The Hunger Games - Essay By Lauren Wheeler Throughout the whole story of The Hunger Games, the author Suzanne Collins’ personal story plays a major role in the events of the annual hunger games, and is a great influence on the personality and development of the two tributes from District 12 and their struggle to survive in the cruel, harsh arena. The story of the Hunger Games takes place in the destroyed nation of North America, which is now Panem and contains twelve districts. These districts are ruled by the intimidating Capitol. The Hunger Games was created after the districts of Panem had tried to rebel against the Capitol ultimately failing in the end. As punishment, each district would have to choose 2 tributes, one female and …show more content…
The girl, whose name is Rue and Katniss decide to team up and work together to destroy the food stash of the stronger tributes called Careers, which have also teamed up together. After successfully working out a plan, Katniss destroys the Careers food stash and runs to the area where Rue and her have agreed to meet back up. On the way back, she witnesses Rue’s death at the hands of a Career. In order to survive, she decides to run even further out into the woods hoping to find a way to survive. While she’s running, the Capitol then announced that both tributes from the same district can win together. After this she finds Peeta, lying in the mud covered in leaves and sticks in an attempt to be camouflaged so none of the tributes could find him. Katniss helps Peeta wash off and tends to a big cut on his leg which was given to him by one of the Careers. For the next few days, the two hide in a cave allowing each other to rest and show one another love and affection, ultimately hoping to win over the Capitol. After Peeta is knocked out by medication, Katniss makes the trek to the cornucopia where the Capitol is hosting what they call a feast, but it is actually just a way to get all the remaining tributes to fight one another. After surviving a near death experience, Katniss makes her way back to the cave. When she returns, Peeta is somewhat healed and they both make the long hike together to the cornucopia. Once they arrive, they see
Within the first scenes of the film Primrose is chosen to participate in the hunger games. The audience feels the hurt within the family as extreme close-ups of Primrose are used to show the fear within her. When her sister Katniss volunteers to replace Primrose the panic is shown within the amateur movement of the camera. An evaluation of the social commentary can be seen within the audience as everyone stands still in an over-the-shoulder shot. This is similar to the phone zombies walking around recording people in danger but not really doing a thing to stop it. Within, the film Katniss meets a girl from another district by the name of Rue. Due to the lack of alliances they become friends. When they are split up and trying to find one another the audience can feel the anticipation of Katniss as a low-angle shot is taken very shakenly. Katniss is shown as compassionate in the next scenes as Rue dies and close-ups of Rue & Katniss are taken to show the intimate moment. Rue is shown as an innocent person undeserving of death her body is shown with few shadows and more of a high key lighting to exaggerate her persona. When Rue dies it resembled the death of a child causing chaos within the next few scenes. Fires are shown with close-ups and low key lighting to show the havoc of the districts revolting.
The time that Suzanne Collins lived in when she was writing this book had a heavy effect on the plot of the book. It was from watching tv when the concept of the hunger games came to her. She was surfing the channels and saw a reality tv show where people were competing to stay in the game and a footage from the invasion of Iraq. The two concepts mixed in her mind and led her to the hunger games. She published the book in 2008 which was a time when reality shows, like Survivor, were very popular. If the reader approaches this book thinking of it as a reality tv show, a lot of the same themes arise.
This is further depicted when Katniss rebels against the capitol to ensure her family survives. - “District twelve where you can starve to death in safety”-, shows the reader how she really feels. It is shown through irony. Irony is used to highlight the main emotion the characters are portraying against each other, and their desire to save each other. Therefore it can be made evident that Katniss’ identity throughout her journey changes to protect those she loves, this shows the qualities of a hero.
In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins expresses two themes. The first one is that we can’t let the government use their power to treat, and use people like they want, they are oppressing them. “At one o’clock, we head of the square. Attendance is mandatory unless you are on deaths door. This evening, officials will come around and check to see if this is the case. If not you will be imprisoned.” (Collins, 16) we can see that the Capitol forces the people to participate in the reaping by threatening them. “When I was younger, I scared my mother to death, the things I would blurt out about District 12, about the people who rule our country, Panem, from the far-off city called the Capitol. Eventually I understood this would only lead us to
The main problem/conflict throughout the novel is the struggle to survive. The 24 contestants in the Hunger Games must kill each other and be the last one remaining. Another conflict is the conflict that Katniss has with herself. She battles with herself, unable to decide whether she loves Gale or if she loves Peeta. For all of the contestants, they must decide who to befriend, betray, or kill.
The Hunger Games is an annually televised lottery where a boy and a girl from each district in the nation of Panem, compete in a game of survival called upon by the nations Capitol. Each tribute is forced to fight and kill off other competitors
The Hunger Games universe is set in the country named Panem, and is built on a dictatorship. The country consists of a wealthy capitol and 12 districts which are in varying states of poverty. Every year, two children from each district are selected to participate in a televised death match called The Hunger Games. There are 24 tributes in the beginning, but in the end only one will be victorious.
Thematic Essay Suzanne Collins’s science fiction novel The Hunger Games, takes place in Panem- a futuristic society where there is 12 districts and one capitol. Every year 24 “tributes” are publicly reaped to fight to the death in The Hunger Games. Katniss Everdeen is put in the games after volunteering for her sister. During the Games Katniss falls in love with her fellow tribute from district 12, Peeta Mellark.
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
And may the odds be ever in your favor!” As Trinket, Everdeen and Mellark boards the train that will take them to the Capitol, they have the company of Haymitch Abernathy who will be the tributes mentor throughout the games. As Haymitch will have the power over Everdeen and Mellark, the control lacks because Haymitch is always drunk. He promises, “He would sober up long enough for Katniss and Peeta to play the Games and help them” this helps him gain control over the two tributes. When arriving at the capitol, there are two stylist Portia (Peeta’s stylist) and Cinna (Katniss’ stylist) that will make the tributes looks unforgettable.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins has many characteristics of a dystopian society. Propaganda is used throughout the book to control the citizens of society. The people of the twelve districts have their Information, independent thought, and freedom restricted. The type of dystopian control present is corporate control.
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 her district were able to survive and get through this challenge. This world clearly relates to the reality television in our contemporary world and to the gladiator fights. This essay will analyse the different themes, which are used to convey
The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is set in a dystopian country called Panem. This country is split up into twelve districts, and the districts are lead by the Capitol. Annually, the Capitol forces children of the districts to fight in the Hunger Games until only one child is left alive. The Capitol uses the games to show their power and to discourage the people of Panem to start another war. The games are very entertaining to the people of the Capitol, and the whole country is required to watch on television. Even though this seems unusual to enjoy watching children fight to their death, this idea has been around for thousands of years.
‘’The hunger games’’ is a novel written by Suzanne Collins, published in 2008. The genre of the book is thriller/survival, and is written over 27 chapters with 454 pages. In this analysis, I will tell you about how the main character Katniss changes through the novel, and tell you a little about the central characters that plays an important role for her.
What is the story of the Hunger Games? The story centers around a girl named katniss everdeen who lives in a dystopian society with her mom and sister .in Panem their country the land is broken up into districts 1 through 12. The people are assigned or forced to live in certain distinct because of government oppression or their financial circumstances. Each year two youths are selected from each district to represent their section, in the hunger games. The games were created to remind the people of the districts of the failure of their past rebellion. The 24 participants chosen for the sport are forced to kill each other while their districts watch. When katniss’ younger sister is selected for the games katniss’ volunteers to take her place.