The Hunger Games was an action packed romance novel that had just enough of each in every sentence. The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins, New York Times best selling book author. The Hunger Games’s main character, Katniss Everdeen, had many obstacles to get through including finding out her love for a boy, Peeta Mellark. Katniss has to find a way to balance keeping her family alive and keeping herself alive. The main things focused on in the novel are action, romance, and how the two things fit together.
Action in The Hunger Games stepped out of the book on the first chapter. Katniss is with her best friend, Gale, and in a flashback we are told how Gale and Katniss meet when she is hunting in the woods. They eat and head home to get ready for the reaping, a ceremony where the tributes for each district are chosen. There are twelve districts and two people (a boy and a girl) from each district to compete in the “Hunger Games” against each other. The Hunger Games are where all of the tributes from all of the districts fight for their life in an arena with only their chosen weapon with many people watching them kill each other for their life. The last one alive wins the games and is victor. The victors receive income from the capitol for life and they may live in Victor's’ Village with their families. In return the victors have to train future tributes to get ready for the games. Katniss is a natural with the bow and arrow and this will be her weapon for the games. She gets the arrow when her father shows her how to use it when she is little before her father is blown up in a mining accident. Katniss becomes a tribute when her sister, Primrose Everdeen, is chosen to be a tribute; Katniss volunteers as tribute and she is m...
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...if she starts a rebellion for her action during the game she will be killed. The only defense for her to keep is that they are too stupidly in love to know any differently. She doesn’t even have to act like they are since Katniss is stupidly in love with Peeta. They are on their way home when Katniss grabs Peeta’s hand and is “dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go,”(374).
Katniss and Peeta’s love triumphs over the death and the ideas of the gamemakers. The action all leads up to romance and the romance is the base of the book. The book is action-romance filled, and they balance each other out. Action and romance work well together in this novel. The novel ends on a cliffhanger when Katniss and Peeta head home and they don’t know what is going to happen next; the only thing left to do is to read Catching Fire and see what happens next in the trilogy.
This article compares Katniss to Harry Potter and Bella Swan. It says the Hunger Games has a rougher plot than the Harry Potter series. The article asked “You can't help but think, if I were in that situation,...
Science fiction writers create a particular setting not only to entertain readers but to give clues on lessons they believe human beings are struggling to understand. In both books, The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark are introduced as the main characters to project the criticisms made by the author. Susan Collins creates a Dystopian society ruled by the Capital. Different areas of their country, named Panem, are separated into different districts. Two kids from each of the twelve districts are chosen at random to fight in an arena until 1 tribute is left, this is called The Hunger Games Both Peeta and Katniss fight together during the hunger games as a team from District 12. Between the two books, Collins portrays the idea that humans tend to be disrespectful and insulting, depending on another's wealth and/or authority and power. Both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire connect with readers but also indicated the problem with certain human behaviors that most people don't notice or fail to
Vogler states that “ The hero emerges from the special world, transformed by his/her experience (Vogler).” Katniss almost kills herself eating the berries. This part of the story is very tense and dramatic. “I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta’s hand one last squeeze as a signal, as a goodbye, and we begin counting. “One.” Maybe I’m wrong. “Two.” Maybe they don’t care if we both die. “Three!” It’s too late to change my mind. I lift my hand to my mouth, taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare (Collins 1987).” The scene with the dogs and Cato could also be included in this category because it changes the relationship between the characters. Katniss fought for her and Peeta’s life against the dogs. And Cato could’ve killed Peeta if Katniss didn’t shoot Cato’s hand with an arrow. Katniss and Peeta then find out that the gamemaster changed the rules, so there could only be one victor. Katniss suggested that they both eat the berries and give the capitol no victors. They put the berries in their mouths and the game master instantly ended the games making them both victors. Katniss and Peeta then have to fake that they ate the berries because they couldn’t live without each other. Eventually Katniss becomes pretty fond of
The movie The Hunger Games, originally based on a book by Suzanne Collins, is about a place called Panem, which is ruled by the Capitol and has 12 districts within it. These 12 districts are separated founded on their economic statuses, meaning the higher the district, the more impoverished the residents are. There are 2 tributes that are chosen to participate, forcibly, in The Hunger Games each year. Each competitor is instructed to eliminate one another in order to survive and come out on top. There is only one tribute allowed to come out of the arena alive. Katniss lives in District 12, which is the most impoverished district of them all, and she volunteers as tribute in “the Reaping” when her sister is chosen to participate. She and the other tribute from her district, Peeta, make it into the arena with the hopes that one of them comes out the winner and above all else, alive (Ross, 2012). I will refrain from going any further just in case you have not read the book or have not seen the movie. In terms of soci...
Summary: The Mockingjay is the third book in the Hunger Games series and is the final book to the series. In this book, Katniss Everdeen and her family and friends start to live in a strict new world now as District Thirteen. There were thirteen districts at first and then a war between District Thirteen and the Capitol began. The Capitol lost and they came to an agreement that District Thirteen would act as if they had lost but in exchange got their own land. After District Thirteen stole Katniss from the 75th Hunger Games arena the Capitol bombed Katniss’s district and they had to move to District Thirteen and begin a new life under tight lockdown of the district in fear of attack. Katniss is asked to pose as the Mockingjay which is the face of the rebellion. In exchange for her work she asked for some of her friends in the Capitol to be granted immunity from the war crimes that all people in the Capitol will face. After Katniss poses as the Mockingjay she then leads all of the twelve districts into rebellion. The only city left is the Capitol, in the center of the country. She is led into urban warfare in the Capitol and Finnick (one of the previous Hunger Games members) is killed. After she reaches the president’s mansion she sees a hovercraft approach and drop care packages to kids that are actually bombs and Katniss’s sister, Prim dies in the explosion while helping the children. Once they captured the president they begin to film Katniss killing the president, but instead kills the president District Thirteen because she dropped the bombs on the children while killing her sister. After she kills President Coin the late leader of District Thirteen she is relocated to the ruins of District twelve and Peeta (her husband) is th...
...ter their survival chances. The story was adapted to film by Gary Ross and altered to his desires. The adaptation is a complement to the original story and most alterations were to compress the film to comply with time restrictions. The focuses on strategy had to be altered as the perception on the story has changed and cannot follow all of Katniss’ thoughts. As such, Ross could not include details like Collins as the novel was told from Katniss’ point of view. The limiting details force Ross to focus more on visual representations of strategy than that of Collins, who had the ability to describe and use emotional character ties in her strategies. In short, the similarities between text and film uphold the strength and value of the work, while the differences in the cinema adaption cause minor lapses in detail that do not effect the overall significance of the work.
She keeps arguing with Peeta whether or not she is going to go or not. Katniss wants to go and Peeta is saying she is going to stay behind. Peeta says “No, you’re not risking your life for me.”(274). Then Katniss lies and says she’s not going but really she just gives him spoonfuls of a syrup which actually makes him sleep so Katniss can sneak out and grab the medicine. Once she grabs the medicine Clove is saying that Cato, is out there hunting for Peeta. Clove said “I don't think you'll have much use for your lips anymore, want to blow Lover Boy one last kiss?”(286). When she gets back to Peeta she gives him the medicine and when they wake up it is much better than what it was before. “Much better, whatever you shot into my arm did the trick.”(291). Said Peeta. Katniss showed great bravery and courage when she ran out into the middle trying to grab that pack filled with supplies including the medicine.
In both books they share some traits, even though they may not look anything alike they are. both of these novels are dystopian novels and many characters share similarity’s.
Katniss is a good person at heart. Katniss may have hunter’s instinct; kill anything or anyone who tries to harm the people she cares about. Katniss would risk her life for them. Even in the games, Katniss would not kill the one person who stood in her way of winning. Katniss shows what matters compassion and her humanity. Katniss shows she is more than apiece in their games (232). Katniss remembers what Peeta said on the Roof. Peeta said,” I don’t want them to change me in there. Turn me into some kind of monster that I’m not” (141). Katniss does not want to lose herself, which she never does. Katniss shows she is a good person by forming alliances and taking care of other tributes. Katniss does not think she is good but she really is even if she cannot see it.
I unwilllingly walked through the entrance of regret and guilt. With teary eyes from what happened the night before, I didn’t know what I could say. All I thought was ‘It was an accident’ but that didn’t matter anymore.
Collins portrays Peeta, as having feminine characteristics by showing him to be as emotional, romantic and more passive than Katniss. In the novel, Peeta “blushes beet red and stammers out” his love for Katniss on national television. He confesses that he has a crush and he tells the interviewer that his crush “[is] here with [him].” (Katniss, 130) Whereas Katniss’ reaction to Peeta’s confession is to “slam [her] palms into his chest” (Katniss, 135). This illustrates Peeta’s emotional personality and compares it to Katniss’s cold personality. This disproves the idea that gender roles are exactly true, and men cannot have similar features to
In a not-too-distant, some 74 years, into the future the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 13 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games; these children are referred to as tributes (Collins, 2008). The Games are meant to be viewed as entertainment, but every citizen knows their purpose, as brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts. The televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eradicate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. The main character throughout the series is a 16-year-old girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen.
Juliette dreams of a white bird with a golden crown above its head that flies and somehow saves her from everything, later she finds out that Adam her somewhat hero has a tattoo of this bird on him. Throughout the novel Juliette shows courage, strength, and determination, but she also deals with fear and a feeling of self disappointment. These characteristics are very alike to another well-known heroine, Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games. Today we will be focusing on the third instalment of the series, Mockingjay: Part 1. This movie follows Katniss Everdeen as she tries to rebuke against The Capitol and break the Districts. She joins forces with people from a first said to be gone District 13 and together they try and take back their lives, here is a clip of the trailer to fully explain the movie. Altogether it can be shown that both of these fantasy texts have many things in common, including rising up against leaders, showing glimpses of a dystopian future filled with crime and hate, and two heroine’s coming together with others that were said to be non-existent to rise up and over power what can be put in terms as their Government. Both of these texts demonstrate just how easy our world could be destroyed by the wrong person in charge, alright you all remember the first question earlier about the environment and the problems facing it? If you could please take a couple minutes now to write up as many things as you can think of. (Listen to some ideas, nod and if an idea doesn’t really fit try and stretch it so it does). Okay so these were all great ideas and everyone definitely understands the problems we are faced with today. There are many quotes from the Bible that suit and correlate with the ideas present in these texts, a few of these are: “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the
Rebellion is seen when the little girl from District 11 dies. Those in that district start to fight the men in uniform and start destroying things around. Also, when Katniss and Peeta attempt suicide at the end of the game they make the authorities change their mind. By this action Katniss and Peeta manage to affect the decision of the gamemakers which is the first time it has happened. Katniss can be seen as the intellectual leader who stood for what she believed in as she didn’t kill her male counterpart. The president of the Capitol hates the fact that Katniss is making changes to the game although she does this indirectly.
The Hunger Games is a yearly event, in which the audience find it extremely uncomfortable and unusual to watch but for the people of Panem it is completely normal and is something they must take part in whether they are ready for it or not. Imagine being forced into an arena where you must fight to death? Imagine being forcefully chosen for something you have been dreading your whole life! As you can probably guess the tributes picked from District 12 are Peeta Mellark as the male tribute and Katniss Everdeen as the woman tribute in a sudden turn of events.