The Hunger Games: a trilogy to be seen or a trilogy to be read?
Have you ever seen The Hunger Games' movie and read The Hunger Games' book? The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins. The novels in the trilogy are titled "The Hunger Games" (2008), "Catching Fire" (2009), and "Mockingjay" (2010). These novels have all been developed into films starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, with the film adaptation of "Mockingjay" split into two parts. Although both the movie and the book have some differences between each other, they also share several characteristics, especially in their setting, their main protagonists, and their plot.
First, dealing with the setting, both …show more content…
The trilogy's narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12, the poorest region of Panem, where people regularly die of starvation. As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol (called the "Dark Days"), in which District 13 was supposedly destroyed, one boy and one girl from each of the twelve remaining districts, between the ages of 12 and 18, are selected by lottery to compete in an annual pageant called the Hunger Games. The Games are a televised event in which the participants, called "tributes", are forced to fight to the death in a dangerous public arena. The winning tribute and his home district are then rewarded with food, supplies, and riches. The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol's power and lack of remorse, forgetfulness, and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors' ancestors.
Although to compare a movie with a film can result in showing several differences, The Hunger Games is the exception. There are remarkable similarities in their setting, main characters, and plot. People that have not read the book but that have seen the movie or vice versa should know that they are not losing very much since The Hunger Games' film adaptation is strongly faithful to the
Have you ever seen The Hunger Games' movie and read The Hunger Games' book? The Hunger Games is a trilogy of young adult dystopian novels written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins. The novels in the trilogy are titled "The Hunger Games" (2008), "Catching Fire" (2009), and "Mockingjay" (2010). These novels have all been developed into films starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson, with the film adaptation of "Mockingjay" split into two parts. Although both the movie and the book have some differences between each other, they also share several characteristics, especially in their setting, their main protagonists, and their plot.
First, dealing with the setting, both …show more content…
The trilogy's narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen lives in District 12, the poorest region of Panem, where people regularly die of starvation. As punishment for a past rebellion against the Capitol (called the "Dark Days"), in which District 13 was supposedly destroyed, one boy and one girl from each of the twelve remaining districts, between the ages of 12 and 18, are selected by lottery to compete in an annual pageant called the Hunger Games. The Games are a televised event in which the participants, called "tributes", are forced to fight to the death in a dangerous public arena. The winning tribute and his home district are then rewarded with food, supplies, and riches. The purposes of the Hunger Games are to provide entertainment for the Capitol and to remind the districts of the Capitol's power and lack of remorse, forgetfulness, and forgiveness for the failed rebellion of the current competitors' ancestors.
Although to compare a movie with a film can result in showing several differences, The Hunger Games is the exception. There are remarkable similarities in their setting, main characters, and plot. People that have not read the book but that have seen the movie or vice versa should know that they are not losing very much since The Hunger Games' film adaptation is strongly faithful to the