In the book, The Hunger Games, one of the main events is when Katniss volunteers for her sister, Prim, to participate in the annual Hunger Games. After reading this event, I was very surprised. I noticed that Katniss surprised herself by saying she would volunteer, but then quickly recovered once she remembered that the reaping would be shown on television. “…this is upsetting me and I don’t want to cry. When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and I’ll be marked as an easy target.
Essential to overcoming adversity is the ability to cause change in yourself and others. In the book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, has to learn to be strong and brave in a crisis. This helps her to survive the Hunger Games, because it gives her more faith especially when the price of losing her family is on the line. Ultimately, Collins shows that Bravery and strength leads to a successful person and can help one survive in something life changing.
In the novel The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins conveys the qualities of a hero through the character Katniss Everdeen. The novel is set in the dystopian nation of Panem, where one boy and girl from 12 different Districts must take part in The Hunger Games, a televised annual event in which the tributes of each District, are required to fight to the death until there is only one survivor. The protagonist Katniss everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister Prim’s place and subsequently evolves into a significant hero in the novel. The qualities that emerge as a result of Katniss’s journey that make her a hero include courage and evolving identity. Thus, it will be ascertained that through the character Katniss Everdeen, Collins conveys the qualities of a true hero.
Intro: The process of analyzing a text through myth or psychological criticism is a way of going deeper into the meaning of a movie, game, song, book, and so on. According to the novel “The Hunger Games,” with the author being Suzanne Collins, is when the main character Katniss Everdeen must go through a series of events involving many changes and challenges she must face in order to survive throughout the novel. The myth and archetypal criticism in the novel will be discussed on this paper due to the many archetypes and stages of hero’s journey seen in the book, such as “Call to Adventure”, “Crossing the Threshold”, “Darkest Hour”, “Transformation”, and so on from there. This book can obviously be differentiated due to the fact that instead of the hero being the traditional male, it is a female, making the book extremely unique.
I press the three middle fingers of my left hand against my lips and hold them out in her direction.” (pg. 237 ) The games are used as a source of “enjoyment” and entertainment for the Capital and the districts. You wouldn’t expect someone to cover there “Allie” with flowers when they die?
The Hunger Games, by Susan Collins, is about a girl named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss was selected to fight to the death along with 24 other tributes. This fight is an annual event created for entertainment of the Capital, within the country of Panem. The Capitol uses the games to demonstrate their control over the districts and to prove that the uprising will have severe consequences. Katniss has to face barbaric acts, young romance, and homicide.
Sofia Mr. Jockers ILA 12/8/22 Katniss: the girl who survived In Suzanne Collins dystopian novel The Hunger Games, 16 year old Katniss Everdeen lives along the “Seam” of district 12, one of the twelve outlying districts surrounding the “shining Capitol” of Panem, located in ruins of a nation once known as North America. In order to keep these districts in line, the government develops the annual “holiday” known as the Hunger Games, a fight to the death among other chosen tributes, lasting until there is only one person left standing. This “holiday” consists of forcing each of the twelve districts to randomly select two tributes to participate in these games, one male and one female between the ages of 12 - 18, during what is called the reaping.
It is generally believed that dystopian literature frequently shows the future life of human being. One of the most appealing setting in contemporary dystopia is taking place in a post-apocalyptic background. In the beginning of The Hunger Games, the novel draws the setting of time and place which illustrate generally the condition of the post-apocalyptic world. Using the first point of view, the story of the novel is mostly seen from the perspective of the main protagonist character, Katniss, including the description of the world where she lives in. Here, the use of first person point of view enhances “the ideological impact by appealing to emotions as well as the intellect.
One of the most popular books for young adults is the book, The Hunger Games. This dystopian novel, which is written by Suzanne Collins, is widely analyzed for its many themes. These themes about love, duty, and family are universal and give direction and purpose to the events in the story. Although there are many themes in this entertaining book, the most important theme is about sacrifice. In the book, The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins develops the theme, sacrifices for friends and family are difficult but rewarding, through the actions of Peeta, Rue, and Katniss as they strive to overcome their respective challenges.
Twelve districts, twenty-four tributes, determined if you die alone, or survive in glory and remembering that suffering time, what would you choose? The Capital does not care about the districts, the Capitol wants us to die, and the Capitol should not own the people. Katniss Everdeen hates the Capitol for making District twelve suffering to survive. Peeta Mellark would do anything to show the Capitol that they don’t own people. The Capitol watches the games for entertainment and they love watching innocent children die.
“The hunger games”, a famous Novel written by Suzzane Collins, through an imagined dystopian world that is similar to our own world. Characters have to live in dehumanised, wretched, fearful lives. This unfair society is brought by a totalitarian government. Throughout the novel, a wide variety of thematic concerns can be seen that take place in the occurring events. A major theme of survival and sacrifice is brought by the events of the novel.
The film The Hunger Games explores numerous themes and ideas that involve poverty, wealth, power, violence, reality television, survival and sacrifice. The main focus of this essay is on two particular themes survival and sacrifice. Through looking at the mis-en-scene that has been used throughout this film, it is clear that these two themes revolve around two characters, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark, who were both tributes from District 12. They were chosen to represent District 12 in the 74th Hunger Games. First and foremost, the theme of sacrifice is shown at the beginning of the film when Katniss voluntarily takes her sister’s place in the 74th Hunger Games, which is a dangerous life fight.
Collectivization of land was introduced to distribute land equally for each family or person. To achieve this, the landlords had to give out their land for the sake of equal distribution. It is hard to believe that giving out the land unconditionally with no reward as a return, is fair. It is a matter of human nature which here means “selfishness” lied underneath. This was the major reason why the practices mentioned above were all quite impossible to carry out successfully.
Do we live in a society where we are emancipated to do as we wish? Or are our actions dictated by basic economic factors? Karl Marx, a German philosopher who founded Marxism believes just that. His theory postulates that: "those groups of people who owned and controlled major industries could exploit the rest of the population through conditions of employment and by forcing their own values and beliefs onto other social groups." The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, provides the epitome of a society in which has developed to delineate Marxism.
The Hunger Games is a fairly popular and typical tale that includes a heroine, courage, and bravery. This story can be read or watched through many different lenses such as a Marxist lens, feminist lens, or even an archetypal lens. Through these lenses one can see as a reader or viewer that this is not just a story that fits into one category, but one that can fit into many. Using the Marxist and feminist lenses a viewer can gain a great depth of knowledge into The Hunger Games story itself.
