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    to live in a country in which the government took children and televised them while they were fighting to their death. The author of The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, writes about living in this future dystopian country, called Panem, which consists of twelve districts and the capital. To maintain order and for cruel entertainment, the capital hosts the Hunger Games each year by placing two tributes, boy and girl, from each district into an arena to fight for their lives until just one is left…

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    In Suzanne Collins’ exciting novel The Hunger Games, the author depicts the struggle of two tributes from District 12 and their personal development as well as how they survive in the harsh wilderness of the arena. In the beginning of the Hunger Games the story takes place in District 12, which is a part of the nation of Panem. Panem was originally home of 13 Districts but the government took control and destroyed the 13th because the people tried to rebel. As a punishment for what they did…

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    pattern, but there is not a way to find them. “Those stories—myths, archetypes, religious narrative, the great body of literature—are always with us” (Foster 192). The book Divergent and The Hunger Games has an archetype. In both the novels, the people are trying to fight for what they believe in. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the main character is trying…

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    The Hunger Games The book The Hunger Games was written by a woman named Suzanne Collins. Suzanne Collins is most known for writing this book and the following books of the Hunger Games Trilogy. The Hunger Games is the first book of the series. It introduces the story of how the hunger games got started and why. This first book develops the characters in an amazing fashion, I enjoyed the detail; I felt as though I knew the characters personally. This story is based in a post apocalyptic future…

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    Hunger Games Vs Katniss

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    Our country is quite similar to Panem, the dystopian society in which Hunger Games takes place. There are those with wealth and those with poverty. This distinction is the fundamental aspect of The Hunger Games and employs the main conception of the novel. Collins achieves a remarkable piece of literature with The Hunger Games through the themes, characterization and plot, and the setting. To start off, Hunger Games is a pure example of the theme of the inequalities between the rich and poor.…

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    The Dependence upon Characters in The Hunger Games Being able to survive the Hunger Games independently is almost impossible. In Suzanne Collins novel, survival is shown by the advice of a mentor and the help and dependence of the competitors during the games. The main character Katniss Everdeen is competing with twelve girls including her and twelve other boys for the game of death. Although Rue is the youngest in the games, she is still worthy of being an ally with Katniss. Haymicth…

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    but thinking more deeply about The Hunger Games, the idea does not seem so far-fetched. Although the morphed idea of society in this movie seems beyond unrealistic, some things tend to be more related to our world than people may think. Every day, people talk about the struggles of our country and the way we function as a whole. People worry about our future after looking at our countries issues, especially about our power and control laws. Through The Hunger Games movie directed by Gary Ross…

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    “The Hunger Games” started as a book trilogy written by Suzanne Collins and caught fire in 2012 when the first movie adaptation was released and quickly became a box office smash. “The Hunger Games” film franchise has grossed over one billion dollars throughout four films and has just recently concluded with the final entry. Although the films have clearly been wildly successful in terms of revenue, one of the major conflicts that first had to be resolved when producing “The Hunger Games” movie…

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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…

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    that is delicious. “And here in the Capitol they’re vomiting for the pleasure of filling their bellies again and again. Not from some illness of body or mind, not from spoiled food (Collins, 2009).” Throughout the series of “The Hunger Games,” Collins portrays the hunger and struggles of the people in the districts while the Capitols dictates and enjoy. The games area known as arena also becomes a historical sites after games for the Capitol residents to visit for vacation to “rewatch the…

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