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Suzanne Collins’ 2008 novel, The Hunger Games, follows the story of Katniss Everdeen and Peter Malak, on their journey through The Hunger Games as they fight for their survival. Many concepts are present in the text, including; the Glorification of the games, Marshall law, hierarchy in the society and the complacency of the districts. Throughout the novel Collins’ use of descriptive and detailed scenes shows several important relationships in response to these concepts. Glorification of the…

Do you know that according to Quora, it takes the average person 5 hours to read a book that has 300 pages, but the Hunger Games movie is only 2 hours and 22 minutes. This shows how the Hunger Games book is more powerful than the Hunger Games movie. The story is about a girl named Katniss who volunteers as tribute for the 74th annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a game where there are 24 tributes (two from each each of the 12 districts, a boy and a girl) and they fight to the death until…

Angel Maldonado P.5 History Doomed to Repeat Itself As we all know, Suzanne Collins created a trilogy called the Hunger Games that many people may consider incredible or outstanding. One of the books from the trilogy, known as Mockingjay, stands out. Why? Well, it seems that this book has multiple similarities to the civil war that took place on the beautiful grounds of our home, the United States. Now, did Suzanne Collins intend to have the book relate to the civil war? Could be a possibility.…

When you think of two books that are about having a bad future, two books you probably think of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner. This is because they are both fast-paced books that take place in the future. Though both of these books have the same theme of fighting for survival and are dystopian novels, both of the books display different ways of expressing the same theme. The Hunger Games takes place in the future, where the U.S. is divided into 12 districts and the capitol. A boy and a…

Violent Characters Help Inspire One girl who has done nothing but taken care of her family goes through a journey of misery and torture. Katniss Everdeen from the Hunger Games has encouraged me to rise up to challenges, and that sometimes, it’s okay to be a little selfish. Caring and sympathizing with others is not always a good thing, one has to be strong and stable to get through life. At a time of chaos, Katniss struggles to feed her family, to keep them alive. Then, she entered the Hunger…

The Hunger Games is based on science fiction and is the first out of three books in Suzanne Collin’s trilogy. The three novels gained much popularity and have been developed into a series of movies. The setting for The Hunger Games is a dystopian city called Panem, which is a country that consists of the wealthy Capitol and the twelve districts in poverty. Panem was made of thirteen districts, but one year the thirteen districts wanted to gain power over the Capitol. During this attempted…

“The Virgin Suicides,” is an American drama that was based on the early 1990s. The movie centers around the lives of five teenage sisters who live in a middle class suburbs located on the outskirts of Detroit during the 1970s. In the beginning the movie starts off with the youngest sister taking her own life by jumping out of the second story window and impaling herself on the edge of a fence post. The guys on the block share their memories of the Lisbon sisters and their suicide attempts after…

I choose to do ‘The Hunger Games’ movie to review. The main character is named Katniss and is originally part of District Eight. Each yeah the Districts come together and choose one person to fight in “The Hunger Games”, it doesn't matter the age or gender. Katniss’ family in our world is lower class and comes from a loving family, but her father died. She started out as a player in the games because her sister was called and she volunteered as a tribute. Her current work situation is finding…