Suzanne Collins

own. Love also comes with loyalty because without loyalty people can't really have a relationship. This situation is explored in great depth in Suzanne Collins dystopian science fiction trilogy The Hunger Games, where Katniss Everdeen falls into loving many people and gets hurt by it mostly every time.…

The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is a story about a dystopian society called Panem. Set in the future, Panem is under the rule of The Capitol, and more than half of its citizens are forced to live in poverty. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of the story, must fight to survive in the annual Hunger Games, and by doing so, she finds the meaning of courage, friendship, and love. I have wanted to buy this book myself for some time now, I have seen the movie but I would like to explore…

The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins tells the story of 16-years old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post- apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. 12 Years a Slave is a 2013 film and an adaptation of the 1853 slave narrative biography by Solomon Northup, a New York State – born free African American man who was kidnapped in Washington D.C., in 1841 and sold into slavery for twelve years. Both the novel and film have very similar storylines and themes and both use the…

“The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and “The Odyssey” by Robert Fitzgerald provide their readers with a character that is the embodiment of a perfect hero. Katniss Everdeen and Odysseus both portray loyal, brave, and responsible heroes who endure many hardships, and survive them however, the challenges that the contemporary character, Katniss Everdeen, faces before and during the Hunger Games along with her rewards after she returns are dissimilar from the ancient Greek hero Odysseus’…

States, that they are free, and have the freedom to do as they please as long as what they are doing abides by federal and/or state law. But how free are we, really? If you look deep enough, Suzanne Collins illustrates how restricted our freedom in the United States are. Throughout the novel, The Hunger Games, Collins is telling her readers that the government will destroy most means of personal freedom of the citizens. In Panem, the country in which the story takes place, there is a lack of…

of “Metaphorical Ways of Knowing” elaborate on the subtle commonalities. In the “Hunger Games,” there’s a scene where countless camera man flocks to the scene to observe the killing game. It was possible to see them as harmless cameramen, but Suzanne Collins decided to add some eerie components where she states…

“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” In the book The Hunger Games, where people have to fight to their death, the main character Katniss puts trust in people to help her survive. In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins the theme is that putting trust in others is key to survival as shown by Katniss’ relationships with Rue, Peeta, and Haymitch. In the book Hunger Games its first demonstration of the theme of vulnerability is when Katniss forms an…

In the Native American tribes and reservations, suicides have been extremely high for a multitude of reasons. On of them being that young Native American are often in hunger, and many drug related problems occur often. Some Natives who have depression are stuck between a rock and a hard place because rarely there is someone to help them cope with their problems. In addition, unemployment rates are through the roof at a staggering 80%. When in school, many teen Native Americans get bullied only…

the stereotypical representations of youth, but are also challenging gender stereotypes. Thus, inspiring the teenage audience and providing this young generation with strong female role models. TWTWB, by John Marsden, and The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, are two examples of such literatures. Both of these texts portray strong female heroines- Ellie Linton (from TWTWB) and Katniss Everdeen (from The Hunger Games) – who are faced by adverse circumstances which they overcome in bold, and…

century ago, and they have greatly impacted the way that people portray governments in a dystopian society. As a result, those that have power often live within something that could—with the correct obliteration of facts—be considered a utopia. Suzanne Collin’s, The Hunger Games, highlights this point in the way that life within the Capitol has a higher standard of living as the normal than what is found in District 12. Unlike in District Twelve, the Capitol has accommodations that are far…