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Interlude (One Story) There is only one type of story, but there are many ways to tell the one story. All writers know that being entirely original is impossible, it is almost like trying to use a word that has never been used. Writers know at the character that are created most likely resembles somebody else. They use basic patterns and tendencies to draws the reader in which is more comforting, but if the text is unfamiliar to the readers, it will make the reader quite uncomfortable in some…

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…

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them” is a quote that Albert Einstein once said. As I was reading the three books of, 1984 by George Orwell, Looking for Alaska by John Green, and The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins I noticed that they all had the common theme, acceptance. The authors of these books had different ways of dealing with this theme of acceptance. Some went the happy way of life and some went to the dark. Although each had a different ending they all related in a way. In…

How Katniss changes. “Change is the law of life. And those who only look to the past or present are certain to miss the future” (John F. Kennedy). I have recently read the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. So any how I am going to write an essay to explain to you little bit about how the main character “Katniss Everdeen” changes. The way she changes is in two different ways, which I will explain to you as we advance through this essay. You will find that she changes in trust worthiness…

Review The Hunger Games is a dystopian novel written by Suzanne Collins and is set in the future in Panem, the future North America, where a teenage girl named Katniss Everdeen has to compete in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an annual competition in which each 12 districts have to force a boy and a girl tribute to fight to the death with other boys and girls from the other districts. Katniss Everdeen, the main character, is a sixteen-year-old girl whose younger sister, Prim Everdeen, was…

In chapters 1-5 of, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the reader is told of a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen. When Katniss was 11 her father died in a mine explosion, so she was then left with her mother and her younger sister, Prim. Katniss’s mother became ill and completely ignored her family, and since Katniss’s father was the one that did all the work, Katniss had to learn to follow in her dad's footsteps, since her mother couldn’t. She struggled at first but she soon figured…

In the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen lives in a dystopian society that is separated into 12 Districts where they have annual “Hunger Games.” A boy and a girl from each district are placed into an arena to fight to the death but there can only be one victor, that is rained with glory, riches, and has the privilege to live in the “Victor’s Village” of their respective Districts. Katniss’ sister, Prim, was drawn and was sentenced to fight in The Hunger Games.…

Summary: After the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen leaves on a Victory Tour around the Districts and Capitol with her pretend lover, Peeta Mellark. President Snow tells her to convince the entire country of Panem of her undying love for Peeta in order to halt uprisings in the Districts, but she fails. After the Tour, the government announces a change for the 75th Hunger Games requiring the Districts to send victors as tributes, and Katniss must enter the arena again. Her allies encounter numerous…

Summary The story takes place in the future in a country called Panem. The country has twelve districts, they used to have 13 but the people of district 13 revolted against the Capitol. The Capitol is the place where all the rich people live. Because district 13 revolted, the capitol broke the district and now it doesn’t exist any longer. The Captiol wanted to make sure that something like that never happens again so they came up with a game called The Hunger Games. Each year a boy and a girl of…

The Hunger games through different sociological perspectives and ideas In the first movie of the Hunger games series, there are just two types of social classes which is the rich (Capitol) and the poor (the 12 districts). The differences of social classes in this movie are strongly pointed out. Especially, since the capital holds an annual event called the “Hunger games” in which they (The capitol) pick one girl and boy from each district and have them fight to the death till there is only one…