Lyn Collins

In the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the country of Panem is ruled by the futuristic city called the Capitol and they rule the Districts 1-12. Every year in Panem two people, tributes, are picked to compete in a battle to the death called The Hunger Games which was created as a punishment for the Districts rebelling against the Capitol. We follow the tributes for District 12, Katniss and Peeta, and their lives before and throughout the Games. The Hunger Games has come a…

The book The Hunger Games: Mockingjay is the third instalment in The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins. This book is told through the eyes of the main character Katniss Everdeen, which is first person point of view. In the first book in the trilogy by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen had volunteered as tribute to be put into what the Capitol called The Hunger Games. Katniss and her partner Peeta had won The Hunger Games, but the Capitol decided they weren't done with them. So in the…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a futuristic work of fiction that takes place in a nation called Panem that consists of a wealthy Capitol and 12 destitute districts. The novel centers around Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old and also the female protagonist who volunteers to fight in the 74th games. The story begins on the day of reaping where two young adults between the ages of 12 to 18 are chosen and sent to fight in a dangerous life or death match. The purpose of the games is to…

was written by Suzanne Collins in which she won an award for. Out of four children, Suzanne was the youngest. Suzanne was born on August 10, 1962 in Hartford Connecticut. As a child Collins moved a lot and the topic of History was very important to the family. Collins father was an air force pilot and a history teacher. He was really big on history and telling stories of his experience in the air force. “So throughout our lives we basically heard about war.” said Collins. From that quote we…

give her family the food they need. She is willing to risk increasing her chances of being chosen for the game so that her family does not starve to death. In the words of Katniss, “District 12, the place where you can starve to death in safety”. (Collins 1) On top of that, she hunts, sells and trades items she forages and does not allow her sister, Prim, to use the Tesserae. However, despite Katniss’s grand efforts to keep her sister’s name from being drawn, we are surprised to find out that…

points of view, Suzanne Collins does this by revealing actions throughout the book. The way Lemony Snicket teaches his lesson is by showing how the Baudelaire siblings are thinking throughout the book. What the author does is he usually includes moments when the Baudelaires are thinking about how they miss Sunny because she was kidnapped. So by including all of the sibling's points of view it shows how they all feel and not just one character. But in The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins decides to…

How is it that in a society with such wealth, there is such grave poverty? If you were wondering which society the question was referring to, Panem or the U.S., this draws a great point on the status of our own economic system. In the Hunger Games, the stark difference between the poor and the wealthy, along with how the economics of Panem operate, creates a great divide between the Capitol and the districts; through ethical analysis, we will examine the divide and what it is included. Using…

Science Fiction Dystopian Governments Would you be willing to live in a futuristic society that violently forces you to conform by forcing you to fight other people, in order to win your family food, and penalizes you with ostracization or even death? The genre of sci-fi and theme of dystopian fiction can be portrayed through various mediums, such as television, film, and novels in order to portray important themes. Novels such as Huxley’s Brave New World urge the readerto value individualism…

manipulated to allow the designated audience to change their opinion of social media through computers, smartphones, and tablets. Turk relies on audio techniques to improve sound and visual examples to support his argument. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a novel about the political struggles after war in a country known as Panem. The author illustrates her opinions on war, income inequality, and government control through her story of a twisted…

Throughout the span of this course we have read a wide variety of stories, many of them containing the theme of love. Love is feeling a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone. Everybody knows what it is like to love someone if it being a family member, a significant other, yourself, or even a pet. With most of the stories there were more than one instance where love was presented. There are so many ways to think about a situation and more times than not you can rule there is a certain…