The Hunger Games written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins is the first book in The Hunger Games Trilogy. The book is a science fiction dystopian novel where the setting takes place somewhere in the future. While the exact time, year or date is not revealed, it’s assumed that the story takes place at least hundred years or more in the future. One of the reasons that the story is set in the future is the technology. In the novel the technology is very similar to our current technology, but with few exceptions. For instance, we don’t have enough sources and the knowledge to build arenas that is created in the story.
Even though the time is unspecified, we get to know at the beginning of the book that the story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation named Panem. The nation inhabited the region that was once known as North America, which collapsed because of storms, fires, floods and wars. This is another reason to assume that story is set in the future, because the story is about 74th Annual Hunger Games Event, and already there is 74 years. …show more content…
Take for example a quote from the book: “He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America (Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games p. 21).” The country, Panem, has been divided into 12 districts that are ruled by the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, resides in Panem with her family. She lives in District 12, which is the poorest region in the country, and the district itself is divided in two sections: The Seam and The Merchant. Everdeen lives in The Seam, which is the poor section of the region, and is the place where the coal-miners work and
Even though the time is unspecified, we get to know at the beginning of the book that the story takes place in a dystopian post-apocalyptic nation named Panem. The nation inhabited the region that was once known as North America, which collapsed because of storms, fires, floods and wars. This is another reason to assume that story is set in the future, because the story is about 74th Annual Hunger Games Event, and already there is 74 years. …show more content…
Take for example a quote from the book: “He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America (Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games p. 21).” The country, Panem, has been divided into 12 districts that are ruled by the Capitol. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, resides in Panem with her family. She lives in District 12, which is the poorest region in the country, and the district itself is divided in two sections: The Seam and The Merchant. Everdeen lives in The Seam, which is the poor section of the region, and is the place where the coal-miners work and