A Fire of Revolution "There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance" (Walt Whitman). In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss is a young girl from District 12, who lives in a society which finds great entertainment in the organized killing of children. These bloodbaths are constructed by the Capitol into an event known as the Hunger Games. In the Hunger Games, kids are thrown into a huge arena and forced to fight to the death. Katniss`s younger sister Prim is chosen to participate in the Hunger Games but Katniss volunteers to take her place as tribute. Over the course of the Hunger Games and the events that proceed it, Katniss changes from being impulsive and feeling impotent into a rational revolutionist, who quietly defies the capitol and takes a stand for what is right. At the start of the story, Katniss`s passive political attitude is the result of years of the Capitols oppression. In one scene, Katniss is in the middle of the woods and her friend Gale starts to rant about how the Capitol is manipulating them. “His rage seems pointless to me, although I never say so. It`s not that I don’t agree with him. I do. But what good is yelling about the Capitol in the middle of the woods? It doesn’t change anything” (Collins 14). From this we can see that Katniss does have an opinion of the capitol but she finds no point in trying to act upon it. Her main goal in life is to provide for her sister Prim and her mother. However, later on while in the Games her mindset and attitude completely change. “It`s the Capitol I hate, for doing this to all of us. Gale`s voice is in my head his ravings against the Capitol no longer pointless,... ... middle of paper ... ...e within her are for the most part very obvious, especially the changes concerning her level of political involvement. By the end of the book, she is no longer passive toward the horrors of the Capitol. Instead, she takes steps to defy them, to show the Capitol that they don`t own her. We also see a huge difference in the way she approaches things. Her original impulsive tendencies are not as prominent toward the end of the story and her ability to make rational decisions has greatly improved. The Hunger Games are responsible for the majority of this change but her friends also play a crucial role in shaping her into the strong defiant character that she is in the end. The old has gone, the new has come. Katniss is lit with a fire that gives her the strength and determination necessary defy the capitol and make a difference in her broken world, a fire of revolution.
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...
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...
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 basic summary of The Hunger Games starts with Katniss, the main character, to go hunt with Gale, her friend. Every year the annual Hunger Games is held where two people from each district will fight for their life in the arena until there is only one person left alive. Katniss’s little sister, Prim is chosen, but not until Katniss volunteers to take her place and fight in the Hunger Games. Throughout the Hunger Games, Peeta makes alliances the Careers to protect Katniss. Shortly after, Katniss makes an alliance with Rue, but she got killed. Then, an announcement is made that two tributes from the same district can win. This causes Katniss to team up with Peeta, the tribute from the same district as her, but Peeta got seriously injured from Cato. Peeta’s leg is getting an infection and this may kill him . Though, Katniss and Peeta are working together to survive, but then there is the feast, where you can retrieve the the most essential item each district needs to live. Instantly Katniss knows that is where she can get Peeta’s medicine!
“The only way that we can live, is if we grow. The only way that we can grow is if we change. The only way that we can change is if we learn. The only way we can learn is if we are exposed. And the only way that we can become exposed is if we throw ourselves out into the open. Do it. Throw yourself” (C.JoyBell). In the ruins of North America emerged a new country Panem, with a castle-like Capitol surrounded by twelve other districts. The Capitol is selfish and cruel, ruled by ruthless leaders, who punish the districts each year to keep them in line. They force each district to compensate one boy and one girl for their merciless games. Teenager Katniss Everdeen from District 12, lives with only her mother and her little sister, Prim. When Prim
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...
First off, the most apparent change in Katniss is her emotional state. As the book progresses, there are many factors that come in to play that have a great deal of influence upon Katniss’ emotional state. One of the greatest problems that affect Katniss’ emotional state is the fact that she is required to part with the most important people in her life, which are her mother, sister, and friend Gale. She knew the likelihood of returning home was slim. As far as Katniss is concerned, she has absolutely no chance of returning to District 12, her hometown; being separated from your family can strongly affect a person in many ways. In addition, Katniss is forced to deal with the probability of her own demise. When Katniss realizes that she is going to be tossed into an outdoor arena to fight to the death with 23 other people, including people who have been trained their entire lives for this event, it becomes evident that her death is uncomfortably close.
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
Every single year, the capitol forces every district to choose one girl and boy between the ages of twelve and eighteen to engage in the annual Hunger Games for the Capitol's amusements. This has been going on for many years until Katniss Everdeen changed everything. Before I tell you how it all started, let me tell you some background about her. She is a sixteen-year-old girl who comes from a poor family. From where she's from, her district is the poorest and dangerous. In the morning of reaping day, Katniss met up with Gale in the forest to team up and hunt together for their families before the event starts on the afternoon. The reaping is a ceremony where all the districts choose one of their girls and boys to partake the annual Hunger
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 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.
She does whatever she must do to put food on the table, whether it is trading, stealing, or doing something illegal. During the day, Katniss would sneak out of the district and hunt to make ends meet for her family. Although this is illegal because it is an act of rebellion, this truly shows determination (This can be seen in page 6). "And you're good?" asks Haymitch. I have to think about it. I've been putting food on the table for four years. That's no small task". (7.19-21) this is a great example of showing that Katniss is the provider of the family and without her, the family would probably die in starvation. Another example is how great she is at gathering of food. She needed this skill in order to feed her family and because of her knowledge of the forest and woods, she knows her way around the wilderness, knows where to look for food, and how to build shelter, which is an extremely important skill in the games. Finally, part of her responsibility of the provider is also getting all supplies and needs for the family. She trades in the hob which is a black market to accommodate all the supplies for the family. Again this shows determination even if it means breaking the law and trading in the black market. All these examples, shows the responsibility of what Katniss brings to the table and how she is more than able capable in caring
Rebellion is seen when the little girl from District 11 dies. Those in that district start to fight the men in uniform and start destroying things around. Also, when Katniss and Peeta attempt suicide at the end of the game they make the authorities change their mind. By this action Katniss and Peeta manage to affect the decision of the gamemakers which is the first time it has happened. Katniss can be seen as the intellectual leader who stood for what she believed in as she didn’t kill her male counterpart. The president of the Capitol hates the fact that Katniss is making changes to the game although she does this indirectly.
‘The Hunger Games’ follows the life of Katniss Everdeen, a teenager who lives in the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. The Capitol, a technologically advanced metropolis, demand political power over the nation and do whatever is necessary to keep the rest of the population under their control. Annually, a reaping ceremony is held to determine the boy and girl that will represent each of the 12 districts. The Hunger Games is a televised fight to the death which is held annually to teach thr 12 districts that the Capitol is more powerful than them. The winner of The Hunger Games is the last man standing, and is promised an ever flowing river of money, resources and nationwide fame.
I volunteer as tribute!” pg. 22 was the first sign of the discipline Katniss Everdeen possesses. Katniss was backed up against the wall, her sister was being sent off to die, so Katniss reacted. The reaping was a substantial turning point that molded the attitude used by Katniss to win the games. She established herself as a legitimate threat in the games at this point because of her fearlessness to protect her family. Further evidence suggests that Katniss was able to volunteer because of Gale. Gale is needed because someone has to support the Everdeen Family through this tough time. Katniss knows her mother is not strong so someone needs to be there in case she falls apart again. She is also prepared for the game, whether or not she knew it is a different story. She has the tools needed to survive in a hostile environment, this is because she is from