The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Suzanne Collins is the author of The Hunger Games, which is an intense, suspenseful, and thrilling book and movie that contains many unexpected twists and turns. All of the readers and viewers of the Hunger Games confirmed that this is an astonishing movie and book. The book keeps you interested, because you’re turning each page with suspense. For the movie, you are just waiting to see what will happen next! I’ve heard many positive review about this book and the movie too! Therefore, these are the reasons of why I choose The Hunger Games.
The basic summary of The Hunger Games starts with Katniss, the main character, to go hunt with Gale, her friend. Every year the annual Hunger Games is held where two people from each district will fight for their life in the arena until there is only one person left alive. Katniss’s little sister, Prim is chosen, but not until Katniss volunteers to take her place and fight in the Hunger Games. Throughout the Hunger Games, Peeta makes alliances the Careers to protect Katniss. Shortly after, Katniss makes an alliance with Rue, but she got killed. Then, an announcement is made that two tributes from the same district can win. This causes Katniss to team up with Peeta, the tribute from the same district as her, but Peeta got seriously injured from Cato. Peeta’s leg is getting an infection and this may kill him . Though, Katniss and Peeta are working together to survive, but then there is the feast, where you can retrieve the the most essential item each district needs to live. Instantly Katniss knows that is where she can get Peeta’s medicine!
Katniss leaves for the feast, and fights for her life for that medicine, but Katniss gets an intermediate cut by her eyebrow. This medicine helps Peeta imm...

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...rt, and everything seemed to go by quicker. Also, I was disappointed because the way Suzanne Collins described things in the book, did not live up to my standards of what I imagined in the movie. For example, Katniss’s interview dress was covered in gems in the book. On the other hand, in movie it was just a pink dress with glitter on it, so it barely sparkled and shimmered. The last reason I would prefer the printed interpretation instead of the audio-visual, is because the movie excluded some parts of the book. For example, in the book it rained in the arena continuously, non-stop. This affected Katniss’s and Peeta’s survival. This goes to show there are differences and similarities between a book and movie, sometimes more than another, but I definitely prefer the book of The Hunger Games instead of the movie!

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