We humans who live on the surface of the earth are all Overlanders! This is what I found out when I read Gregor the Overlander, a book written by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book in the Underland Chronicles series. This book was 311 pages of Underland adventure. The story begins with the protagonist, Gregor. He is a bony eleven year old boy. He lives in a hot, cramped apartment with his poor, struggling family. He is living in a state of frustration. His seven year old sister Lizzie gets to
Suzanne Marie Collins is a television writer and novelist; she is the author of the “New York Time”, “The Hunger Game” and “The Underland Chronicles”. Collins was born on August 10th, 1962 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her father was a solider for U.S Air Force, he has been fight in Vietnam War. Because her father is a solider, so when she was young, her and her family moves a lot, she have been in living in places like New York City and Brussels. For her family, learn history was an important subject
The most well known novels that C.S. Lewis has written are The Chronicles of Narnia, which is made up of seven novels. This story takes place in the present time. The adventure in Narnia that these children go on takes about 12 days, however on earth it is like you had never left as time is different in Narnia. The main characters of this story are: Jill Pole, Eustace Scrubb, Puddleglum, Aslan, Prince Rilian, and The Queen of Underland. Jill Pole is a wimpy girl that gets picked on at the Experiment
One of the greatest things that keep our world running is not the things we can see however the things we can conceptualize. As the world continues to progress, people widely undermine the concept of imagination. Authors like Suzanne Collins keep the concept of imagination alive by sparking ideas that could influence the world prodigiously from such vivid sources. As Susan Collins continues her work in the field of literature, her work continues to emphasize her personal family influences, influences
Gregor the Overlander. It has an 11 year-old boy who coexists with rats and cockroaches in New York City. The novel was noticed for its “vivid setting and sense of adventure, and four additional installments (2004-07) in what became known as The Underland Chronicles soon followed”. Even though the audience is for adolescents, Collins still wrote about dark things such as genocide and biological warfare. She did this because she was “influenced by the lessons her father had taught her as a military historian
Summary: The Mockingjay is the third book in the Hunger Games series and is the final book to the series. In this book, Katniss Everdeen and her family and friends start to live in a strict new world now as District Thirteen. There were thirteen districts at first and then a war between District Thirteen and the Capitol began. The Capitol lost and they came to an agreement that District Thirteen would act as if they had lost but in exchange got their own land. After District Thirteen stole Katniss