Suzanne Collins

The novel, The Hunger Games, is set in a dystopian country named Panem that has been ravaged by war and separated into twelve districts who have little to no rights. In order to prevent another rebellion, the corrupt government hosts the hunger games: a yearly spectacle where a boy and a girl, known as tributes, are randomly selected from each district to fight to the death in an arena that changes every year. Katniss’ story begins at the reaping, or the selection of tributes from each district,…

Hope; something that people believe in. Throughout the short story by Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" and in the movie "The Hunger Games" these people have one thing; hope. They live with a government that controls everything; dictatorship. In the short story "The Lottery" is about two higher class people are the leaders of the village and need to limit the population by killing off their villagers. The Lottery, Jackson shows how positions of power are important to the characters that possess them…

Dear President Snow, This is Katniss Everdeen from District 12 and the winner of the 74th Hunger Games. It has been sometime since the games ended and though I am relieved to be alive, I am still not at peace. I feel that this is the right time to address my thoughts and views on the annual Hunger Games conducted by the Capitol and under your leadership. To begin with, I would like to bring to your attention that the Hunger Games are unfair as two tributes from each district need to fight each…

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 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…

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: 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…