Catching Fire

The Catching Fire film opens to the sweeping shot of a hazy, grey forest. Perhaps is it winter, but the tell-tale signs are too vague to assume. A fade to black, and the back of a woman appears, silhouetted. Katniss Everdeen gazes outward, toward the expanse of the lake she once shared with her father. Crouched on the rocks as a bird, perched with clipped wings. Her bow is strung. At the ready. A cut to her face, and those Seam eyes are too far gone. She is focused on something that she wishes…

district until the cameras are gone. We should be okay.’ ”(Collins, 371-372). In the movie, the whole part that showed that Peeta discovered it was an act, and became angry with Katniss, was never mentioned. It just jumped into The Hunger Games: Catching Fire with Peeta ignoring Katniss. The first difference in the second movie and book, is the opening scene of Katniss looking over the water, getting spooked by Gale. Who happens to mention that he can only go hunting for game one day of the week…

What do you believe the best genre is for literacy? Well, I believe that fiction is the one that interest me the most. Three reasons why I think fiction has changed my perspective in literacy is the creativity, my brother, and the Hunger Games series. People might not like fiction because people don’t like stories that are just too crazy such as like Star Wars (which everyone does like even though it’s fiction). Fiction is something that can just be really fun to read/write because of the…

I recently finished the second book in The Hunger Games series, Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins. I would recommend this book to anyone in grade four or above because it is graphic in some parts but not over the top. I would especially recommend this book to people who are not confident in the science fiction/dystopian genre but want to try it out. I rated this book a 10/10; it is probably one of my favourite books of all time. I enjoyed this book more than the first one in the series which…

The novel, The Hunger Games, is set in a dystopian country named Panem that has been ravaged by war and separated into twelve districts who have little to no rights. In order to prevent another rebellion, the corrupt government hosts the hunger games: a yearly spectacle where a boy and a girl, known as tributes, are randomly selected from each district to fight to the death in an arena that changes every year. Katniss’ story begins at the reaping, or the selection of tributes from each district,…

Paragraph 1 - Gobind Sekhon Provide a detailed plot summary that highlights the economic aspects of your chosen story. Word Limit - 300 words. The story is about a futuristic world where the “Capitol” of “Panem” forces the 12 districts it controls to send 2 people, “tributes”, to the “hunger games”. These games are a fight to the death and the winning district wins money, food, supplies, etc. This is because the districts are very poor and by winning the games they can bring prosperity to…

Summer Reading Essay — The Hunger Games “No one will forget me. Not my look, not my name. Katniss. The girl who was on fire” (Collins 70). The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, is a 374-paged science fiction novel. The book, written in the perspective of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, takes place in the post-apocalyptic society of Panem, North America. At this time, Panem is divided into 12 Districts, with The Capitol having all political power. Every year, The Capitol runs a national event…

It is important to recognize that Junior does, in fact, explain the source of his agitation: not only has he suffered the incomparable “grief” of losing his “native land,” his people have “LOST EVERYTHING”: their “languages,” “songs and dances,” “each other.” That he has suffered the greatest grief, and lost what Medea has - and that his loss, in fact, even surpasses hers - serves to explain why he seems to have developed a thirst for destruction: it is a coping mechanism, as much as it is a…

Jennifer Lawrence, the actress of the American dystopian science fiction adventure film Hunger Games, only took a few years to smash both the box office and the Academy Awards, so perhaps the American actress Jennifer Lawrence is exploring a new creative frontier - filmmaking. Jennifer Lawrence confirmed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, that she's signed on to direct a film entitled Project Delirium. Jennifer Lawrence stated, "It's based on this article about mental warfare in the…

She is introduced to her stylist Cinna, with whom she starts to build a friendship. Cinna begins to prepare her for the opening ceremony that evening. The audience is awed when Katniss and Peeta outfits seem to be radiating fire. This is how Katniss gets her nickname “Girl on Fire”. The tributes begin training the next day. Haymitch advises Katniss and Peeta to keep their talents hidden, Katniss’s being archery and Peeta’s is strength. They continue training until their private sessions with…