Romeo And Juliet Katniss Comparison

“No! I volunteer! I volunteer! I volunteer as tribute!” Katniss yells as the guard stops her to approach Prim. This is one of the significant parts of the story because it show how Katniss risks her life for the sake of her sister, in the Hunger Games, by Gary Ross and Suzanne Collins. For instance in Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Juliet states “How did you get in here? Why did you come? The orchard walls are high, and this place I death if my Kinsmen find you.” It also shows the sacrifice of Romeo’s life he is willing to take for Juliet, as he is outside her balcony. Throughout these two romantic and tragic stories there, are many examples of similarities and differences with catastrophe, characters, and themes.

In conclusion

In the beginning there was a similarity of a love triangle going on in both stories. It involves Juliet, Romeo, and Paris. Also Katniss, Peeta, and Gale. Katniss and Gale seem to really like and care for each other in the beginning. However as Katniss gets to know Peeta and she truly finds out he had already liked her, from their past, she starts to like him as well. Toward the end when Katniss and Peeta are in the cave, Gale sees them in the games as Katniss starts getting feelings towards Peeta because it didn’t work out between Katniss and Gale. In the same way as when Romeo cries over Rosaline, thinking Rosaline liked him but Romeo ends up getting heartbroken. He sees Juliet and gets to know her and falls for Juliet because he knows that she likes him back too, unlike Rosaline. Juliet really loves Romeo but their love is forbidden because of their parents. Juliet is forced to marry Paris who she doesn’t like. Throughout the book Haymitch is both mentor and role model for Katniss and Peeta. Similar to Friar and Nurse are towards Romeo and Juliet. Friar and Nurse both tell Romeo and Juliet right to wrong and they can come to them for their care and help. Although the parents of Romeo and Juliet would have not let them be together because of their alliance, in the end of The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are able to be together and go back home to their

Lessons let the author or director try to teach us while enjoying their movie or book. “Hope, it is the only think stronger than hope. A little hope is effective. 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. While Juliet risks her life by drinking the potion and not knowing what the side effects could cause. Now love, the love and feeling building between Katniss and Peeta, when they’re in the cave and Peeta is telling Katniss that he has been looking and watching out after her since the rainy day at the bakery. Romeo and Juliet’s unconditional love, from love at first sight. Romeo knowing Juliet loves him back unlike Rosaline. As well as love/hate relationships, Cato and Peeta get along at first but then he betrays Peeta by almost taking his life away. In general Kato didn’t get along with others as well, because he tries to cause fight and other things like Tybalt. Tybalt seems to be a turning point, always keeps the story going, but again he has by far a strong love/hate relationship with Mercutio. Whenever they run into each other Tybalt always wants to put up a fight till it gets to a point where he kills