audience. These elements are known as camera, acting, mise-en-scene, editing, lighting and sound (C.A.M.E.L.S.). In particular, this film analysis will delineate how these components are employed in Ross’s The Hunger Games to develop empathy for Katniss Everdeen, during the scene of the annual ‘reaping’

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

Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy tells the story of a dystopian society in which the Capitol forces citizens, selected from their districts, to participate in annual televised competitions in which they fight for their lives. The book trilogy was conveyed into movie series that created controversy when many Hunger Games fans who had read the book prior to seeing the film were shocked to find African-American actors. Overall the films and books represent the story of a young girl defeating the unjust rules placed by her government as a way to control a formerly revolutionary group of people. The Hunger Games criticizes totalitarian governments and media. Extensively, The Hunger Games criticizes a society that spends time spying into individuals'

This quote is an indication to readers how Katniss’s world seems kind of hopeless and people are barely surviving. It is easy for readers to picture these worn out, unclean, starving, exhausted people and it’s also expressing to readers the degree of poverty Katniss and the people of District Twelve live in. Her conditions in the games however were illustrated to readers as a world of survival, the description of the arena as a jungle, the way temperatures would rise and drop when they’d least expect it and the effect it had on her and Peeta, and the way she had to survive an attack of a fire wall descending upon her at the end of Chapter Twelve and throughout the beginning of Chapter Thirteen. In this midst of this world of survival drawn out for readers by Collins, there is an encounter where Katniss humanity shines and overpowers her need to survive.

In the history of cinema, most movies involving a hero 's journey involve mostly the same plot; man gets a call, goes on a journey, gets in a battle or two, and saves the helpless woman from some evil source. The Hunger Games has the same plot as other hero films, but takes a complete turn on the actor encompassing the hero. The hero in this film is a Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from a dystopian society. In this film Katniss volunteers for her sister to be in the Hunger Games, which is an event where individuals are thrown into an arena where people from twelve districts fight each other to the death for entertainment. Katniss must win the hunger games and make it back to her family. Katniss eventually befriends Peta and they defeat all obstacles and win the Hunger Games together. The Hunger Games is a perfect example of a hero 's journey plot. It follows the steps that any hero journey movie would, including the call, crossing the threshold, a supreme ordeal, companions and mentors, a transformation and the end gift. This film encompasses the classic hero journey plot, with an exception of having a strong female lead instead of male.

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

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" is a science fiction novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins that was published in 2008. A film adaptation directed by Gary Ross was released in 2012. Although some movie adaptations differ greatly from the original stories presented in the books, this adaptation follows the plot development in an unusually detailed manner. However, certain changes were made that influence our perception of the movie.

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.

Reality television has differed throughout the years. At one point it was meant to be a literal depiction of everyday life. Now, reality television has changed to be more dramatic and outrageous than an average person or family’s life. The Hunger Games, in a way, depicts the lives of those who live in the poorer districts where the necessities for life are not in such abundance as in the Capitol. Although children are not forced to kill each other in the districts, there is still the struggle for one’s livelihood. That reality is depicted in the games and it seems that The Capitol takes that theme and develops it into The Hunger Games that we know and love. The Hunger Games suggests that reality television is manipulated to the point where the viewers see what the creators (game makers) want them to see.

The film The Hunger Games, released in 2012 and based off the first book of a literary trilogy, has become a source of entertainment and intrigue among many Americans. Featuring a futuristic and dystopian United States, it has captured the imagination for some and kindled a intense obsession for others. While on the surface this movie might seem to simply be a story with a riveting plot line about young love, vicious combat, and survival, it is much more than that. As most films do, if one takes a closer look, The Hunger Games gives rise to multiple sociological patterns and themes. If one observes with an informed and critical eye, sociological issues that are embedded in the film are revealed. From this, one can draw cultural and