In the novel The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss, a young woman who lives in District 12 of Panem, which is post-apocalyptic North America, struggles to put food on the table for her family. A country where the Capitol oppresses its citizen by keeping them fenced off from the outer world. The Capitol also forces a teenage boy and girl ages 12 to 18 from each district to fight in a blood sport that Capitol views as entertainment known as, The Hunger Games. During the reaping of the 74th Hunger Games Katniss’s sibling, Prim, is chosen as the female contestant for the game, which in turn makes Katniss volunteer herself to take Prims place. This sort of mistreatment by the Capitol is what causes Katniss Everdeen to change from
She’s someone who doesn’t follow the rules set by the Capitol. For example, she leaves the district limits, daily even though there are dangerous animals where she hunts, it does help her in providing some food for her family. Katniss is able to gather and hunt for herself and her family because she remembers what her father taught her when she was young, “Inside the wood they roam freely, and there are added concerns like venomous snakes, rabid animals, and no real paths that follow. But there’s also food if you know how to find it” (Collins 5). This makes Katniss keep herself closed off and avoids contact with other people, besides her close friend Gale. Poaching carries a severe penalty if caught by the peacekeepers, a security force led by the Capitol, so she doesn’t boast about the things she has caught. She does mention that “Most of the Peacekeepers turn a blind eye to the few of us who hunt because they’re as hungry for fresh meat as anybody is” (Collins 5). Boasting about the game she has killed wouldn’t look good for the peacekeepers if they allowed it to go on. This shows that Katniss is an independent woman who doesn’t trust people, because showing people that you can provide for yourself will bring unwanted
She trusts Rue because of what she did for Katniss while she was stuck up on a tree and injured, she pointed out the tracker jacker nest above Katniss that she used to distract the other careers so she could escape. Rue also helped cure Katniss tracker jacker stings by chewing some herbs and placing them on the wounds. Katniss states that she trusts Rue “Because she’s a survivor, and I trust her, and why not admit it? She reminds me of Prim” (201). Later on during the games Katniss finds out that Peeta has abandoned the alliance he had with the other careers and is missing. She eventually ends up finding him tired and injured hidden by some rocks. She takes care of him and shows him some affection because she states that “Being one of the star-crossed lovers from District 12 it’s an absolute requirement if I want any more help from sympathetic sponsors” (247). This is also when she realizes all that Peeta has done was to protect Katniss from the other careers which ends up making Katniss actually trust Peeta and feel some real emotional connection with him. This showed that even though Katniss was showing affection toward Peeta she really felt like she could trust
Katniss volunteering for the hunger games to take her sister prim's place because prim is just a child in katniss’s eyes. The hunger game arena could Be identified with a maze. Peeta the other tribute for District 12 had fallen in love with Katniss before the reaping. Because of her uniqueness the crowd
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...
In Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, the only living winner of the Hunger Games from District Twelve is Haymitch Abernathy. The Hunger Games are basically a death sentence, especially to those who hail from the outer districts. It’s a reminder that all of Panem is controlled by the Capitol and “at their mercy” (18). Haymitch is introduced right off the bat as a “paunchy, idle-aged man” and being very drunk. (19) “But at least two families will pull their shutters, lock their doors, and try to figure out how they will survive the painful weeks to come.” (10) Being forced to kill people takes a toll, especially when these kids are still so young. They’re being forced to fight for their lives and through Haymitch, Collins presents a character
After Peeta reveals his secret infatuation with Katniss during his interview, Katniss and her mentor Haymitch discuss the event:
The saga continues when Kutniss Everdeen, the “Mockingjay,” and District 13 wager war against the autocratic Capitol.
Suzanne Collins has, through her writings, used great imagery to expose the meaningful side of ‘The Hunger Games’, the side that is not all about what takes place in the arena. The Capitol’s rule over the districts, the reality-show part of the Hunger Games and the Mockingjay pin are all fragments of deeper meanings that create the basis of all that the story is. Suzanne Collins has depicted the country of Panem as a place overruled by a large city, known as the Capitol. The Hunger Games is apparently a means to keep peace and a fair punishment for the rebellion of the districts, where district 13 was obliterated in the mess. However, Collins has spun this interpretation around and unveiled a different perspective – that The Hunger Games is
Money is power in the U.S. and as such society is controlled by the powerful. Shall a film maker (writer, director, or producer) want their film to be a box office success the film must be created by the normative standards that have been set by those controlling the industry. Typically those regulating the media are the banks and a number of media companies (Horne, 2001; Mantsios, 2013). The Hunger Games (2012), directed by Gary Ross, is no different in the way that it lures the audience to anticipate and praise the film but lacks to extrapolate the subtle message of class inequality to its audience. Additionally the film fails at thoroughly considering class division and challenging race relations and hints subtly, but significantly, at racial inequality.
Katniss lost her social interaction with many of citizens by just staying at her own distance, not leaving her bubble of safety. Katniss really did not have a problem with personal space, but she did not like being around others. She preferred the wilderness where she could do what she wanted to do, without having to deal with others. In that ...
In various flashbacks of hers, she is able to rediscover and revisit past events, enabling herself to advance and succeed through the hunger games. In chapter four, Katniss revisits a memory where her father advises her that “as long as you can find yourself, you’ll never starve”. This advice coheres with Katniss 's situation within the hunger games, as she pushes herself to survive in hopes to see her sister again, as well as help her district. This novel connects the chosen idea of discovery, encouraging katniss to rediscover what is known in order to
The Hunger Games was a good movie when it came out. This movie refers to a dystopia world in which there are 12 districts and a capitol who rules with an iron fist, in which the districts must provide a tribute to fight in an annual Hunger Game as a punishment for a past rebellion. Katniss Everdeen is a hunter from the 12th district, which Gale, her friend gives her tips on hunting. One day her sister, Primrose Everdeen, is chosen for the Hunger Games, and in order to save her, she volunteers instead to serve in the Games along with Peeta Mellark. During a TV interview, Peeta confesses her love for Katniss Everdeen, which causes the enragement of the latter; however, she later forgives him as he explains to her that it was only to gain sponsors. During the Hunger Games, she did not receive a lot of supplies except some medicine to cure a wound, but Districts 1 and 2 almost won the Game due to their training, and amount of supplies which Katniss destroys but cannot recover any of them. The Hunger Games was one of the best movies I ever watched because it has a little bit of everything and it captures the real-life survival game that we live on a daily basis.
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.
In the first chapters, the reader is able to recognize how much she loves her younger sister Primrose. The two are very close and Katniss prioritizes her sister’s welfare over her mother’s. Furthermore, in chapter 2, the reader gets an example of the impact Katniss’ identity has on her. When Primrose was initially chosen to participate in the Hunger Games , her sister said : “I volunteer!” .“I volunteer as tribute!”.
But in this movie, a person in charge picks a girl and a boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen out of a lottery from each district to represent their district and fight to death. The children, who are chosen, are trained for a week and then sent to and outdoor arena. In the movie, the capitol shows a video explaining the tradition, the rules of the game and how it must be followed no matter what. The characters in this movie have to orient themselves in order to stay safe from the capitol; they also need to follow all the rules provided in order to live. In the story, Prim Everdeen was chosen as of the children to represent the district but her sister Katniss Everdeen volunteered instead to save her sister. After the children are chosen, they are placed in an arena that is controlled by the people who invented the game with advanced technology. The game is being broadcasted all over the world as a reality show, showing the kids of each district killing each other and how they live. The children were almost treated like animals, they were out in a forest setting that is made with the technology, and having to survive off the environment they were given. They were rewarded with food or survival kit each time they kill each other. This portrays exploiting their tradition as entertainment and not seeing the cruelty of
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.
“Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor” (Collins 19). Those were some of the last words Katniss heard before her sister’s name was called out for the seventy-fourth Hunger Games. Without thinking about anyone else, Katniss bravely accepted her sister’s spot in the games, a basic suicide mission. Katniss Everdeen had a vibrant personality, she was bold, intelligent, and a loving person. Her country, Panem, was controlled by President Snow, who let his country suffer in poverty. The capital was harsh and forces every district to send one boy and one girl to take part in the yearly Hunger Games. While a Disney Princess would yell for her