The 1st theme I have chosen is violence- violence is an act of physically abusing someone else. Violence is important because during being a tribute in the Hunger Games if you weren’t violent towards other tributes you were at risk of dying. From beginning to end the Hunger Games shows violence everywhere but one particular example would be when Katniss goes back to where they began to get a bag with healing cream in it for Peter but ends up having a run in with Clove. Clove tries to stab Katniss. While Clove is trying to stab Katniss she is ripped off of Katniss by Thresh because she was one of the tributes that killed Rue, he beats her head against the ship that had all the weapons etc. until she falls limp on the ground.
The 2nd theme I have chosen is resilience- resilience is when someone is able to bounce back after having something terrible happen to them or someone close to them. Resilience is important because without it all the tributes would be too scared to fight again after killing another tribute or when the other tribute from your district is killed (because it is hard to see someone you knew die). When in the hunger games it is a quality you desperately need to have. Katniss shows
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Courage is important because without courage the tributes wouldn’t be able to get through the games, they wouldn’t have the courage to kill others. Courage is one of the most important qualities when being a tribute in the hunger games because you need courage to do things that scare you like kill another or survive if you haven’t got the courage and will power to survive you’re going to die as soon as the countdown finishes. Katniss shows courage when she volunteers to take her sister’s spot in the hunger games. Katniss also shows courage when she goes and retrieves the bag with healing cream for Peeta. She puts her own life at risk to save another more than once throughout the
Yamato, Jen. Burning Questions.“The Hunger Games and Real World Parallels: “Can kids all become Katniss Everdeen”. Movie Line. March 13, 2012. Web. May 04, 2012
The hero’s journey is a useful tool in analyzing narratives of all kinds, from myths to movies to everyday life. One of the most iconic stages in the Hero’s Journey is the ordeal, otherwise known as the belly of the whale or the cave, in which the protagonist has reached their darkest and most hopeless point – things cannot get worse. Once the hero gets through the main ordeal, their journey home is much more sedated. This can be paralleled to the encompassing plot structure, in which there is a climax, and then the intensity of the story winds down again. This stage is one of the most universal in the hero’s journey, because without conflict and climax, there is no drive or reward within the story. Popular movies such as The Hunger Games,
The next theme is about the competition. The Hunger Games are very different from what we think of games to the Capitol and the whole of Panem. T...
The example of courage in Mockingjay is nothing short of what we all would ideally like to look up to. The display of courage is seen throughout the movie. Through acting or not acting during a situation. It obviously takes an extraordinary amount of courage to willingly put your life on the line for someone. Though there is courage displayed throughout the whole movie – it is really the highs and lows of compassion showed in certain situations to the inhumane acts. The characters can go from risking their life to save someone to killing someone that is trying to hinder them from reaching their ultimate goal – winning the Hunger
By comparing and contrasting the Catching Fire novel and film, one can see that the film was effective in conveying some themes, and was not effective in conveying others. Hope is a major theme in the entire Hunger Games trilogy, although in Catching fire it becomes more apparent because of the start of the rebellion and the people’s interest in turning against the capitol. In both the novel and film this theme is shown through acts of unity and fury against the capitol. Symbolism and humane vs. inhumane acts are themes shown more clearly at times either in the Catching Fire novel or the Catching Fire film. These themes show the similarities and differences between the Catching Fire novel and film.
Katniss’ courage grows throughout the novel. In the middle of the Hunger Games, Katniss forms an alliance with Rue, the tribute from District 11. After Rue’s death, Katniss moves away as she is extremely upset with the Capitol for holding the Games. She thought, ‘I want to do something, right here right now, to shame them … to show the Capitol that whatever they do or force us to do, there is a part of every tribute they can’t own… ’ Katniss displays an act of defiance as she wants to ‘shame them.’ Her defiance requires her to be courageous in the Games and face the trials and challenges that she will have to experience. When Peeta and Katniss were the last two tributes standing, Katniss couldn’t bear to lose Peeta so she gave a handful of berries to Peeta and
Entertainment can come and be enjoyed in many different forms. Television shows and movies are some of the different forms of entertainment can be in. The lives of famous actors from shows or movies are constantly scrutinized on and off screen. Within the world of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins a version of reality entertainment is the televised murder of innocent children. Those who are chosen to be within the Hunger Games become a scrutinized celebrity. Katniss and other tributes that are forced to fight and kill show how human identity can become lost as they become objectified for the people of Panem. The Hunger Games helps represent the harm that reality television can have by using the glorification of death with the objectification
Imagine killing people in an arena for money, food, and glory. This is what Katniss Everdeen has to do in the book The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins. Courage is basically showing your strength when you are faced with tough decisions or fear. Katniss shows how courageous she is while battling in the arena and out of the arena with her family and friends. Katniss has to go into an arena with twenty-four other members, two from each district. There are a total of twelve districts and she is in the twelfth district. The point of the games is to show the the capital is the boss of them and whatever they say goes. They battle in an arena till there is one victor remaining. Katniss shows many acts of courage.
One example of the theme occurs when the author first introduces the story. “But the summer I was 9 years old, the town I had always loved morphed into a beautifully heartbreaking and complicated place.” (pg. 1). The author is saying that the year she turned nine, she found out something about her town that broke her heart and changed the way she saw it. This quote is important because it supports the theme. It shows that now she is older she has learned something about her town that made her wiser than when she was younger. She is now more informed because the new information changed her and caused her to begin to mature.
The first theme in the movie that is similar to that of mythology is sacrifice. “The Hunger Games” begins with the reaping, a ceremony where one male and one female child from each District are chosen to participate in the Hunger Games to fight to the death. The children are chosen as a sacrifice to pay for the past wrong doings of their ancestors. The ritual begins and a video plays to the audience stating “This is a reminder of the rebellion, a price the districts have to pay. Freedom has a cost; we swore as a nation that we would never know this treason again. So it was said that one female and one male child from each district will be chosen each year to fight to the death as tribute. This is how we remember our past, this is how we secure our future.” The requirement of a sacrifice to ensure survival and food will be available for the future is similar to the sacrifices of many ancient cultures; specifically that of Egyptian myth. Osiris was killed and his body torn to shreds by his brother, Set. Everywhere that Osiris’ body was spread; abundant crops grew as a supply from the Gods. This also relates to the myth of Persephone, who was kidnapped by Pluto and brought to the underworld. Each year when Persephone returned to earth the world would flower with abundant growth, when Persephone went back to the underworld, all plant life ceased to exist until she returned again. This shows ...
In the novel The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins a new country is created. Panem is born in place of North America, were the Hunger Games began. In the Hunger Games, there are 24 tributes. Tributes are people who live in the districts. The tributes in the Hunger Games are all the same. They kill one another and become the Capitols puppets. The tributes become violent, emotionless puppets. Then there is Katniss. Katniss is an excellent hunter and becomes lethal during the games. However, she has not lost her compassion. Katniss does not think of herself as a good person. When in reality she is a good person with a large heart, who puts others before herself.
While reading the novel, “The Hunger Games”, written by Suzanne Collins, one could see without difficulty that a running theme flows through the writing. This theme being perseverance, the one thing that had allowed Katniss Everdeen, the main character that a reader follows during the events presented in the narrative, to live on and be crowned victor with her teammate, Peeta, a young man who ventures into the Hunger Games with Katniss. The theme of perseverance appears frequently as it is tied to every trait and skill of Katniss which includes the idea that she is persistent, caring, and resourceful when it comes to surviving in severe conditions similar to the Games. Every thought she has and every action that she performs drives her to
There are many themes that occur and can be interpreted differently throughout the novel. The three main themes that stand out most are healing, communication, and relationships.
In The Hunger Games the capitol’s deadly animals shows how they are inhuman, evil and is will willingly do anything to remain in control over their people. This help develop the story by showing what Katniss was going against in this story. The Mockingjay also symbolize rebellion and unity, the mockingjay was the creature both Rue and Katniss used in The Hunger Games which shows how they are uniting by trusting each other. The mockingjay help the story develop by showing how each district is uniting to go against the capitol. In Divergent the faction clothing shows how each faction is isolated from each other and is different both in looks and personality. This help explain how the quote “Faction before blood” works in this story line and shows how hard it will be to unite a pair of
A theme is a fundamental and often universal idea explored in a literary work. In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, there are three main themes: the side-by-side existence of good and evil, the importance of moral education, and the presence of social inequality. These themes help the story be what it is and help to create a proper setting, plot, conflict, and characters. The themes in the book have good meaning and make the book what it is.