Michael Collins

for freedom and justice in a broken world. Commonly, the protagonists are teenagers and therefore appeal to young adult readers across the world. Several of the more recognized novels include The Giver by Lois Lowry, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Divergent…

I read Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins. The book is about a young woman who accidently enraged the leader of her country. The districts have a war against the Capital (where the leader is). The point of view is first person. The story takes place sometime in the future. The area it takes place in is not clear. The two forms of conflict are person vs. self and person vs. society. The main character in the story is Katniss Everdeen she is the mockingjay, (or the rebel leader.) She goes to a…

Prove yourself “I'm going to stand outside. So if anyone asks, I'm outstanding.” In The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the protagonist Katniss Everdeen portrayed many outstanding characteristics throughout the story. Sixteen-year-old Katniss was among the twelve girls and twelve boys, known as tributes, who the capitol forced to appear in a live TV show called The Hunger Games. Effie Trinket, the escort, chose one boy and one girl from each district. There was only one rule: Kill or be…

The Hunter And The Traveler In two different stories of literature, Claudia from the book “The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” and Katniss Everdeens, the main character of “The Hunger Games Trilogy” are very when it comes to several things. While “The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler” debuted in 1960 and the book-turned to-hit movie franchise “The Hunger Games” made its debut in 2012, a few decades apart. Also, the characters in both stories faced very difficult…

The 2012 film The Hunger Games , directed by Gary Ross, provides a complex and relevant commentary on contemporary social issues. The film is based on the 2008 novel of the same name written by Suzanne Collins and centres around a young girl trying to survive in a dystopian society. This is complicated by the annual event of “the hunger games”, where children must fight to the death in order to return home. The film examines ways in which the upper class are oblivious or at least choose to…

capitol? Suzanne Collins in The Hunger Games writes about a girl that has hunting skills trying to survive the strongest and the weakest. The Hunger Games battle is the harshest thing to go through in life. In the novel, Haymitch gives them advice by staying alive. Cinna tells Katniss to get the audience to like her to win The Hunger Games. Throughout the novel, Collins always makes sure to write something about to strive through in The Hunger Games. First, Suzanne Collins shows that why…

fiction book on how the country of Panem honors the dark days, while to the inner-districts it seems to be a punishment. All the Districts sacrifice one man and one woman to fight to the death for entertainment. The author of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, shows the theme of inequality…

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. Within Panem, there are the rich who live in the Capitol and the poor folk who live in the twelve districts. Separated by wealth, the rich dominate the districts and act as a dictator towards them. Collins made the connection…

The Hunger Games (Chapter 1) is a novel excerpt by Suzanne Collins. Katniss wakes up and goes out hunting, in the woods she meets with gale. Gale and Katniss then go back home and get ready for the reaping, at the reaping she isn’t chosen but her little sister was. Suzanne Collins uses indirect characterization to give insight into her protagonist Katniss. The way the author characterizes Katniss Everdeen most effectively would be through the thoughts she has. The way the author characterizes…

The adventure novel The Hunger Games has become a famous movie and chapter book. They are beloved by many people, but there is a debate on which is better. The movie or the book. I am going to tell my point of view on which version is superior. The movie and the book are very important because they both show two different points of view and have many differences and both show many different things. The hunger games series has made about three books. The first book is called the hunger games, the…