Through the development of the hero archetype with the characters Sidney Carton from the fiction novel A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Katniss Everdeen from the fiction novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, one could learn about the morals and standards of the two different time periods in which the stories were written. In A Tale Of Two Cities, Sidney Carton is initially a person that believes he has no purpose in life. This is expressed when he is speaking with Charles Darnay and he says, “I am a disappointed drudge, sir. I care for no man on earth, and no man on earth cares for me” (Dickens 113). The only job that he has is to be the assistant to Mr. Stryver. At this job, Stryver is compared to the lion and Carton is compared to the jackal. In other words, Stryver does all of the work and Carton picks up the scraps. However, later in the book Carton finds his purpose and becomes determined in achieving his goal. In the end, he sacrifices his life for Darnay so that Lucie could live “A life you love” (445). The fact that he sacrificed himself causes him to be considered a Christ figure because he gave up …show more content…
A Tale of Two Cities was written during the Victorian Era, while The Hunger Games was written in the year 2008. One could learn that people during the Victorian Era were more independent than the people of the present due to the fact that Carton works in secret without any help while Katniss has a mentor helping her throughout the story. Another aspect that could be learned is the difference between the audiences of the two novels. The Hunger Games, was written towards young adults, which is why the novel has a happy ending. On the other hand, A Tale Of Two Cities was written for adults in the middle and lower class, which is evident in the fact that the hero of the novel did not
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
Another blaring difference between the two societies in Fahrenheit 451 and the Hunger Games is that of their government. The form of government in Fahrenheit 451 consists of a democracy whereas the Hunger Games government is corrupt and resembles nothing of a democracy. Even though we may see the world of Fahrenheit 451 as strange and bad there is still a democracy, which we consider to be fair. A similarity between the two governments systems would be how they both suppress things much like it is today, that each government believes could hurt the stability of society. The Hunger Games government suppresses interaction between districts to instill conformity because they know if there was interaction it could cause unhappiness and take away from the level of cooperation between the people and the government.
Throughout these two romantic and tragic stories, there are many examples of similarities and differences with catastrophe, characters, and themes. In conclusion of The Hunger Games, twenty-two loves are lost because the people involved in the games are trying to save their own lives. There are also similarities between the characters in both stories. In the beginning, there was a similarity of a love triangle going on in both stories. It involves Juliet, Romeo, and Paris.
In “The Hunger Games” the secondary characters are very one dimensional and usually have one purpose in the story. For example the character Gale is just there to be another love interest in the protagonist’s life. Finally, in literary short stories the antagonist is not always just a bad person. At the beginning, we don’t like the grandmother very much, but towards the end we realise that she has had many hardships in her life and she just wants things to be orderly and live the life she used to have. In conclusion literary short stories are better than popular fiction stories because literary stories are character driven, which means that the characters are more complex and interesting than popular fiction stories. For example the character Gale is just there to be another love interest in the protagonist’s life. Finally, in literary short stories the antagonist is not always just a bad person. At the beginning, we don’t like the grandmother very much, but towards the end we realise that she has had many hardships in her life and she just wants things to be orderly and live the life she used to have. In conclusion literary short stories are better than popular fiction stories because literary stories are character
In “The Lottery,” Mrs. Hutchinson says, “`It isn’t fair,’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head” (Jackson 7). Mrs. Hutchinson does not even try to get away, she only stands there and lets the townspeople kill her. She does not try to stand up to her society at all and she shows how she does not even try to change her fate. She only stands still and does not try to get away. Though these stories both have a female protagonist, The Hunger Games has a protagonist who stands up to her society in time to save herself. In The Hunger Games, the main character, Katniss, is one of the two participants still alive at the end of The Hunger Games. She and her fellow district mate, Peeta Mellark, are both still alive. The government says only one of them may win. Katniss convinces Peeta to eat deadly berries. They are just about to eat the berries when they are both declared the winners. Katnisss is reacting to the rule change. She is showing how she is not going to stand by and let the government control her. Katniss shows people should stand up for what they believe in and to not give into their society and to not be controlled. Both of the stories have a female protagonist differing how and when they stand up for themselves.
The first difference I saw in the Hunger Games was that people from different districts are not supposed to talk to each other, let alone go to another district. It was against the law to go to another district. Katniss did not like to talk to others anyway, just being by herself in the woods made her more comfortable. She did not like the socialization factor mostly because she thought she was not as good or as classy as the others. Her personality traits suffered as well, from not being more outgoing as a child. She thought as long as she kept to herself, she would be okay. Without these social connections, Katniss would have lost the key functions in our society today.
Character is a big area where Romeo and Juliet and The Hunger Games have a lot of similarities and differences. One big similarity is the love triangle between Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. It is a lot like the love triangle between Romeo, Juliet, and Rosaline. Romeo is in love with Rosaline in the beginning, and so is Katniss to Gale.Then later Romeo fell in love with Juliet, and Katniss fell in love with Peeta. One more big difference between the two stories is how in Romeo and Juliet they might have loved each other only for their beauty, for example when Romeo is describing Juliet, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?” –Romeo. Another ...
Dickens responded to this "dog-eat-dog" social climate by writing A Tale of Two Cities as a vehicle to reform society. He intends to fortify Christian values within English culture, such as self-sacrifice and kindness, in a time when he feels these values are threatened and sometimes completely overlooked. In this essay, I will show how Dickens interweaves his moral agenda of Christian values into the novel by using contrasts, symbols, and the motif of doubles as well as the evolution of Sydney Carton into a Christ-like figure with the goal of inspiring the reader to the point of evolving into an ethically "good" human being.
Charles Dickens writes this book explaining the French Revolution, in which the social and economic systems in France had huge changes and the French monarchy collapsed. This causes high taxes, unfair laws, and the poor being mistreated. Charles Dickens shows that cruelty of other people will lead to a revolution and in addition to the revolution more cruelty will occur. He explores the idea of justice and violence through the use of ambiguous characters with positive and negative qualities, meaning that they have to different sides to them; for example, Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, and Dr. Manette. Throughout the story of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles dickens uses ambiguous characters to shows how violence and cruelty can be stopped through the power of true sacrifice.
...Andersen) . Both stories rely on tradition in order for society to function. Katniss and Tesse realize that if they do not participate that harm will fall upon their families. To keep order and balance tradition, no matter how cruel and harsh must be followed. Sacrifice is beneficial to both of these stories because without sacrifice the characters would put their families in a bad situation unless they stepped up to the plate. Both The Hunger Games and The Lottery demonstrate that “The odds aren't always forever in there favor” (Collins).
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 live in poverty and struggle to survive.
Unmistakably, neither of these stories depends on genuine occasions. Albeit numerous commentators have seen an analogy between World War Two and Harry Potter, it is out of line to peruse these writings simply as moral stories. Not at all like youngsters ' stories, for example, Michael Morpurgo 's War Horse, the characters in both Harry Potter and The Hunger Games are battling for an alternative world than our own particular and in this way both stories contain components of the fantastical Harry Potter as a bit of optional world writing and The Hunger Games as a post-prophetically calamitous envisioning without bounds North America. Nonetheless, saying this doesn 't imply that that their messages about war ought to be disregarded just in light of the fact that they are anecdotal. Although diverse levels and sorts of savagery are delineated in these books, both writings are additionally progressively keen on the political part of war, as much as its impact on youngsters and social orders. Besides, both arrangement close with the triumph of the saints and the reclamation of their universes to what
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, is a story set in the year 1775 and through the turbulent time of the French Revolution. It is of people living in love and betrayal, murder and joy, peril and safety, hate and fondness, misery and happiness, gentle actions and ferocious crowds. The novel surrounds a drunken man, Sydney Carton, who performs a heroic deed for his beloved, Lucie Manette, while Monsieur and Madame Defarge, ruthless revolutionaries, seek revenge against the nobles of France. Research suggests that through Dickens’ portrayal of the revolutionaries and nobles of the war, he gives accurate insight to the era of the Revolution.
Context: In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, Mr. Stryver and Sydney Carton are both at their office where they analyze and solve the cases that were given before they go to the court. Carton, as the assistant of Stryver, asks the lawyer the number of cases that are needed for research. As Carton does all the work, Stryver relaxes on his sofa as he indulges in his drinks, doing absolutely nothing at all.