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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about a girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in the post-apocalypse nation called Panam. There is an annual event in which one boy and one girl from each of the 12 districts surrounding the Capitol are selected randomly to compete in a televised battle to the death. Katniss Everdeen volunteers in the place of her sister when she was chosen to compete in the games. Throughout her journey she undergoes challenges but her courage, bravery, and heroism help

The Hunger Games is the first book that makes up the famous trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. Katniss, the book’s main character, is a sixteen year old girl, who lives in Panem, a country divided in 13 different districts. Each year, a reaping is hold, where every district chooses one boy and one girl to participate to the games. The participants have to kill each other for their survival, and only one person can end up as a winner. Because of Katniss’ ingenuity and strategies, both tributes from

religion in your life? Where will you go for church each Sunday? There is no religion or anything to be found; nothing! Let me introduce you to a celebrated novel with a story much like the one I just told. This book is The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. In this story we have a poor society that is quite barren and void of the morals and standards that bring us the happiness and richness we enjoy in life. One major contributor to this “emptiness,” is the non-existence of religion or God in their

“Happy Hunger Games: Entertainment as Government Manipulation in the Hunger Games Series” For many years teen fiction has gotten a bad reputation for being nothing but fluff. However, teen fiction can be just as nuanced as some of the classics that are taught in the traditional classroom. This is no more apparent than in that genre of teen dystopian science fiction. The Hunger Games trilogy, the quintessential story of government oppression, shows how entertainment can be used to manipulate the unsuspecting

in the story is seen entirely through her eyes. A major influence for Suzanne Collins was based on the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, where as punishment for displeasing Crete, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete, where they were thrown into the labyrinth and devoured by the Minotaur, which is a monster that’s half man and half bull. The message that ultimately spoke to Collins was that messing with a higher power would have its consequences, and having

Suzanne Collins Suzanne Collins was born on August 10, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the youngest of four children. Being the daughter of an Air Force officer, Suzanne moved a considerable amount during her childhood, living in places like New York City and Brussels. Her father was also a history teacher at a college level, so history was an immensely important topic. Her father shared military experiences with his children. Collins states “I believe he felt a great responsibility and urgency

it also has a way to be intrusive and frightening. Three in class stories that display the fictional victimization of lower status people through technology are: “Repent, Harlequin!” said the Ticktockman by Harlan Ellison, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A Netflix series and British television program called Black Mirror by Charlie Brooker also expresses many of the same recurring themes of technological based exploitation in Episode 2 ‘Fifteen Million

Sandra Gonzalez Enix- 7th Hour War Is Hell 29 September 2014 Insert Title Here Hero. According to Webster’s New World Dictionary, a hero is defined as “any person, male or female, admired for courage, nobility, etc.” (Webster’s New World Dictionary, “hero 1”). Webster’s Pocket Dictionary, comparably, defines a hero as “a person of great courage, spirit, etc., especially one who has undergone great danger or difficulty” (Webster’s Pocket Dictionary, “hero 3”). Heroes are not born heroes. Yes, everyone

I am nearly one hundred percent positive your book, The Hunger Games has been the subject of discussion and controversy for as long as it has been published and read. Not even just the first book, either. From Katniss’ first adventure through the vast, forested arena, to her second trials in Catching Fire, and finally the heroic revolution in Mockingjay, your series has been a topic of argument over radio shows, television and even my own dinner table. Therefore, I am also nearly one hundred percent

In the book The Hunger Games( by Suzanne Collins ), what today we call the United States of America is now divided into twelve districts; or as it is more commonly known as to the readers of this series, Panem. As one discovers, Panem is ruled by affluent members of the Capitol. However, there was not always just twelve districts. There, upon a time, was thirteen; until a rebellion seethes up, and caused the Capitol to take immediate action to cease the schism of uprising citizens. The Capitol