Lyn Collins

Jiddu Krishnamurti once said, “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society”. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, what used to be North America is now the country of Panem which consists of a rich Capitol and twelve other districts. As a punishment for past rebellion by the districts, the Capitol forces each district to give a male and female teenager to fight to the death in what is called the Hunger Games, while all of Panem is forced to watch on television.…

Minecraft Stroymode is a Telltale game inspired by Mojang's very own Minecraft. As of now, there are currently three of five episodes out of the game. The game is based on a story driven by the choices of the character. No game anyone plays we be exactly the same because there are so many choices to be made while playing. In the first episode of Minecraft Storymode, Jesse the main character is with his friends Axel, Olivia, and Ruben the pig. They head off to try to finally beat the…

The Hunger Games franchise has shaped the evolution of Young Adult movies specifically in dystopian themes. The movie starts with Katniss Everdeen played by the beautiful Jennifer Lawrence on a hospital bed recovering from being attacked by her friend Peeta Mellark (Played by Josh ) who has been brainwashed to kill her by the Capitol. Within the movie there are 13 districts within the country who are awfully poor compared to the capital where all the “educated and rich” live. Katniss is…

The hunger games is set in the future of North America known as “Panem”, where the capital rules over the twelve districts. The capital is rich in comparison to the twelve districts, where each experience some sort of poverty. During the reaping the capital selects two individuals from each district, one boy and one girl, to participate in the annual hunger games. Katniss Everdeen is a sixteen year old girl from district twelve, which happens to be one of the poorer districts. During the 74th…

The Hunger Games (Chapter One ) is a novel excerpt compiled by Suzanne Collins, in which a Katniss lives in dreary town in which the different social classes are separated into according Districts. In the piece, Katniss and the rest of the people are put into a drawing in which names are drawn from each District in order to battle for their lives in hopes for a bounty of food and thanks for what they are given. In the duration of the excerpt, Katniss and her family prepares for The Reaping,…

Maturity and Growth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a bildungsroman. It is a bildungsroman because it really shows how the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, grows into the person she becomes at the end of the book. Katniss is a teenage girl, that is very mature and strong for her age, who goes through experiences that changes her perception of the “real world”. Katniss was once an outspoken girl but soon learns that in order to survive she would have to hold her tongue. She picks up the…

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire: Analyzing the Gender Role Surrounding Katniss Everdeen In most fictional writing, whether it be a novel or a film or any form of writing, a typical archetypal hero usually will abandon or be forced to leave his/her friends, family or simply loved ones because of some kind of tragic/significant event or occurrence. This will almost always lead him/her on a journey of sorts where he/she has the potential to deal with many tasks along the way, all the while…

In the Hunger Games Katniss goes on a hero’s journey that changes Panem forever. In the book the Hunger Games the hero is Katniss Everdeen. She lives in District 12 of a country named Panem. Every year in Panem an event called the Hunger Games is held. In this event two kids 12 to 18 are chosen from every district to fight to the death. This year Katniss’ sister Prim has been chosen. Rather than send her sister to her death she chooses to volunteer. This means Katniss will be going to the games…

The Hunger Games series is broken up between four films: The Hunger Games (year), Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part 1, Mockingjay Part 2. In the first movie, the main character, Katniss Everdeen, is introduced. At this time, she was an avid hunter, and was the one who fed the family. She lived in District 12 in the country of Panem, along with her mother and her sister Prim. Each year, the Capitol of the country of Panem throws an event called The Hunger Games, that requires two…

The Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the subsequent provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) both existed based on British policies and involvement related to Irish Independence. The IRA of the early 1900s “fought an insurgency that successfully challenged British rule in the whole of Ireland” (Gregory, 2010), this challenge resulted in an agreement granting Irish Independence in 1921. Independence was agreed upon with a caveat that the 6 northern counties be retained by the British. This…