The Hunger

Hunger Games Essay The novel Anthem is the first Dystopian society story and the book was written by Ayn Rand and Her writing this novel inspired many people to also create dystopian stories. Such as Francis Lawrence, He is the Director of the movie series “The Hunger Games.” In this essay I’m going to compare the Movie series “The Hunger Games” with the novel “Anthem.” First, In the book Anthem it is a society of Men and Women that don’t really have any choices and live their whole lives in a…

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, is the first book in a series set in the nation of Panem. Panem has a capital that is surrounded by twelve districts. It is a dystopian society ruled by a totalitarian dictator, President Snow. The story is told through the point of view of Katniss, who lives in district 12 which is arguably the worst district. Katniss is a deviant, which is expressed throughout the entire book. The fence that surrounds district 12 is supposed to keep wild animals out 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…

The Hunger Games begins on the day of the reaping in District 12. Katniss Everdeen, the 16 year old main character, meets up with her best friend Gale so they can do some hunting before the reaping that afternoon. Little does she know, her life is about to change forever… The Hunger Games has multiple setting throughout the book. It begins in Panem. Which is the country that contains 12 districts, each providing for the capitol. District 12, that is where Katniss and her family lives. There are…

The Hunger Games is set in a post-apocalyptic future of North America. A country called Penem is made up of the Capitol and twelve surrounding districts. Although we do not know the why’s, how’s or when’s of this regime, we can find out that it is a communist-type regime that exercises strict control over its citizen and exploits its poorer surrounding states for the prosperity of the Capitol. Reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984, The Hunger Games describes a regime that uses all kinds of…

The Hunger Games is a great film to tie this course all together at the end. Throughout this course we have learned many key terms and concepts that help us better understand the world and help people realize they are always part of something bigger than themselves. The Hunger Games puts everything we learned in this semester in to a perspective that we can all relate to and understand. The terms I will be using to relate sociology to The Hunger Games are the One Thing, fear-mongering,…

Many societies have traditions that are questionable. In Spain there is the dangerous running of the bulls and in China there has been the very painful foot binding, but these traditions are child's play compared to some. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Is about a post war society divided into 12 districts who each send two teenagers to fight to the death once a year in The Capital. The Capital runs the games and reap the fruits of the 12 district's labor. The Lottery, by Shirley Jackson is…

The 2012 film The Hunger Games , directed by Gary Ross, provides a complex and relevant commentary on contemporary social issues. The film is based on the 2008 novel of the same name written by Suzanne Collins and centres around a young girl trying to survive in a dystopian society. This is complicated by the annual event of “the hunger games”, where children must fight to the death in order to return home. The film examines ways in which the upper class are oblivious or at least choose to…

In the Hunger Games Katniss goes on a hero’s journey that changes Panem forever. In the book the Hunger Games the hero is Katniss Everdeen. She lives in District 12 of a country named Panem. Every year in Panem an event called the Hunger Games is held. In this event two kids 12 to 18 are chosen from every district to fight to the death. This year Katniss’ sister Prim has been chosen. Rather than send her sister to her death she chooses to volunteer. This means Katniss will be going to the games…

Maturity and Growth The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a bildungsroman. It is a bildungsroman because it really shows how the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, grows into the person she becomes at the end of the book. Katniss is a teenage girl, that is very mature and strong for her age, who goes through experiences that changes her perception of the “real world”. Katniss was once an outspoken girl but soon learns that in order to survive she would have to hold her tongue. She picks up the…