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Differences And Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Goonies

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hunger games, and Goonies are similar and different in many other ways I'll be focusing on the call to adventure in the goonies, the call to adventure is in the addict when they're looking at mickeys dad's stuff and how cool it's in there how they found the map is that there was a whole in this painting and Micky had an idea and told chunk to hold the painting and when the lighting struck he dropped it and said sorry but then there was a map behind the painting and a stone piece that lead them somewhere in The Hunger Games the call to adventure is when prims name gets picked and not even 2 seconds later katniss says she volunteers and wanted to go instead to save her sister Prim so she didn't have to watch her sister in the game and regret her decision and then she just had this thought in her head …show more content…

One difference is that Katniss is actually saving a person and Mickey is trying to save their homes so The Goonies can stay together and they also have many memories

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An example of a similarity that The Hunger Games and The Goonies had was when both stories lost an ally then gained back an ally. In The Hunger Games katniss and Rue were an ally for awhile until they separated and Rue got trapped by one of the career’s trap and Katniss was too late to save Rue she died sadly then when she walked away from

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The Hunger Games takes place in a dystopian society in the future where everything has fallen apart and collapsed. The Goonies takes place in a semi-modern time in Astoria, Oregon. One similarity is Goonies and The Hunger Games have bad things that have been happening in the ordinary world. In the Hunger Games, there is an event called the Hunger Games where they pick a boy and a girl from each of the 12 districts to fight to the death until there is one left standing. In The Goonies, a rich neighborhood is buying the normal neighborhood and replacing it with a golf

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The Hunger Games and The Goonies are alike and different in the way they show the hero’s journey in their stories. An example of this is the Test/ allies/ enemies, ordeal, and reward. Each of the parts of the Hero’s Journey shows how the hero’s Journey is in many stories. In the test/ allies/ enemies part of the hero’s journey in the Hunger Games and the Goonies there are multiple differences and some similarities.

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The way that The Hunger Games and Goonies approach the hero's journey that they are both alike because they needed to do what they wanted like Katniss needed to get food and help Prim and her mom, and the Goonies needed money so they can stay in Goonsville, by the refusal, crossing the threshold, and the road back they both have similarities and differences. The refusal for The Hunger Games is when Katniss refuses to let her 12 year old sister go in The Hunger Games so she decides to take her spot in the games. The Goonies refuse to let the people tear down there houses and city so they look for treasure and try to save Goonsville. The refusal is similar because they both are trying to save something, Katniss saves Prim, and the Goonies save their houses from getting destroyed and area turned into a golf course.

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Although there are many differences between the two, there are also many similarities. Like how in both the movie and the novel she outsmarts the

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The Goonies and The Hunger Games are similar and different regarding The Hero's Journey such as Test Allies and Enemies, The Mentor, and the Reward Each has a number of key differences and key similarities. Each can demonstrate the hero's journey. The Goonies have the Fratellis as one of their Enemies chasing them down because they don't want them to find the treasure nor want them to tell the cops where they are. In The Hunger Games Katniss has to fight for her life against almost everyone and she has to fight for a very long period of time before she wins the Hunger Games. A key similarity is that they are both basically fighting/trying to get their prize/victory for example Katniss is trying to win The Hunger Games and the Goonies are trying to get the

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One similarity between The Hunger Games and The Goonies approach is in the hunger games katniss is leaving home in an approach to a world far away from her home and in The Goonies the kids leave their home as well in an approach to the buried

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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.

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“Hunger Games” movie franchise evidently gathered a lot of money as it reached the worldwide hit and blockbuster records. And, as everyone believed that the film series already ended, there were reports that Lionsgate will continue making a prequel. According to Slash Film, the first three installments; “The Hunger Games,” 2012, “Catching Fire,” 2013 and “Mockingjay Part 1,” 2014, earned a whopping $2 billion combined. The last film, “Mockingjay Part 2,” on the other hand, got $524 million as of date and still counting.

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There are details left out of the movie that were in the book, the movie doesn 't demonstrate the ongoing theme of hunger as well as the book does, and the the movie does a better job with

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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.

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The Hunger Games and Pan’s Labyrinth are both popular dystopias, with one set in a fictional country and the other having a historical, real-world setting. The stories feature elements of control, oppression, and resistance throughout; causing the reader to believe that a perfect Utopia may be one of freedom, equality, and a willingness to cooperate. Both dystopias present oppressive, controlling societies. The Hunger Games' Panem is run by the Capitol, a city in the center of the country with states surrounding it. Pan’s Labyrinth is in a real-world setting featuring WWII-era Spain being controlled by military leader Capitan Vidal.

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The Hobbit is a project produced by J.R.R Tolkien. It centers around a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins as he accompanies Thorin Oakenshield and his fellow Dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, a ravage dragon. The Hunger games centers around Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl living dystopian future where 24 children aged 11 to 17 must fight to death until only one or a couple is a survivor. These two are the main characters in both movies these main characters stand a high chance of physical danger, they both grow as a person they develop new characteristics that outcasts the character that we once knew in the previous movies. Both Bilbo and Katniss end up heralded as such despite being not so welcome as a the ‘hero’ they are often overlooked-the heroes end up being in a environment that is perilous and they both come out alive.

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“From the Treaty of the Treason: In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and female between the ages of 12 and 18 at a public ‘Reaping.’ These Tributes shall be delivered to the custody of The Capitol. And then transferred to a public arena where they will Fight to the Death, until a lone victor remains. Hence forth and forevermore this pageant shall be known as The Hunger Games.” These are the first lines to the 2013 Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Movie.

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Lord of the Flies is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding, published in 1954. It was named in the Modern Library 100 Best Novel and in the 2005 Time magazine it was named one of the 100 best English-novels from 1923 to 2005. When the novel came out, it wasn’t a great success at the time but with time it became a best seller and it has been adapted to film twice. William Golding wrote the story of an unspecified war when he was three years old in 1914. The book portrays the descent of the marooned boys into savagery and the regression to a primitive state then what modern civilization expected.

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