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Introduction Books were always important to me as a kid and grown-up. I liked to imagine myself within the story to escape the boring mundane world. Like many others, I grew up with the Harry Potter series, and later as a young adult I read the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. It is important for young people that they can...
Book ReviewThe Hunger Games
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Pop culture refers to the traditions of a particular society or a group of people. In America, pop culture is usually associated with the entertainment industry, which varies from music, art, fashion, and literature to film, television, and radio. A majority of people consume products from these sources which has a significant impact on them. However, pop culture has contributed...
Book ReviewThe Hunger GamesWoman
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Introduction: The Hunger Games is an action and science-fiction adventure film based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. The story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem (North America). Panem is separated into 12 districts that help support the Capitol. Each year the Capitol “hosts” the Hunger Games, where a boy and a girl are...
DystopiaScience FictionThe Hunger Games
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For what reason did the Hunger Games begin? The amusements began to stimulate and remind the general population who was in charge, that is the Capitol. The Hunger Games is a yearly occasion in which one kid and one young lady aged 12– 18 from every one of the twelve districts encompassing the Capitol are chosen by lottery to contend...
DystopiaLiterary CriticismThe Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games is a dystopian fictional novel by Suzanne Collins. The novel depicts an unequal world within which Panem and the citizens are troubled by the oppressive Capitol regime. The power of authority overcomes any others. Inequality is heavily present throughout the novel, both, in and out of the games. The Capitol holds influence and power over the other...
Critical ThinkingDystopiaThe Hunger Games
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Desperate times call for desperate measures is a famous line that depicts that the need for a human becomes the source of important invention. The Hunger Games, written by author Suzanne Collins, tells the story of Katniss Everdeen in a dystopian setting. The story begins on the day of the reaping where Katniss volunteers instead of her sister, Prim. The...
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As demonstrated in the film and novel, President Snow is seen to have ultimate power over Katniss. But does he? 2012 Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins and directed by Gary Ross, highlights many visual and language techniques that express control and division. By comparing and analysing both the text and film three key scenes demonstrated this theme. The book...
Book ReviewSocietyThe Hunger Games
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The book “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a fictional book that describes the horrendous state of the current society. The author uses metaphors to describe the class distinctions in society as well as the opulence and extravagance of the rich. Follows a young girl named Katniss Everdeen. She lives in a futuristic nation called Panem, which is run...
ConflictSocial ClassThe Hunger Games
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At its heart, Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games exposes a world in which control is brutally enforced into all parts of society. The government uses harsh, unfair policies to change people’s view of them and maintain power. Her novel discusses these ideas through inhumane punishments, division and surveillance, and the fear and deceptions people are led to believe. The people...
PowerSocietyThe Hunger Games
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Imaginative Writing It is the start of the 74th Hunger Games and I have big plans for what I’m going to do to survive in the arena against the other tributes using my skills of words. My name is Peeta Mellark and I’m a tribute representing District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games alongside my female tribute Katniss Everdeen. It...
CharacterPerspectiveThe Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games movie is a love story about a lady from a district known to be poor who volunteered to replace her sister in the Hunger Games in which the participants had to fight to death in the capital city of a country. Every year in the North American ruins, the twelve districts are forced by the evil country’s...
Movie ReviewScience FictionThe Hunger Games
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Karl Marx, a German philosopher, believed in two dividing classes in a capitalistic society: the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. He emphasized that the bourgeoisie is the ruling class or oppressors and the proletariats are the working class or the oppressed. To maintain this power structure, they exploit the working class to maintain revenue. The novel, The Hunger Games, takes place...
DystopiaMarxist CriticismThe Hunger Games
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“The Hunger Games series displays a thrilling storyline filled with pure socialness, vulgar language, mental toughness, and the sacrifices some families have to make to survive. Why did the Hunger Games start? The games started to provide entertainment and to remind the people who were in charge, that the Capitol. The Hunger Games is an annual event in which one...
Literary CriticismSymbolismThe Hunger Games
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Plants play one of the most important roles in the survival of tributes in The Hunger Games. One decision on what you can and cannot eat will either lead to diminishing your hunger and restoring your energy levels for future battles, or a sudden death due to poisonous substances within them. Plants symbolize both a tribute ally and an enemy....
Literary CriticismSymbolismThe Hunger Games
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To begin with, the science fiction dystopian adventurous film, The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, inspired a novel, written by Suzanne Collins. Published in 2008, The Hunger Games was one of the first novels in the sequence, where it presents to the readers and audience a future dystopian society, where a government that's overpowering controls the people and resources...
Literary CriticismSocietyThe Hunger Games
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A dystopia is a futuristic society, usually fictional, that is unpleasant and terrifying. the characteristics of a dystopian society are the use of propaganda to control, a person or concept worshipped by the citizens, the restriction of independent thought, information, and freedom, Citizens under constant surveillance, and dehumanization, and the citizen's fear of the outside world. The novel The Hunger Games...
DystopiaSymbolismThe Hunger Games
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People are born with a natural sense of fairness and when they are denied their societal rights of equality and justice a rebel is born and steps forward to inspire and lead for a better future. This supports the idea that “ Rebels don’t break rules because they want to, but because they have to”. This theme is reflected by...
Book ReviewThe Hunger Games
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Katniss and Peeta have to work even harder to overcome the bias against them and win the hearts of the sponsors and the crowd. Being as poor as they are comes with some benefits and some disadvantages. They have been underfed most of their lives which means they are skinny and weak compared to the other tributes. Living in District...
DystopiaHero’s JourneyThe Hunger Games
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Chapter One Chapter one is about breaking down and analyzing some of the main decision-making points in Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games Trilogy. Game theory is about studying the interactions between rational decision-makers who can be called players, and it considers these interactions as games. Whenever a player is making a choice, he is making a decision and choosing according to...
CharacterDictatorshipThe Hunger Games
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I will proceed by discussing the setting and symbolism of the movie. The description is set in North America, the wealthy Capitol of Panem, a universe in a dystopian setting that contains 12 impoverished districts. Students are forced to fight until death by selecting a boy and a girl, called Tributes, to compete in a nationally televised event called the...
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From the birth of Panem, the great capital is the one that governs over all the other districts. President Snow who lives in the capital calls it the brain, his dictatorship and theft of freedom from the other districts the examples of sovereignty that will be looked at. Following the main character Katniss, we see her grow out of the...
CharacterCritical ThinkingThe Hunger Games
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In this essay, I will be explaining how Distopya's conditions and mindsets are fusing into our everyday social behavior. And how they are sociologically being presented today. Status among women and men has evolved over the years in all aspects from jobs to political standings Historically people have been oppressed since structure and government were designed and put into practice....
Critical ReflectionDystopiaThe Hunger Games
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If you were forced to participate in a battle to the death, would you use your physical strength or your mental and social strength? The Hunger Games is a novel by Suzanne Collins about twelve districts that are ruled by The Capitol of Panem. Each year they draw out two names from each district, one female and one male, who...
Book ReviewCharacterThe Hunger Games
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Introduction: Dystopian literature has captivated readers with its portrayal of dark and oppressive societies. Two notable examples of this genre are 'The Maze Runner' and 'The Hunger Games.' While both series share common themes of survival, rebellion, and the fight against injustice, they also present unique elements that set them apart. In this essay, we will compare and contrast 'The...
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Introduction 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson and 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins are two thought-provoking works of literature that explore the theme of dystopia and the dark side of human nature. Although written in different time periods and contexts, both stories share common elements and raise similar questions about society, power, and the individual's role within it. This essay...
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Introduction "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins is a captivating dystopian novel that follows the journey of Katniss Everdeen, a young girl forced to participate in a brutal televised competition. Through the lens of Joseph Campbell's concept of the Hero's Journey, this essay critically examines the narrative structure of "The Hunger Games" and explores how Katniss embodies the archetypal hero...
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In this essay, I'm going to write about how Katniss’s role in her family affects her behavior in the games by giving examples from the novel The Hunger Games (2008), written by Suzanne Collins, and finishing the essay with a conclusion. The novel The Hunger Games (2007), written by Suzanne Collins has its main character Katniss Everdeen who is only...
Literary CriticismThe Hunger Games
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