I have chosen to transform the text, ‘The Hunger Games’, written by Suzanne Collins, adapting the first chapter into the fairy tale genre. The Hunger Games is a fictional, dystopian adventure novel set in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. A country consisting of the Capitol, a highly advanced metropolis, that exercises strict political control over the rest of the nation who live in varying states of poverty. The Hunger Games is an annual televised event in which one boy and one girl aged 12–18, known as tributes, from each of the twelve districts surrounding the Capitol are compulsorily selected to compete in a televised battle to the death as a penance for the uprising. The tributes, must fight to the death in …show more content…
At the reaping, the children stand in rows, from oldest to youngest, and all 8,000 citizens of District 12 are required to attend. Camera crews are there, as they are in every district, to record the events.
At 2 o’clock, Mayor Undersee tells the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of what was once called North America, and how the country survived droughts, disasters, and storms. He recalls the shining Capitol ringed by thirteen districts, and how the Dark Days came, a time when the districts rose up against the Capitol; twelve districts were defeated, and the thirteenth was completely destroyed. From those Dark Days came the Treaty of Treason, meant to guarantee that the Dark Days would never return. It also set the Hunger Games in place, a punishment for the uprising. The last tribute living is the winner, and that tribute's district is showered with gifts, mostly food.
Haymitch Abernathy, District 12's only living Hunger Games winner, arrives late, staggers drunk onto the stage, and gives Effie Trinket a hug. At the conclusion of the first chapter, the first climax has just occurred, Effie reaches into a glass bowl full of slips of paper and pulls out the name of the female tribute: Primrose Everdeen, establishing the course of the
I chose to the modern mythology known as The Hunger Games a novel written by Suzanne Collins and later adapted into a feature film. The novel was actually part of a trilogy The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. The story begins by introducing you to our main character Katniss Everdeen who lives in a world run by the Capitol where President Snow resides and has enforced a form of martial law on all 13 districts. Every year the Capitol hosts their annual Hunger Games which is a form of entertainment for the Capitol. Out of every district two tributes, one boy and one girl will be picked to participate in the Hunger Games which is a battle to the death. Whichever tribute manages to survive till the end will be rewarded by getting to stay in the capitol and their district will be given more food and supplies. The reason Katniss becomes a part of the games is because her little sister prim is chosen during the reaping to be the tribute so Katniss hearing her sisters name volunteers as tribute to save her sisters life but she tries to win the games for her district and to provide for them. The only problem is she finds it hard to murder the other tributes because they are all so young and she doesn’t see why she must kill them for the Capitols entertainment.
“Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. Twelve defeated the thirteenth obliterate” (Collins 18). The Capitol used their power and technology they had to defeat the districts, soon after the Capitol created the Hunger Games in order to take control of the districts and punish them for their rebellion.
In the Hunger Games, one young male and one young female are randomly selected from each District, or town, every year to go into war with one another. Only one of the twenty-four make it back out of the game alive. The mayor announces the chosen ones every year at a ceremony known as the reaping, where he explains the history and purpose of the games. There was a war in the past between the Capitol and the Districts. Since the Capitol won, they hold the Hunger Games in honor of their victory. The story mostly focuses on a specific Hunger Games tribute, Katniss Everdeen, who chose to volunteer for her sister who was originally chosen as tribute. Katniss and District 12’s boy tribute, Peeta, are shipped off to train for the games for a few weeks in order to learn more about how the game is played and how the Capitol actually has a huge hand on who wins depending on their likeability. People who live in the Capitol actually send survival gifts in the games, which is the key to winning.
The reason for the Hunger Games is to remind all the Districts of what had happened to District 13 whom decided to rebel against the capitol. They hold a "reaping" every year and they send them to
The Capitol has an even more devious structure to keep its citizens in line, though, the Hunger Games. Every year, each district must supply, through a lottery process, two tributes both aged 12 to 18, one male, one female, who is forced to fight to the death in a large outdoor arena until one remains. The expectation is that the Hunger Games be treated as a spectacle, a great place for entertainment that all citizens are obliged to follow as an audience. The Games explains how the Panem citizens are at the mercy of the Capitol since it keeps them depressed by making them complicit in the atrocities as an audience.The reaping system is unfair because the poor get the worst of it.Your name goes into the pool of seven then you fight to the death
For my independent novel study, I have decided to use Suzanne Collin’s Novel the Hunger Games; a story set around a teenaged girl’s firsthand account of gladiator-like sports in a post-apocalyptic era where North America once stood. The book creates a mood or sense of suspense and hope for Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist who has to fight for survival in the Hunger Games. This reminds me of and relates to the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Where in his novel, a group of boys are found stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere and must fight for their survival as well as hope to be rescued. Katniss, just like the boys, finds herself trapped in an arena with other tributes, but
The Hunger Games, a science fiction adventure novel, written by Suzanne Collins describes a world that conflict and intertwine with many different social theories. The Capitol is a powerful government that controls every district as a template of a hierarchy. As a powerful government, the Capitol contains most the wealth of the twelve districts, many lives in lavish lifestyles with technologically advances while the other twelve districts lives in poverty. Each district consists of their own specific assets that contribute to the Capitol’s source of wealth and revenue. Every year, the Capitol known as “Panem”, host an annually event called the “Hunger Games.”
In the beginning, Katniss is living the hard life of her district. She goes to school and hunts so that her family has food. She has a younger sister named Prim and a mother, however it is time for the reaping which is when the Capitol picks names out of a bucket for one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts to participate in the Hunger Games, a fight to the death tournament where the winner gets fame and fortune. Prim gets chosen to participate in the games, but Katniss volunteers to take her place(22). A boy from their district named Peeta also gets chosen and Katniss realizes that he had given her bread when she didn’t have food for her family. They go to the Capitol and meet their mentor, Haymitch(56), who helps them train, then they go into the arena and battle. Peeta joins up with some Careers, children that trained for the Hunger Games all their lives, and tries to win but then he betrays them. The Gamemakers make a rule change and say that two tributes from the same district can win together so Katniss finds Peeta and helps him because he has been injured. After they are the only two people left the Gamemakers change the rule back to force Katniss and Peeta to fight each other, rather than fight, Katniss takes some poisonous berries, called Nightlock, she found in the arena and gives half of
When I first started reading The Hunger Games part 2 by Suzanne Collins, I noticed conflict, and how the Setting affects the characters and of course themes. In The Hunger Games part 2 Katniss and the rebels are fighting against them to take control and stop the hunger games and stop the dreadful government. The story takes place in Panem, also there are 12 districts, each providing resources for the capitol. The hunger game is taking place in an arena just inside the capitol where the leaders are.
The book The Hunger Games, portrays a society where people are treated unfairly based on factors that they cannot control. The people are born into one of 13 districts. There lives vary drastically based on where they are born. Someone born in the Capitol has a completely different life than someone born in district 12. A person born in the Capitol lives a wealthy life and is always treated with respect. On the other hand someone born in district 12 has a life of constant back breaking work. They live in poverty and struggle to survive.
It is the mayor’s annual duty on the reaping of the Hunger Games to recount the history of Panem. The country that rose from the dust of droughts, the floods of storms, the ashes of fires and the blood of war. Peace and prosperity were promised to its citizens and outlying districts, but this promise went unfilled, and as a result, the Capitol was met with anger and rebellion from all thirteen districts. In response to the rebellion, the Capitol created muttations, including jabberjays and tracker jackers. The former were created and released into rebel hiding places to gather information and report back to the Capitol. While the latter were strategically put outside and near each of the districts, created to track down the rebels and poison them with hallucinations. Not only did the Capitol have muttations on their side, they also have mountains separating themselves from the outer districts. Having the rebels attempt to scale the great mountains only made it easier to pick them off with airstrikes. Twelve of the districts were put into submission, the thirteenth was utterly destroyed, sending the message of what was to be expected if another rebellion occurred. As if crushed hope, ruined pride and bloodshed weren’t enough, the Capitol created the Hunger Games, where two tributes from each district must be selected to fight to the death for the sake of the Capitol’s amusement. Katniss Everdeen will prove to the Capitol that she is unlike the others. As their oppression of
Against all odds, Prim's name is selected at the reaping. Katniss volunteers to take the place of her younger sister and becomes District 12's girl tribute for the 74th Hunger Games. Peeta Mellark, a boy Katniss' age and the
In a not-too-distant, some 74 years, into the future the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 13 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; these children are referred to as tributes (Collins, 2008). The Games are meant to be viewed as entertainment, but every citizen knows their purpose, as brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eradicate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. The main character
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
It’s the day of the reaping, which is very stressful because it determines which boy and girl, ages 12 to 18, will serve as the district’s tributes in the Hunger Games. Each of the 12 districts must draw two tributes, and those tributes are sent to an arena where they fight to the death until only one tribute remains alive. The victor’s district is given gifts, mainly food, and the victor returns home. The Capitol of Panem puts on the Games to remind and punish the 12 districts of the Dark Days, which was when the 13th district was destroyed for attempting to rise up against the cruel and merciless Capitol.