There are many instances in ‘The Hunger Games’ of people sacrificing themselves or someone else. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a book about Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers in place of her sister to compete in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death. After about a week in the arena, she falls in love with the other contestant from her home of District 12, Peeta Mellark. In the end, both end up winning, but not without Katniss now living under threat from the Capitol, who organizes the Games (more on that later). Some examples in The Hunger Games of people sacrificing someone are Katniss volunteering as tribute to save Prim, Peeta saving Katniss only for Cato to try to kill him, and Katniss and Peeta sacrificing themselves …show more content…
Katniss’s only goal for a long time has been to protect Prim and their mother, so in an unprecedented move for her district, she volunteers in place of Prim. ““With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. “I volunteer!” I gasp. “I volunteer as a tribute!””(pg. 22. The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid afores Katniss volunteers in place of Prim, therefore sacrificing herself. That is only one of three examples of this phenomenon. Another one is Peeta making sure Katniss gets away okay, but also nearly getting killed by Cato. Shortly after Katniss attacks the Careers with the tracker jacker nest, she grabs the bow and arrows off of one of their bodies, then Peeta and several others make their way over to kill her. Luckily, Peeta is there first, so he is able to shoo Katniss away before the Careers can get her, but he still accidentally reveals himself as a false ally, so they try to kill him by cutting his leg. “Sick and disoriented, I’m able to form only one thought: Peeta Mellark just saved my life.” Peeta saves Katniss, but almost gets himself killed in the process, therefore sacrificing
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
Love and hope, together are a timeless literary thematic duo, which continue to inspire countless variations and sub-genres of romance literature. For the last many centuries, romance as a genre, is arguably the most popular of all narratives. However, the theme of love often takes presentences and overarches other thematic interpretation of stories. So why then are people seeking romance in the literature they ready? Suzanne Collins wrote The Hunger Games with the intent to introduce her young adult readership to a number of politically charged themes. Although Collins's work is acknowledged for successfully presenting themes of sacrifice, versions of reality, and power, her audience conversely identifies with the debatable sub-them of love. Social forums, such as the Official Hunger Games Facebook Website exposes an insider's perspective of sort, which reveals public perceptions and interpretations of Collins's work. Even though the purpose for the fan-website built around The Hunger games is to provide a discussion space. Participant's discussions however, unintentionally reveal a...
An epic hero can be defined in many ways; however, most epic heroes and heroines possess a specific set of characteristics. These characteristics have several components and are often used to determine whether or not one qualifies as an epic hero. The popular novel, The Hunger Games, features a young girl from District 12 named Katniss Everdeen. Katniss faces a daily struggle to keep her family from starving and is forced to take the place of her sister in a selection to compete in the annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a televised fight to the death between children aged twelve to eighteen. The competitors are selected by random draw, one male and one female from each of the twelve districts. The last remaining survivor is crowned
A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.” Frost, president of the Hunger Games, tells us when Seneca Crane, head game-maker of the Hunger Games, about having a winner in the Hunger Games and containing it. Also sacrifice, Katniss makes a huge sacrifice when she takes her sisters place, knowing that her life could be lost. Juliet risks her life by drinking the potion and not knowing what the side effects could cause.
Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games goes on a journey that is quite comparable to a Hero's Journey. It starts with her sister Prim being selected to "play" in the games and Katniss volunteers to take her place. She then goes into training and preparation for the games. She also gets a mentor that is a previous winner of The Hunger Games from District 12, Haymitch. Many of the characters in The Hunger Games match the archetypes of the Hero's Journey very similarly. Every character has a specific role in Katniss' journey throughout The Hunger Games.
Growing up I learned that in life, a person always comes across a point where he or she has to make a tough decision or a sacrifice. That sacrifice could be for his/her happiness, someone else, or almost anything in the world. In the book The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss, the narrator, goes through a journey in her life where she had to make tough decisions and sacrifices. While reading about some of Katniss’s decisions, I could relate to the way she was feeling and why she had to make these choices.
The American Revolution will forever be remembered as the turbulent period when Americans fought for their independence against the British. As a result of this revolution, America is truly the land of the free and home of the brave, where citizens have control of their own fates. In the book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, there are many events described in the plot that parallel the historic events of the American Revolution. Both the American Revolution and The Hunger Games portray a group of underdogs rebelling against a greater power that is ruling corruptly.
Katniss is the main character in the novel, The Hunger Games. The author of this book is Suzanna Collins. Katniss is a 16 year old who has been chosen with 23 other tributes. In my class we have studied themes and key ideas such as Power of the Capitol, Competition against other tributes and Sacrifice for what Katniss acts and does in the Hunger Games. There are many themes but I have chosen these 3 because they show the most emotions and power.
The theme of the dystopian novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is survival. Katniss displays this theme because she has perseverance, has integrity, and is resourceful.
Sacrifice! What is sacrifice? It is the act of giving up something to help someone. Some examples of sacrifice is when Katniss Everdeen sacrifice herself for her sister primrose when she was chosen at the ripping. This shows that she cares a lot about her sister prim and that she would do anything for her. She also sacrifices herself when she helps rue and peeta. When she had meet rue she was confused why she had warned her about the tracker jackers, because usually the people would want to kill you since they want to win the hunger games, Katniss now has risked her life when the boy from district one had killed rue, she knew that with the screams the other tributes were going to find her and kill her but she didn’t care all she
Ever since her act of defiance in her first games, the leaders in The Capitol have been outraged with her. She made the conscious decision to disobey the rules. Her and Peeta would have rather killed themselves than be forced to kill one another like the game’s rules were set up, so the head game maker let them both live. The Capitol, and many people in the districts saw this act as defiance, which no one in Panem is allowed to do. But for Katniss, it was the most moral action in a world where morality is questionable. If she decides to play the game how she is supposed to, then she knows she has to die in the arena. At first, Katniss accepts this fate, as long as Peeta is the one to survive. She also knows that if she does not follow through with this plan, her family, friends, and everyone she cares about could potentially be murdered as a result of her actions. If she decides to play the game how it is supposed to go, Katniss can make The Capitol happy and end any potential threats that can lead to an uprising. She knows that his option is probably her best choice because she can protect the ones she loves. She would rather sacrifice herself for the lives of many other people than save herself. In this option, Katniss is choosing the most Utilitarian action to take. With her death, she thinks that peace will be the outcome, and
In the novel The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins a new country is created. Panem is born in place of North America, were the Hunger Games began. In the Hunger Games, there are 24 tributes. Tributes are people who live in the districts. The tributes in the Hunger Games are all the same. They kill one another and become the Capitols puppets. The tributes become violent, emotionless puppets. Then there is Katniss. Katniss is an excellent hunter and becomes lethal during the games. However, she has not lost her compassion. Katniss does not think of herself as a good person. When in reality she is a good person with a large heart, who puts others before herself.
On the big screen, women have often been treated as second-class citizens and portrayed as helpless creatures, waiting to be rescued by their Prince Charming. This gender gap came to a halt when The Hunger Games (Dir. Gary Ross) was released in theaters. The brave Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) - stood up for someone else – even when it meant risking her own life. The Hunger Games was not only one of the top grossing movies of the year, but it was also one of the very few movies where a woman was able to display her stability and willingness to fight. The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Gravity are some of the recent movies that show a woman’s much greater potential in life centering around: courage, nature, and recognition.
While reading the novel, “The Hunger Games”, written by Suzanne Collins, one could see without difficulty that a running theme flows through the writing. This theme being perseverance, the one thing that had allowed Katniss Everdeen, the main character that a reader follows during the events presented in the narrative, to live on and be crowned victor with her teammate, Peeta, a young man who ventures into the Hunger Games with Katniss. The theme of perseverance appears frequently as it is tied to every trait and skill of Katniss which includes the idea that she is persistent, caring, and resourceful when it comes to surviving in severe conditions similar to the Games. Every thought she has and every action that she performs drives her to
Traits Katniss Everdeen is very determined. If she wants to do something, she tries until she achieves it. This is proved when Katniss wins the Hunger Games after she is told that she should try to win, by Prim, her sister and throughout the games she remembers these words and kind of uses them as her guide. She is also very strong in both mental and physical ways. Her worst character trait is that she lets kind people root into her, so if someone pretends to be kind she will let them root in which means she lets them know about her and becomes easygoing with them.