Suzanne Collins

The movie “The Hunger Games” is a science fiction movie which is filmed very well from my opinion. The movie is a 2014 American movie about war. The director of the movie is Francis Lawrence. The film continues to follow the main character Katniss Everdeen who is the person who have twice survived “The Hunger Games”. Subsequently Everdeen finds herself in District 13. During the leadership of President Coin, who is also an important character in the movie and the advice of her trustworthy…

What is a Hero? The definition of a hero in today’s world is a person who saves lives, who people look up to, and has accomplished what many others couldn’t have done. One example is Katniss Everdeen, the girl who volunteered herself for her sister. In the book and the movie, Katniss saved her sister, she is also glimpse of hope for her district, she then goes and wins the whole Hunger Games. First, an epic hero’s journey starts off with just an ordinary person that gets a call to adventure,…

Person with a Passion Passion is one’s strong or obsessive feeling in someone or something. As we are humans, we have different interests and passions based on our beliefs, knowledges, and upbringings. It’s interesting why someone thinks something is passionate. Here is a passion interviewing from my friend, Dreamteam. He has the passion for The Hunger Games, a series of adventure novels. The main story is two protagonists, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, lived in a dystopia called Panem.…

Joseph savoy 05/25/16 Mrs.Guerera Period 3 Hunger games mokingjay Katniss has a new position as a rebel in District 13. She and a few others were taken from the Quarter Quell (Katniss's second Hunger Games), but Peeta wasn't one of them he's still missing, under control of the Capitol. Katniss is still scared by President Snow. After much thinking she decides to be the figurehead, the Mockingjay, for the rebel side. In return, she gets immunity for her friends and permission to kill Snow.…

The Hunger Games is thankfully not based on a true story. Well the story is about a capitol surrounded by 12 districts, those districts are very harsh and very cruel. The district's force the capitols to bring all the the kids they have ages 12-18 to participate on the annual Hunger Games and fight to the death on live TV. All the kids dress to impress they got ready to get chosen even though no one wanted to get chosen they were all afraid to die they weren't ready. Effie Trinket is the…

Before the Hunger Games begin, each pair of tributes are assigned to a floor in the training center. The training center is where their bedrooms and dining halls are located. Katniss’ room was like a dream come true for her; she loved it. Throughout the whole day, Effie was very excited to work with them, and finding sponsors for Peeta and Katniss. The entire team consisting of Haymitch, Peeta, Katniss, Cinna, Portia, and Effie all gathered to eat and talk about the days to come. During dinner…

Spartacus was a slave from an outer part of the Roman Empire (Shaw 2). “District 12 was an area known as Appalachia” (Collins 41). Appalachia is an mountain range that in Panem was the furthest most remote district. So Spartacus and Katniss are from remote areas. After committing a crime and/ or being chosen in the reaping they are forced to go another place to train. Spartacus…

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…

Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl from District 12, volunteers to be a tribute when the name of Primrose, her younger sister, is drawn. Peeta Mellark, the baker's son who is in love with Katniss and provided her with bread when she was starving, is selected as the male tribute. The book then follows the pair to the Capitol, where they are transformed by stylists to win popularity with the viewing public, sent into an arena with 22 other tributes to murder one another, survive together by…