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    Have you ever been in pain, whether physically or emotionally? Well a lot of time this can be seen in The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is about 24 people being put in an arena every year and it gets broadcasted to the whole nation of Panem. The theme of this book is suffering as entertainment. This theme can be seen in the characters and what they say. An example of this is seen when katniss, “The fire was just to get us moving, now the audience will get some real fun.” The meaning of this

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    Insightful and based on morals and justice, The Hunger Games values the concern and compassion of characters like Katniss and Peeta, while finding fault in the inhuman and selfish ways of others. The novel focuses on Katniss Everdeen, the 16-year-old protagonist and tribute for The Hunger Games, pitted against twenty-three others in a gamble for her own life. Furthermore survival above all others is one of the most prevalent themes in The Hunger Games, providing a precarious feeling of one’s survival

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    The Hunger Games is the first movie out of the four part Hunger Games movie series. The movie is a conversion of a book to an action packed film. The main character is teenager, Katniss Everdeen. Katniss takes her sister’s spot when she is called to compete in the annual Hunger Games. Now has to survive against a bunch of other teenagers and her childhood friend Peeta in the Hunger Games where there is only supposed to be one winner. The movie is set in a post-apocalyptic reality controlled by greed

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    And millions of eyes will be watching you every step of the way. Congrats. The Hunger Games have begun. Katniss Everdeen is a strong, brave teenager with archery as her second nature. Katniss and her friend Gale salvage food and hunt illegally on the outskirts of District Twelve. District Twelve is the last of the twelve districts ruled by the Capitol. The nation is Panem, the ruins of old North America. The Hunger Games is a tradition made by the Capitol to show power. They randomly pick one girl

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    Media Review: The Hunger Games In the future, the world is split into 12 districts, each district is responsible for providing an essential resource such as food, coal, or even weapons. The districts are controlled by the Capitol who host the annual Hunger Games in order to remind the districts of the consequences of retaliation and remind them of the true cost of war. An arena is set up where the tributes have to try to survive and kill each other off and the last one standing wins and earns food

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    The film, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross is a book to movie adaptation based on the novel written by Suzanne Collins. The film is set in a dystopian future in which a totalitarian nation called Panem is divided into 12 districts and a capital which holds the power of the nation. Two young representatives are selected from a lottery to represent their district in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a televised event in which “tributes” from each district fight to the death for the Capital’s

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    The Hunger games was one of the biggest box office movies in 2012. The Hunger Games made $677,923,379 worldwide with a production cost of $80,000,000, this leaves them with $597,923,379 in revenue. Just like The Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games started out as a book written by Suzanne Collins. The protagonist Katniss Everdeen lives in Panem (North America) in one of the twelve districts governed by The Capitol and President Snow. Each year The Capital holds The Hunger Games where a boy and a girl

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    The Hunger Games is an exciting and courageous film with a storyline that instantly catches the audience’s attention. It tells the story of a dystopian United States where in a tragic future, the totalitarian country of Panem, is separated into 12 districts and the Capitol. The Games, put on by the Capitol, are intended to discipline the remaining 12 districts after recalling the dark days of how the 13th district was demolished for its uprising against the brutal Capitol. Every year, one young female

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    now District 12 is the laughingstock of Panem, and he knows it. He quickly tries to pull the attention back to the reaping by introducing Effie Trinket. Bright and bubbly as ever, Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” Her pink hair must be a wig because her curls have shifted slightly off-center since her encounter with Haymitch. She goes on a bit about what an honor it is to be here, although everyone knows she’s just

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    The Hunger Games was a thrilling adventure about a girl living in District Twelve and how she survives in the 74th Annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is the Capitol’s way of asserting their power over the districts. The games take both a boy and a girl from each district, every year and force them to fight to the death for the entertainment of all of Panem. Katniss Everdeen takes her sister’s place in the games and becomes District Twelve’s female tribute. Once Katniss and the male tribute Peeta

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