Suzanne Collins

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Three Books to Save Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury, it was a dystopian novel written in the 1950s with great diversity. It is a novel that truly makes you think. In this book, people aren’t allowed to read and if they do then they face horrid consequences. Everybody just watches television and listens to radios, what importance could they be? Well I have chosen 3 books that absolutely need to be saved. The first book I have chosen to save is America by George Tindell. This book,…

In the book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the Capitol rules over everyone. All the districts from 1-12 serve the capitol, supplying them with different resources. The people who live within the Capitol live a life of luxury. They are provided with whatever they want whenever they want. In the Capitol there is no poverty. Sadly, the same can’t be said about the districts. All of the hardships the Capitol should have had are dumped on the districts as they suffer from hunger, disease and…

Hardship, Humanity and The Hunger Games Set almost a century in the future, The Hunger Games, published in 2008 by Suzanne Collins, follows narrator and protagonist Katniss Everdeen in the oppressive, dystopian society of Panem. The annual Hunger Games, a competition in which twenty-four teenagers are forced into an arena to murder each other, is televised as entertainment to each of the twelve districts and the Capitol and is finally completed when a single victor remains alive. The…

For my media interest I am going to focus on female empowerment in film. The topic I’m interested in exploring is how the Hunger Games handles masculinity and femininity fairly, as all the characters have both traits. Suzanne Collins breaks the popular culture trend of the damsel in distress by introducing ‘Katniss Everdeen’. Katniss is a perfect example for fans that look up to her as she is strong willed that will do anything to protect the people she loves. Katniss is one of the truest…

was finally allowed to read The Hunger Games. Immediately after I began to read the book I understood why I could not read it when I was younger. My parents decided to have their children wait until they were older to read the haunting words of Suzanne Collins. My parents knew that I would not react well…

century, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, both put characters in situations with war and violence. In a world where there is a greater evil to defeat, characters are only benefitted when finding another ally with a common interest. Katniss Everdeen and Harry Potter gain allies when involved in a conflict. Both present the action of conflict directly in front of the characters, causing a change in a character’s view on others. Collins and Rowling use violence to…

Potter, who? Walking through campus, a mall, or even through a park, one will see people reading several different types of novels. However, nowadays it is rare to find a J.K Rowling novel in sight. It is much more common to find the works of Suzanne Collins or John Green being read now since the Harry Potter series ended in 2011. One will even find that it is increasingly common to find people who know nothing of the “chosen one” and would prefer to keep it that way. Due to these things it is…

Ashley Colin Miss. Scott Themes in Literature 28 September 2017 “Much Ado About Nothing” “For there to be betrayal there would have to have been trust first,” said by a very wise Suzanne Collins (Collins #114). Messina is where this drama is happening, Hero’s father, Leonato, is the governor. Don John is brothers with Don Pedro, Don John wants to make Pedro look bad in front of the governor. Slander is a word used heavily in the play, describing exactly what Borachio and Don John did to Hero,…

myths and alluding to ancient sources in Young Adult fiction this has normally guaranteed these books to be a success. The main books which will be focused on in this dissertation are the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. All of these books, according to the Guardian, are in ‘the top 100 best-selling books of all time’. These authors have all taken ancient myths or creatures and updated them so that they are…