Slippery Slope and The Hunger Games both teach this lesson throughout their books. In The Slippery Slope, a book about three siblings whose parents had perished in a fire and are on the run from Count Olaf who is trying to get ahold of their parent's fortune. The author (Lemony Snicket) teaches that people you love affect your decisions by using multiple points of view of the three siblings. Hunger Games, a book about survival, is about a poor teen who is picked to be in the Hunger Games and how…
In the book “ The Hunger Games “ by Suzanne Collins, the fear and human behavior is so much different from the real worlds fear and human behavior because in the book Katniss everdeen is one of the fighters and she is trying to survive then a lot more people came and found her and tried to hurt her so when she had a lot of fear in here she had know idea what to do with her behavior. The book “ The Hunger Games “ shows how to have a lot of strength in it and how to be brave whatever situation you…
Everybody faces challenges, but not everybody can handle what life throws their way. In the dystopian worlds of “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins and William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”, both authors explore the lives of young and naïve teenagers, experiencing dangerous worlds that they have never imagined before. In “Lord of the Flies”, a plane crashes into an island with a group of boys that become isolated. Young, ordinary schoolboys must fend for themselves on a desert with no external…
can starve to death in safety,.” said Katniss Everdeen. 74 years ago theretheir was a rebellion. They lost, and the punishment was every year theretheir was a game, which children from 12-18 had to fight. This great book was written by Suzanne Collins. The name of the book iswas called “The Hunger Games”. The time period for the hunger games is between 2090-2100. This war had two sides, the Rrebellions and the Ccapital. The Ccapital won. ThereTheir was a treaty signed where it said children had…
In The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins presents the idea that distractions led by cowardice and fear keep people from involving themselves in more important matters. Especially when people are fearful for something in the future. In society people have things that they’d rather delay for as long as possible. They will be too distracted by the fact that they don’t want something to happen, that they don’t even realize that something is going on below the surface. For example in The Hunger…
‘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…
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…
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…