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Television originated in the 20th century. During that era only wealthy and upper middle class families could afford such a luxury. Television brought anything from the latest top stories to your favorite soap operas. Today, families of all social classes are able to acquire a television set. Society today shapes their everyday lives around television and the drama and excitement it offers, and the people and participants base their actions on how it will affect the audience. An example of the modification of one’s actions when approached by media in literature is the piece of fiction, The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. The main character, Katniss Everdeen’s, evolving and objective behavior when she is on and off the eagle eyed cameras of the Capitol display a direct correlation to current people and how their actions adapt to the need of the media and their audience. The Hunger Games is very similar to reality TV
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In The Hunger Games, the main character, Katniss Everdeen is confronted with the task of surviving in a last man standing televised event called The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games contains one male and one female contestant from each of the 12 Districts of Panem, today’s North America. A grand total of 24 contenders placed in one arena of a randomly chosen terrain in which can be manipulated and terraformed by the Gamemakers as they wish as the tributes fight to the death. Katniss and her accomplice, Peeta, are coached by former Hunger Games champion Haymitch. Under Haymitch’s instruction, in order to gain as much of an advantage over the other tributes possible, each tribute must impress and gain the
The book The Hunger Games is full of critical scenes. A critical scene is a type of scene that is necessary for the book to have a story. One very important critical scene is when Prim was chosen at the reaping. When she was chosen Katniss decided to take her place as a tribute. Why did Katniss take her place? What could have happened if she didn't take her place?
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
In today’s society several powerful influences use trickery and deception to manipulate others, benefit from their losses and to attain the upper hand in a scenario. There is, undoubtedly, a clear correlation between trickery and deception however there is a slight difference that sets them apart. Deception is a set of actions fabricated to delude someone into believing a lie while trickery is the art of disguising oneself. In the novel, Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins trickery and deception play an integral role through the influences of media, the perception of others and through the power of the capital.
Yamato, Jen. Burning Questions.“The Hunger Games and Real World Parallels: “Can kids all become Katniss Everdeen”. Movie Line. March 13, 2012. Web. May 04, 2012
The Hunger Games is a movie and a book from the trilogy The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins; which also includes The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. The Hunger Games movie is about how each year there is an annual event called the hunger games. In the hunger games they are two people, one boy and one girl who range from the ages of 12 to 18, who are picked from each of the 12 districts to go fight for their lives and for their district to win. The catch about the annual hunger games, is that there can only be one victor. In this movie, the main character Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawerence) volunteers for her sister Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields), who just turned 12 and this was the first year that her name had been put into the lottery. Katniss knew that her sister could not fight for her life in the games so she volunteered to take her spot, because she knew that she would have a better chance than Primrose to stay alive. When Katniss volunteered for her sister...
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.
The Hunger Games are a vicious and bloody battle to the death between children, publicised on live television for the population to watch. It seems a far cry from our own reality shows such as Survivor and Big Brother. After all, the government doesn’t kill children on television. But they are more alike than one might realize. Their success hinges on if their viewers are pleased with it, the contestants need to play a role in both situations, and they are never exactly what they seem to viewers.
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...
Suzanne Collins has mentioned frequently that the Hunger Games were influence by Roman Gladiators. In The Hunger Games, each year there are games that are held by the Capital to remind the twelve districts of Panem of the war that happened seventy-four years ago. Two tributes from each district are chosen to fight to the death in the arena to crown one winner which symbolizes the generosity of the Capital. Gladiator games, (Roman gladiators) symbolize the re-enactment of the Campanians’ military success over the Samnites. In the first games, slaves were sent into the arena to fight to the death. The Tributes from the Hunger Games reflect characteristics of Roman gladiators.
In a flash forward episode to the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are selected to appear on in a live TV show called ‘the hunger Games’. Katnis is an inspirational leader who puts herself before and someone who thinks consequences before actions. Suzanne Collins go to an extraordinary extent to portray Katnis as a hero. Collins portrays her as a hero and above all puts people before her throughout the novel and this is evidently correct when it is her and Peter as the last two survivors, and to win one must kill the other but they are both from the district, in the novel Collins writes in chapter 25, “they have to have a victor, without a victor the whole thing would blow up in the game maker’s faces. If peter and I were both to die”. Katnis twists the game and figures out how to beat the game she and peter decide to commit suicide, or at least pretend to so that they either both die humble or both live and get one up on the game makers. This action is so powerful because she rebels against pretty much the owners of her entire district and resents the use of violence and refuses to play the murder game. She above all puts her family first, straight up in the book it took 4 words to have her becoming an extraordinaire hero. ‘I volunteer as tribute’. When her younger sister is randomly selected to partake in the annual games she instantly
Throughout the Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, the Capitol deprives many of the tributes of their spirit and authenticity. The tributes have to manipulate themselves physically and mentally to appease an audience anticipating their immanent death. They are put on display to fight and murder other tributes until a lone victor remains. A significant factor in the survival of the tributes is their holding of sponsors, who send them gifts in the arena that could mean the difference between life and death. Sponsors pick their tributes based off of how much the tributes appeal to them. The biggest opportunity for the tributes to demonstrate themselves as desirable is the interviews. From page 111 to page 112, Haymitch
In this novel, the Capitol started the Hunger Games to remind the citizens that rebellion will not be tolerated and without them the Capitol would have no control over the 12 Districts and the population within them. As the population of Panem is in its all-time high, it is decreed that every year one man and woman will represent their district in the Hunger Games to fight to the death and the one winner of the games will be wealthy and famous. Katniss Everdeen, a girl from District 12 volunteers for her sister Primrose Everdeen because she loves her and that she would certainly die in the arena. “I protect Prim in every way I can, but I’m powerless against the reaping. The anguish I always feel when she’s in pain wells up in my chest and threatens to register on my face. “(Collins 16). This quote signifies that Katniss shows compassion and nobility by giving her sister a fighting chance to live and survive and that she couldn’t see her sister in pain. Also, Katniss feels that the Capitol showcases the games each year as a source of entertainment because people in the Capitol are wealthy and do not need to worry about competing in the Hunger Games and Katniss is furious that the Capitol tears her apart from a normal life and from her family. During
In the Hunger Games, the goal is to survive and be the last man standing. Every year, the contestants “are thrown into an arena to fight to the death” (Collins 32). Some years, “they are tossed into a landscape of nothing but boulders, sand and scruffy bushes” (Collins 39). This is where the ability to survive is important. If these contestants are unprepared, they are at risk of losing their lives. In the story, Katniss goes into the Hunger Games unprepared. She is forced to face kids from wealthier districts, who are either three times her size or “know twenty different ways to kill you with a knife” (Collins 36). Katniss quickly learns
With the last reaping coming to a close the screen switches to a studio with a panel, and I quickly flip it off, not bothered with what the Hunger Games "experts" think about the reapings.
Each Reaping is televised and treated like a celebratory event. Once they reach the town’s square, Katniss, and her sister are separated as all of the eligible children are divided up by age and placed into sections in the crowd. When the Reaping begins, the mayor gives a speech about the history of the Hunger Games and the districts. Panem consists of a Capitol and twelve districts. Originally there were thirteen districts but the thirteenth rebelled and the Capitol’s crushing defeat of it was the impetus for the Hunger Games. Every year, two children between the ages of twelve and eighteen, one boy and one girl, are picked from each district. These two children are referred to as ‘tributes’ and sent to the Capitol to fight the other tributes from the other districts in an all-out battle to the death in a large arena. At the end of the battle, one tribute remains and is crowned the winner. This tribute’s district then receives extra food and the tribute themselves gets to live in a mansion in the winners district of