Hunger Games Thesis

The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins. It is a 2008 science fiction novel, which tells the story of Katniss Everdeen. She lives in the dystopian world of Panem, a post-apocalyptic country in North America. This paper has therefore been written to examine the book in greater detail and to analyze the various interesting messages, images, themes and symbols, which are contained in the novel.

The novel itself is aimed at an audience of teenagers and young adults, while it appears to be gender neutral in its appeal. Considering that the two main characters are a teenage girl, Katniss, and Peeta, a teenage boy, who has been selected along with Katniss to compete in the annual Hunger Games event. The intended audience for the book is depicted by Collins through the main characters in the book, and the events of the story, which see a boy and a girl selected from each district, which surrounds the Capitol to compete in the Hunger Games, which are an annual test of survival of the fittest teenagers in Panem.

First of all, the novel contains a number of moral messages, which are based on the horrors of violence and conflict that are two of the main themes of the book. The central protagonists are portrayed as outsiders, who are forced to adapt to the situation. They find themselves in during the games. This is implied as a moral message to the reader that really the world is organized against them. So, they must struggle and fight to survive. Another main message, which runs through the novel, is, even if the face of adversity, social pressure and human behavior doing the right thing, it will prevail even if it is under the most difficult of circumstances. The script, which is depicted in the novel, showed how the tributes do their ...

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... and struggles with love, she addresses issues of suffering and loss and shows how acts of sacrifice can transform families and societies" (Duncan and Langford) as she becomes the symbol of rebellion against the Capitol. Duncan & Langford also assert that "in all of these relationships, Katniss displays the steadfast faithfulness of chesed and the sacrificial love of agape, a love that sets the other ahead of one's own needs and concerns" (Duncan and Langford) as she considers everyone except herself in this story.

Therefore, in conclusion The Hunger Games is a novel, which contains a number of important elements that illustrate the comparison life with the modern world. The author, along with the themes of love, uses the use of technology to repress and control and sacrifice. She used to create a world in which the underdog prevails against an oppressive authority.