The Hunger Games Movie Vs Book

There are several differences between the book and movie adaptation of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Some of these similarities are very clearly portrayed in the story, and several of the differences made profound changes in my perception of the story line. These changes included plot and the way the story was told.

To begin with, The Hunger Games is the first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy, and is written by Suzanne Collins. First off, the novel takes place in Penem, a make-believe future where the Capital is surrounded by districts. The Districts are like slaves to the Capital, give away resources to the Capital and only keep some resources to themselves; so you can imagine that the districts are very poor. The Capital also forces the districts to give up one boy and girl to go to annual Hunger Games, so to prevent War. Katniss, the main character in the book, ends up being part of the hunger games alongside with Peeta. Katniss then has to fight for her life because there may only be one victor. Lastly, throughout this book you’ll see conformity and civil disobedience play a huge role in the Hunger Games.

There are many things to compare and contrast in the hunger games book and the movie.When

In the movie The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a televised fight, where only one person lives. Two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are selected at random to compete. The purpose of the movie The Hunger Games is to create a sense of urgency for freedom in young adults. The Hunger Games encourages young adults to rebel against society’s rule.

‘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 is a futuristic film that shows how society accepts diverse norms which are in no way fair or moral. The Hunger Games was set by a governing body as ‘hunger games’ which are used to entertain the general public in times of crisis. The movie is directed by Gary Ross and was released in 2012. In the movie citizens of Panem between the ages of 12 and 18 years of age are mandatorily required to participate in The Hunger Games if they were selected. The games are annual and televised consisting of different tributes from various Districts who fight to the death until there is only one survivor left. Jennifer Lawrence acts as Katniss Everdeen in the movie. She is a young lady from a small town known as District 12. She voluntarily

The Hunger Games is about a teenager named Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a place called Panem. In Panem, there’s the capitol and 12 districts. The president and Capitol citizens live in the capitol. All the districts contribute something to the capitol like food, or power, and in return, the capitol gives the district's security. Katniss lives in district 12. District 12 provides coal but is also the poorest district. Everyone lives off of small animals they can catch. In order to survive, Katniss hunts on illegal land to provide for her mom and her sister, Prim. Every year the Capitol holds an event called the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is were two tributes from each district come to an arena and

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

Mockingjay is the last book in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss has just recently escape from her second Hunger Games after causing the arena to explode.

“May the odds be ever in your favor.” (Collins, 19) If you have never heard this quote before, then you have probably been living under District 13. Written by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is about 24 “tributes” who are forced by the government to fight each other. Katniss who is selected must fight for her family and her newfound lover Peeta Mellark. The Hunger Games is a book more people should read because of the compelling characters, clever plot, and the book’s success.

There are multipul similarities and differences in the movie and “The Hunger Games”novel.These changes effected the characterization in the movie and the reader is able to identify these differences.

Have you ever read a book and feel like you’re on a boat that is drowning in the middle of a big ocean? Yet, watch a movie based on the book and feel like you’re a board of the same boat but instead of drowning in the middle of a big ocean it’s more like a lake? Yes, it happens to the best of the readers. However, if you ever watched, read The Hunger Games, or both, you will feel that even when the beginning of both starts with a dreamed omen, each one adds two cents to this magnificent dystopia.

In the past decades, different writings in form of books have been acted as movies to pass the massage. The films give the same that the books pass across. However, a few details in the book are different when presented as a film. When watching a movie, the characters are imaginary, according to the traits in the book. In the film, the characters are seen, and it is easy to see their reactions. Books may take a lot of time to read as opposed to the films since they can be watched in hours. This paper seeks to address the comparison of watching the movie “The Hunger Games” and reading the book.

In the adaptation of the film The Hunger Games and the book of The Hunger Games they portray very different characteristics. The filmmakers deviated the Hunger Games scenes in a more dramatic way than before. Representing District 13, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark were forced to go and compete in the 74th Hunger Games and fight for their lives. But as these scenes progressed they both get very captivating and very dramatic in both the book and the film. This film has made huge fluctuations to the fighting scene than they did in the book. In The Hunger Games fighting scene the capital did not give as much help nor did they have all of the capabilities they did in the fighting scene of The Hunger

“Nobody ever wins the games. Period. There are survivors. There are no winners.” A famous quote from Haymitch Abernathy while addressing Katniss Everdeen’s claim about the winners in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire movie.