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Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is the story of a young Katniss Everdeen and her quest to save her sister and herself in their post-apocalyptic country of Panem. The apocalypse that creates Panem is described through a list of natural disasters: drought, storms, fires, and seas that engulfed the lands. Through the destruction, Panem was formed and a new country was brought to life . This apocalypse took place on, “what was once called North America” (Collins 20). The familiarity of the…

Sacrifice means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a layered story about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The story is set in the future in North America now called Panem. Panem is split in to 13 districts and the capital. The capital is home to President Snow who rules over Panem. The 13th district however doesn’t exist anymore because they rebelled against the capital and the district was turned to…

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…

The Hunger Games is one of Suzanne Collins’ dystopian genres featuring a protagonist Katniss Everdeen who narrates her history and experiences in the events of the novel. In the plot, Katniss manages to stand in for her sister in the hunger games after compulsorily undergoing many fatal tribulations, traverse difficult private relations as well as acquiring skills on how to manipulate how people identify her in the novel. She therefore has to cultivate ways to subsist in the pitch. It reaches a…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins takes place in a post apocalyptic society where the only way to keep the “districts” in check is by hosting an annual program, known as a celebration, called The Hunger Games. During The Hunger Games one male and one female between the ages of 12-17 are chosen from each district. They are forced to fight to the death until only one remains as the victor. This year Katniss Everdeen, a poor girl from district 12, volunteers to take her sister’s place in the…

Not without my daughter, written by Betty Mahmoody with William Hoffer is a book based on real events about a woman who fights with bravery for her and her daughter’s freedom. It’s about the true struggle she faced in the patriarchal society of Iran, with courage and determination. The story revolves around a Michigan housewife who accompanied her Muslim husband with their daughter to Iran for two week trip. But to her horror and shock it becomes a permanent stay. She found herself and her…

Katniss and Mulan Katniss and Mulan are characters that exist during totally different times in history. This affects the development of their character and the way they behave during key points in their life. The Hunger Games takes place sometime in the future where the government controls the lives of the 12 poor districts that exist. Mulan, takes place in Ancient China where because of traditional customs women have been taught to be inferior to men. Katniss and Mulan are extremely talented…

brutality and the horror of war” (108). Before Muller begins to put the three people in to play, she begins to compare the violence in The Hunger Games to Roman gladiatorial games. The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, shows the readers how they compare by giving a paradigm. Collins states that the paradigm consist of, “A ruthless government that forces people to fight to the death and uses these fight to the death as a form of popular entertainment” (Muller 109). In showing the…

Seidah Richardson English 305 Midterm The Hunger Games movie is a very exciting movie that was adapted in order to explain several thoughts that cannot be presented as they were written by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games movie was changed so the viewers could understand many ideas that Suzanne Collins wrote, but could not be combined into the movie in the same way. For example, the idea that the things and the obstacles in the arena were created and controlled by the Game makers as portrayed…

When I read the description for the thematic unit assignment, I immediately knew I wanted to use The Hunger Games. Since reading the trilogy a few years ago I have, on multiple occasions, thought about how great it would be to use in the classroom. It is an exciting, engaging story that students enjoy but also addresses numerous important aspects of today’s society. This allows students to ease into talking about sensitive or overwhelming topics – like various forms of government, the corruption…