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The hunger games is a great example the the hero's journey. The call to adventure - As the movie begins, We see Katniss Everdeen living in an ordinary world with her mother and sister. Later on during the reaping, two people , a boy and a girl,are chosen to participate in the hunger games. Katniss’s sister Prim is chosen but Katniss volunteer to go in her place instead. Meeting the mentor -Katniss meets her mentor Haymitch, who was the winner of the previous hunger games, He helps katniss…

Rights: Dystopic Society in the Hunger Games In the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins develops the idea that dystopic societies/government usually take over the citizens in a negative way. As such, the Capitol always had eyes and ears in all the districts and people. "forcing them to kill one another while we watch – this is the Capitol's way of reminding us how totally we are at their mercy." (Collins, 18). These words of Suzanne Collins perfectly describes how the Capitol/government always control…

Suzanne Collins in her novel The Hunger Games offers a critique on Western culture and civilization. In this novel through the portrayal of dystopian society that is driven by technology and consumerism Suzanne Collins explores and advocates against the commodification of youths and neglect for environment. The Hunger Games, first of a trilogy, set in a time after environmental havoc and massacre, replaced by a dystopian country Panem, comprised of 12 suffering districts ruled by the Capitol…

The Capitol’s Invisible Hand The novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins addresses themes of imperialism and control by depicting a sixteen year old girl named Katniss who must analyze her every move in order to stay alive. In a scene during the games, Katniss experiences a change in perspective when she becomes allies with another tribute. After groggily waking up from a two-day sleep disorientated from the three tracker jacker stings, Katniss finds the young, female tribute Rue from…

It’s six months after the events of The Hunger Games and Katniss is dreading the Victory Tour. Even though she has all the money, and therefore food, she and her family need and more, she still goes to the woods. She enjoys the solitude and spends time hunting for Gale’s family, who is pulling long hours in the mines. The Capitol has spread the lie that Gale is her cousin to keep any hints of a romance at bay. This, along with her open show of affection for Peeta in the arena in the last Games,…

The Hunger Games is on fire! The Hunger Games is an adaptation of the best selling book of the same name, written by Suzanne Collins. The movie premiered on march 22nd 2012, and quickly became a major success followed by two sequels and a third (and last) one premiering this fall. The movie is set in a future, dystopian America after a major civil war. America, now Panem, is divided into 12 poor districts and a wealthy Capital. As punishment for the past war, each district must provide two…

Female Leadership Traits in Young Adult Literature: Literature Review The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a young adult novel published in 2008 and closely followed by its sequels, Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2009), swept a generation of adolescent girls off their feet. Raised on the Hermione Granger’s (almost a protagonist of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling in 1997-2007) example, millions of girls were longing to have a true hero of their own. As children, the gen-X…

“You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.”-Anton Chekhov. In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, a young woman who lives in District 12 of Panem, which is post-apocalyptic North America, struggles to put food on the table for her family. A country where the Capitol oppresses its citizens by keeping them fenced off from the outer world. The Capitol also forces one teenage boy and girl from each district to fight in a blood sport the…

the Mines of Moria, the wizard Gandalf gave a simple yet powerful saying,”All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” In other words, priorities will define what we achieve in our lives. This is a major part of what Suzanne Collins was trying to emphasize in her book, The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games novel takes place in a future civilization called Panem. The corrupt government of this society forces each of its state like districts to give a male and female tribute…

the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2009), Katniss Everdeen, a simple young girl from district 12 is forced to fight for her life in the Hunger Games. To survive not only the games, but also the totalitarian establishment in which she lives, she develops a strong understanding of herself to transform from someone who suppresses her feelings of the injustice in her society to someone who is unforgettable, “Katniss. The girl who was on fire”. (Collins, 2009: 85). However, as she…