Suzanne Collins

In many societies, there are conflicts and they could relate to things from power between the people and the government officials. In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the people of Panem is face with that situation, but have never united to fight the Capitol because of the strict regulations they are put under. These problems between the social classes and gender have all contributed to create the social strain and when Katniss Everdeen was sent to the arena in place of her sister, it caused…

each year, one person is chosen to die by stoning. “The Lottery” is a famous dystopian classic, but modern books can be great too. There have been many popular Young Adult dystopian novels, but the one that stands out is “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins. “The Hunger Games” is set in a post-apocalyptic future where people are split into districts and two from each are selected to compete each year. Both of these stories have helped define the dystopian genre. While the two share some…

keep getting richer” this is a very common phrase in today’s society. The middle and poor class are struggling to put food on the table while the rich are getting plastic surgery. This is a common comparison to the book The Hunger Games by Suzanna Collins. Where the Capital of Panem has more money than they need, and the poor district is struggling to stay alive. Panem is a nation that arose in the ruins of North America. Controlled by a very powerful Capital with twelve outlying districts.…

A Spark of Hope: Luck and Other Virtues of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games The novel The Hunger Games (2008), written by Suzanne Collins, explores the idea of luck and its effects on Katniss Everdeen. Luck is a “force that operates to bring advantages or disadvantages to a person. It is a combination of circumstances and events operating by chance that shape ones’ future” (Gage Canadian Dictionary). Just like Newton said, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. For luck,…

struggles of our economy, dehumanizing use of technology, and military control as the weaknesses in The struggles of our economy have influenced dystopian sci-fi. For example, the award winning Hunger Games published in September 2008 by Suzanne Collins can…

Today’s society is a remarkable example of the future. Looking back, society has become a science fiction world. Children are no longer playing outside, but are playing on video games. People are no longer making telephone calls, they are texting and emailing all their communication. When these works about a dystopian world are examined, mostly society has fallen due to the fact of our technology, waring, and experimentation. Therefore, it is not hard to imagine that we are very far away from…

reader will not understand what the text means without knowing what the purpose of the text is. Although one might argue that the purpose and form of a certain text are not relevant to the meaning, an analysis of voice in The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, and exaggeration in A Modest Proposal, by Jonathan Swift, will show how both authors use the purpose of the text and the form it takes to generate an influential meaning. In The Hunger Games, the purpose and…

regimes of North Korea, Sudan, and Somalia has great disparity between the social classes. The poor in these countries have very little compared to the rich, and the reason behind much of this is the inadequate or over-enforcement of the laws. Suzanne Collins got inspired by these events and wrote a book based off of these events. The Hunger Games suggests that the hierarchical manner in which social classes are organized is determined by the governmental decisions. Roman Influence Just as in…

my connection to Suzanne Collins’s hit series The Hunger Games. However, being an aspirational adult and a student at a reputable university for studying…

The practical guide “The Memo That Started It's All” by Christopher Vogler, claims that there are only two or three stories, and their pattern of that Hero’s story repeats itself as fiercely as if they never happened before. The Hero is introduced, called for adventure, tested, receives a mentor to help, push nearly to his/her death, fights with the enemy, wins and returns to his/her home; like stated in “The Stages of The Hero’s Journey.” When analyzing the guide and a story together we really…