a short synopsis ( 5 marks ) SYNOPSIS OF HUNGER GAMES The hunger games are a series of three adventure novels written by Suzanne Collins, American Author. The novels in the trilogy are titled the Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009) and Mockingjay (2010). The trilogy’s narrator and protagonist, Katniss Everdeen lives in district 12, the poorer region of Panem, formerly known as Appalachia, where people regularly die of starvation. The hunger games trilogy takes place in an unspecified future
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of the best books I have ever read. It has a lot of different elements like love, survival, hope etc. One of my favorite elements is love or romance between Gale, Peeta and Katniss. Katniss is a very interesting character. She doesn't know what she's feeling for anyone. In the first few chapters the book talks about Katniss's life back in district twelve. Suzanne mentions her hunting partner Gale. Katniss met Gale when he saw Gale's brilliant snares. After
fame and fortune, Losing means certain death, The Hunger Games have begun." Hello, peers and teacher. ‘The Hunger Games’ is a dystopian novel that has engaged many readers throughout the years. Suzanne Collins, the author, establishes a society called Panem, that is is divided in 12 districts and the powerful Capital. Every year the Capital hosts the games and each district draws one girl and boy to enter as tributes. For teenagers ‘The Hunger Games’ series are a amazing reads. Lets take a look into
The book The Hunger Games, portrays a society where people are treated unfairly based on factors that they cannot control. The people are born into one of 13 districts. There lives vary drastically based on where they are born. Someone born in the Capitol has a completely different life than someone born in district 12. A person born in the Capitol lives a wealthy life and is always treated with respect. On the other hand someone born in district 12 has a life of constant back breaking work. They
Reading: Connections Connection: Going to Extremes For Love The Hunger Games is set in world called Panem that was once America, before the Capitol was overcome in some unexplained, apocalyptic war. As punishment for that aggression, the remains were divided into 12 districts. Every year each district has to send one boy and one girl between 12 and 18 years old, chosen by lottery, to compete in a nationally televised event called “the Hunger Games.” The purpose of this is to create a mass killing spree with
Thrilling, superb and well thought out; The Hunger Games captures your imagination and never leaves you feeling bored. The greatest achievement for The Hunger Games is successfully adapting a best-selling novel into a top selling film. The novel has been tailored into something intelligent, powerful and immersive. Within about ninety seconds into the movie we gather what Panem is, a futuristic city. We hear two men discussing something called The Hunger Games and then with a high-pitched scream, it cuts
Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy, which is a story about 24 teenagers are chosen by cruel government and they must fight each other in the annual Hunger Games. What’s more, all the games are televised live! Really gives the readers a spiritual shock! This novel is “Narrow” and “Deep”. In the novel, “Panem, the country that rose up out of the aches of a place that was once called North America…… as our yearly reminder that the Dark Days must never be repeated it gave us the Hunger Games.” (6) The hunger
Introduction The Hunger Games is the first book of the trilogy of the same name written by Suzanne Collins between 2008 and 2010. This dystopian novel takes place in a fictional country called Panem, which consists of a wealthy city, the Capitol, and 12 poorer districts. Every year, two children from each district called tributes, and aged between 12 and 18 are chosen to participate in a compulsory death match that is organized by the Capitol and broadcasted on television: the Hunger Games. In the first
The Hunger Games Director Francis Lawrence did an outstanding job on this film. It is one of the most suspenseful, thrilling, and astonishing movies I have seen yet. This movie is based on the Hunger Games Trilogy. The Hunger Games is about a girl and boy named Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), who both live in district twelve; a community full of poverty and dictatorship. Every year Panem, also known as district thirteen, randomly selects one
The Hunger Games is written by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games was published September 14, 2008. This book was so fun and exciting to read. My favorite character is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss Everdeen is the main character in the story. The story is about Katniss and her family struggling to survive each day. While not having freedom and living in poverty,Katniss finds a way to survive. Katniss also plays the role of a provider for her family since her dad his dead and her mother is depressed and
SETTING The main events of the story take place in district twelve and in the hunger games arena. District twelve is where Katnis now lives very comfortably in the victors village which is a street on one end of the district where only the winners (of the hunger games) and their families live. This is where the first major event takes place. Katnis is coming home from hunting one day and sees her mom standing in the front doorway of their house, as Katnis approaches the house her mom says “You
The Hunger Games essay Choose 1 of the scenes from the film and explain how the Director, Gary Ross has used film techniques to portray the evils of a dystopian world. ‘The Hunger Games’ is a movie based on a fiction ‘The Hunger Game’. It was written by an American author called Suzanne Collins in 2008. The book was awarded as the Top Ten Best Book For Young Adult Selection. The director of this film is Gary Ross and the film was released in 2012. The world in this story is a dystopian world
encourages people to discover new ideas and gain new perspectives, as well as rediscover previous knowledge and reinterpret experience from past events and situations. In the poems The Tuft Of Flowers Fire and Ice alongside the related text The Hunger Games novel, we are able to connect both the persona’s of each text with this concept of discovery. The use of techniques as well as key events and aspects of these texts will go hand in hand with the connections between The human nature of each persona
question; does the dystopian genre reflect real world problems? The way I will be formulating the structure of my statement will be with three different books; Hunger Games, The Giver and 1984. Every single one of these books is set in the future, in which society has drastically changed and the way of life is extremely dreaded. The Hunger Games is a dystopian trilogy written by Suzanne
Throughout reading the novel 1984, the reader could make several connections to The Hunger Games series because of the comparable ideas and themes. These two novels share the similar ideas of which the birds represent hope for the people, giant screens allow the government to communicate to the citizens, and multiple divisions that provide for the whole
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.”, a very well known quote from the book series The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, Pg 19). The Hunger Games Trilogy written by Suzeanne Collins has become enormously popular. The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay are the three works that make up the series. A major motion picture was released titled The Hunger Games, after the first book in the series, and it instantly became a box office hit. Those who have not read the books
days have also been attracted to dystopian themed movies. For example, The Hunger Games is a profound film that greatly fits that description. This is a post-apocalyptic movie set that will leave the audience 's hanging out of their seats. From start to finish, the audience eyes will never leave the movie screen. From the amount of special effects, it would make the audience think it could almost be realistic. The Hunger Games will leave viewers wanting more, and anxiously waiting for the next film
The film “The Hunger Games” directed by Gary Ross is base on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It takes place in a fictional world, in the country of Panem. After a civil war the whole country was split in twelve different districts and one Capitol. Every year, each district must offer a man and a woman between the ages of 12 and 18, to serve as tribute for the so-called hunger games; an event enforced onto the twelve districts by the capitol, where the tributes from all districts are
you deal when they are innocent children, ranging from ages twelve to eighteen? Written by Suzanne Collins, in 2008, "The Hunger Games" is a masterpiece of unfairness, righteousness, and the rebelling against the wrongful doing of government. While the government reigns supreme, it is unfair and dehumanizing. Every year, 24 "tributes" are chosen to participate in "The Hunger Games"; a televised ultimate death match of teenagers. There are twelve districts, (like states) that the "tributes" are chosen
Speaking of Taste: The Hunger Game Trilogy The bestselling trilogy series by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, is considered as trash and reading it indicates bad taste for serious moral and ethical questions and controversial debates it has raised. And is was listed as the No.5 most frequently challenged book in 2013, according to American Library Association. “Challenged” here is defined by American Library Association as official requests to schools and libraries to remove the book. This essay