The Hunger Games

‘The Hunger Games’, written by Suzanne Collins, is set in a dystopian future where teenagers are picked from a bowl full of names to fight for survival in the annual ‘Hunger Games’. Katniss Everdeen, the main protagonist, is a strong, brave, and fierce character. She shows us, in many ways, that family is important and they are worth sacrifice. “I volunteer! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!” When Primrose gets picked in the reaping, Katniss volunteers for her little sister. I found this…

few different titles to your head, Teens all over the world love his type of writing. In Anthem and The Hunger Games both appeal to young teens because of the protagonist's storyline. “Let’s have a round of applause for District 12’s first ever volunteer!” (Effie). This is how Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist in The Hunger Games becomes the hero. She volunteers for her sister in the Hunger Games, so her…

The award winning book The Hunger Games propelled the success of the film adaptation; however, the success of the film pales in comparison to the success of the book. Overall, the novel’s themes are translated better via paper. Through the written word, Suzanne Collins is able to successfully convey the complex themes in the book such as defiance and survival and dramatically communicate the characters’ emotions through a first-person perspective. The impacts of these elements are either…

When I read the description for the thematic unit assignment, I immediately knew I wanted to use The Hunger Games. Since reading the trilogy a few years ago I have, on multiple occasions, thought about how great it would be to use in the classroom. It is an exciting, engaging story that students enjoy but also addresses numerous important aspects of today’s society. This allows students to ease into talking about sensitive or overwhelming topics – like various forms of government, the corruption…

to success, and this could help you fight longer and kill less.“The Hunger Games Catching Fire” is a story that teaches a valuable life lesson that holds true even for today’s teenager: Loyalty produces negative consequences & positive consequences. In Hunger Games Catching Fire, the author uses conflict to teach us that loyalty is necessary for survival. For example, Finick saves Katniss from dying at the very start of the games. Katniss had to build her friendship with others and this…

The Hunger Games is an adventure novel written in 2008 by Suzanne Collins. The book is the first of a trilogy and tells of a post-apocalyptic country where a sophisticated metropolis has gained political and military power over the rest of the nation. This metropolis divides the country into twelve districts and designates that every year each district must produce a boy and a girl for the annual televised reality show. These boys and girls must fight to the death for the amusement of the upper…

Sacrifice means spending less time on entertainment and more time on improving your life and family. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a layered story about a sixteen year old girl named Katniss. The story is set in the future in North America now called Panem. Panem is split in to 13 districts and the capital. The capital is home to President Snow who rules over Panem. The 13th district however doesn’t exist anymore because they rebelled against the capital and the district was turned to…

Katniss is the female victor of the 74th annual Hunger Games, which is an event where 24 kids go in and only one comes out alive. She went into the games for one sole reason to save her sister from having to participate in the games. Katniss is a nurturing person who protects and cares for people throughout the story. Katniss is a protective and nurturing person in many ways and on multiple occasions she shows this. Katniss in the beginning story was shown hunting so she can provide for her…

The hunger games by Susan Collins is about a young 16 year old girl name Katniss Everdeen whom finds herself in a sticky situation on the day of the reaping when her young sister prim is chosen as a tribute for district 12. Katniss quickly volunteers herself in place of her sister to protect her sister. The time has come and the journey begins Katniss is up against several other tributes some whom are trained for this matter, others hoping to make it to the end including Peeta the boy chosen as…

The first one is The Hunger Games. The book follows Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old girl from District 12 who volunteers for the 74th Hunger games so that her sister does not have to participate. The hunger games is a death match between the children chosen from each district to participate. The Hunger Games is a great example of breaking common gender stereotypes as the main character is a strong and independent female character. Katniss does not rely on the usual stereotypical male character…