The Impact of Suzanne Collins on American Culture “Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.” Suzanne Collins is the author of a series which includes The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010). During the time period in which each of these books were written the Iraq War was happening and politics was largely impacted by Barack Obama becoming the first African-American president-elect. The second book of the series, Catching Fire, was written in 2009 when the unemployment rate began to rise more than it had in years.
Simon and Rue are favorite characters of many who have read the Lord of the Flies and seen "The Hunger Games. " The various similarities found between the two play a role in this. The biggest similarity they share is their kindness. Simon shows the littluns kindness when no one does. Rue shows Katniss kindness even though they are fighting for their lives.
Hunger Games: Rhetorical Appeal Addition Rhetoric can make or break a movie's revenue based on the effectiveness of the trailer released to the audience. Movie trailers are the main way for those releasing a new movie to be able to catch the audience's attention. Liongates released the movie The Hunger Games in November of 2012. This movie had actors such as Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth, who were depicted in the movie's trailer.
Not only do they both fit the common theme, they both are slightly different. The Hunger Games is more set up for death and Katniss has to kill to return home to her family. ‘“Oh, well, I think. There will be twenty-four of us. Odds are someone will kill him before I do,’”(Collins 330).
The Hunger Games is a film series that was based off the novels written by Suzanne Collins. It stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne. The Hunger Games (2012) was the first movie in the series followed by Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), and then ending with Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015). The Hunger Games is the 15th highest-grossing film franchise of all time, having grossed over US$2.9 billion worldwide. This film is an American dystopian science fiction adventure (The Hunger Games (film)).
What differences and similarities occur between a story of a society that extremely same and everything is controlled by government, and a society that inequality, differences rise and government only controls the outcome? The Giver and Hunger Games are popular novels that are first book of their series. While Hunger Games is a novel based on a society that problems occur from inequality and differences, focuses on the survival and which the main character Katniss stands out as a leader, and The Giver by Lois Lowry is a novel based on a society that problems occur from being too perfect and same, focuses on the importance of memory and past and which the main character Jonas stands out as a rebel for himself and very few people; both texts share similarities such as being dystopian novels which symbols used and one teenager stands out from a society and rebels. On the one hand, Hunger Games and The Giver contrast in many ways. Comparing the societies of these novels based on; while Hunger Games has a story of a society which has inequalities and differences, The Giver has a society that is too perfect, emotionless and same.
The Hunger Games vs. The US The Hunger Games is an adventurous yet somewhat violent trilogy that shows another side of what American government could turn into. The US government is slightly different from Panem’s government, but has similar qualities. Both take place in the United States and have a President, but Panem’s President is president until they die. Where as the US President is president for four years and then there is an election.
He's a regular peppermint stick now, all sugar-crystal and saccharine when he isn't making veiled references to certain commercial products that every worshipper absolutely needs.” Later in the book the fire chief explains to the protagonist that books were made illegal because many minority groups were offended by their contents, but the debasement of a major religious figure is not a noticeable phenomenon to the populous. The Hunger Games trilogy is about an annual event where children ages twelve through eighteen are forced to kill each other while the havoc that ensues is nationally broadcasted. In the first book of the trilogy the protagonist has a small funeral for a younger tribute that was slaughtered; her act of kindness inspires the girl’s home district to riot.
Hunger Games V.S The Goonies Similarities and differences The hunger games and The The Goonies have various similarities and several crucial differences. Some examples of this are the calling to adventure, crossing the threshold, and the reward. One difference in the Call to Adventure between the The Goonies and Hunger Games is the motives behind their actions. In Hunger Games, Katniss's Call to Adventure is when her sister Prim's name was chosen to go to the hunger games.
The plot in the Hunger Games movie develops faster than the plot in the book. As Leann Ray puts it, “It 's difficult to squeeze 300-plus pages of story into a two-hour movie, so not everything can be included -- I get it. Editing is important. But could we maybe not cut out or change major plot points that are really important to the series?”
Human nature seems to be totally different in the next novel. In The Hunger Games, a male and female are selected out of twelve districts every year to participate in the games. The point of the game is to be placed in an inescapable battlefield and fight to the death. If a character wins the games you receive money, food, a house, and prestige. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are a part of the annual game.
The novel, 1984, can be most closely compared with the popular book and movie series, The Hunger Games. Overt comparisons between the two novels include their futuristic approach and the dystopian societies that emerged after periods of war. Additionally, both novels highlight poverty as a highly effective method of control. Building on that method of control, both novels have a strict hierarchy of society used to control the masses.
Tracey Flerlage Professor Karen Johnson Communications Cluster Compare and Contrast Essay August 4, 2015 “The Hunger Games” trilogy is constantly being compared to “Divergent” and with great reason, they share many commonalities. They are both great movies to watch that keep the movie goer engaged in the storyline. Both science fiction movies create a dystopian scenario of what it would be like in a futuristic setting. Both societies have been segregated, “Divergent” into factions and “Hunger Games” into districts.
Shannen Kaye Dyguani 11- Charity Marxists view on Hunger Games I. Introduction The novel The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins and was published in the year 2008 – the same year in which America faced a financial crisis. Revolving around the theme of hope in the post-apocalyptic worldview, the book follows Katniss Everdeen a 16-year-old who lives in District 12 in the future dystopian world of Panem. The leaders of Panem live in the Capitol, from where they control the twelve surrounding districts with an iron fist.
I. Introduction The hunger games is an adventure and science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. This is the trilogy movie, so the first one is the hunger games, next the hunger games catching fire and the last is the hunger games mocking jay. This novel was adapted to the movie in 2012 and directed by Gary Ross and co-written by Suzanne Collins herself. Point of view from this movie was from Katniss Everdeen who lives in Panem, North America.
