read his book to become a more educated reader and that having read his book, you could make connections and comprehending literature would become easier. For my choise novel I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The main character Katniss Everdeen, was telling the story in a first person perspective. Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games. In this three book series all the people in the story are controlled by the capital. The citizens of the capital are divided into twelve districts
Waking up to be told to either survive or die is a hard pill to swallow. In the movie, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins, she captured how post-apocalyptic life was in the nation of Panem. Not only in catching fire but throughout the entire series, Collins uses an image of a Mockingjay. Is the Mocking Jay a sign of rebellion or does the significance of the image run deeper? Upon, research you find that Collins idea of the Hunger games evolved from the Greek myth of Theseus and the
In the sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, there is a wide array of psychological themes, most of which involve emotional and mental disorders. And this seems logical. One can only imagine what it would be like to live in a dystopian world, much more one that relies on a yearly event where young people kill each other in a televised controlled arena, just to maintain the power structure of the time. Among these themes, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most evident. Thus, this paper
Catching Fire: How Coooking Made us Human by Richard Wrangham is a fresh perspective on the evolution of humankind. Wrangham has made a concentrated effort to prove that humans have evolved particular adaptations, like bipedalism, due to the introduction of cooked foods into their diet. In his book, he is legitimately arguing that humans are the way they are because early on in human evolution, early man discovered fire, discovered the joys of cooked foods, and developed all sorts of fascinating
allowed. The practice of banning books is a method of book censorship, and often has political, religious or moral motivations. Catching fire the second book in the hunger games trilogy. The book is banned and I believe that is shouldn’t be banned. The reasons are it has excessive violence, causes nightmares in children, and some believe is anti-ethnic. I think Catching fire shouldn’t be banned because the book teaches a lesson to never give up. But high school students should be able to read the
Katniss seems to change a lot in all three books, there are many sides to Katniss some being agitated, angry, and gentle. Katniss has dark brown hair and Brown eyes. Throughout the book Katniss is almost always on a script when speaking aloud, she is creating videos or “propos” to bring down the capitol. She is mainly trying to get all the districts on her side when they battle the capitol. She uses President Snow’s words to bring him down, like when she tells all of the districts and possibly the
Suzanne Collins follows Katniss, a girl who volunteered to be in the brutal killing competition her country puts on every year called The Hunger Games. The series consists of three novels, The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. It also consists of four movies The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part 1 and Mockingjay Part 2. As in any novel that becomes a movie some things are changed. Some scenes are taken out, some are added in, and some are altered from the novel. One scene that
Suzanne Collins is the author of The Hunger Games, which is an intense, suspenseful, and thrilling book and movie that contains many unexpected twists and turns. All of the readers and viewers of the Hunger Games confirmed that this is an astonishing movie and book. The book keeps you interested, because you’re turning each page with suspense. For the movie, you are just waiting to see what will happen next! I’ve heard many positive review about this book and the movie too! Therefore, these are the
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is one of the best books I have ever read. It has a lot of different elements like love, survival, hope etc. One of my favorite elements is love or romance between Gale, Peeta and Katniss. Katniss is a very interesting character. She doesn't know what she's feeling for anyone. In the first few chapters the book talks about Katniss's life back in district twelve. Suzanne mentions her hunting partner Gale. Katniss met Gale when he saw Gale's brilliant snares. After
Hey there! Today’s topic is one of my favorites! I can’t even tell you how much I love talking about this. I know I sound like a complete nerd, but this is no sarcasm. Juxtaposition has an enormous impact on how we subliminally perceive characters. Defined as “[1] an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast, [2] the state of being close together or side by side,” (Dictionary.com) juxtaposition allows us to more deeply understand main characters
The sad truth is that the number of pieces of literature I have read is not very high for a high school student almost finished with his sophomore year. I feel books aren’t read as much today as they were a few decades ago. One book that I have read not too long ago is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Published in 2008, it is a science fiction novel depicts a dystopian, future society. In this dark, deceptive world, each year a male and female child from each of the 13 districts of Panem are
"The Hunger Games" is a science fiction novel written by the American author Suzanne Collins that was published in 2008. A film adaptation directed by Gary Ross was released in 2012. Although some movie adaptations differ greatly from the original stories presented in the books, this adaptation follows the plot development in an unusually detailed manner. However, certain changes were made that influence our perception of the movie. "The Hunger Games" exhibits a variety of sci-fi features that confirm
In Suzanne Collins novel “The Hunger Games” Katniss struggles as she faces obstacles that could change their life forever in a dystopian society. In the novel Katniss takes on the role of an unforgiving, independent mother figure to her innocent and vulnerable sister Prim when their mother gave up on them after her husband death. She spends countless hours each day relentlessly searching for food to feed her family. When doing so she proves her determination to keep her family close, healthy and
Fighting With Courage Imagine killing people in an arena for money, food, and glory. This is what Katniss Everdeen has to do in the book The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins. Courage is basically showing your strength when you are faced with tough decisions or fear. Katniss shows how courageous she is while battling in the arena and out of the arena with her family and friends. Katniss has to go into an arena with twenty-four other members, two from each district. There are a total of twelve
THIS IS NOT MY ESSAY. I AM ONLY CHECKING ON MY OWN DISCRETION In the stories of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, both authors deliver the dangers of blindly following tradition that can lead to death, fear and no advancement in society. In “The Lottery” their tradition is to kill a person that is randomly chosen by using a lottery. To compare, in “The Hunger Games” children are also picked out of a lottery from each district and if they are chosen, they
There are various examples of people throughout history who had the upper hand over others and have abused the power they had to make a negative impact or control other people’s lives. Power being defined as the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events and abuse, meaning the use of something to badly effect or for a bad purpose . Suzanne Collins exemplifies power and abuse in various ways throughout her novel, ‘The Hunger Games’. This intense novel
In William Shakespeare’s play “Twelfth Night” the alleged Puritan Malvolio is the unpopular rigidity, hypocritical and gullible steward made to look a fool by those he has humiliated (Sir Toby, Sir Andrew, Maria, Fabian and Feste) which appeals to the audience. Malvolio is more the victim of his own psychic propensities than he is Maria’s gull, as his own beliefs appear to engineer his downfall. In Suzann Collins trilogy the “Hunger Games” the down to earth “pure” President Snow obtains those exact
The Hunger Games is the first book that makes up the famous trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. Katniss, the book’s main character, is a sixteen year old girl, who lives in Panem, a country divided in 13 different districts. Each year, a reaping is hold, where every district chooses one boy and one girl to participate to the games. The participants have to kill each other for their survival, and only one person can end up as a winner. Because of Katniss’ ingenuity and strategies, both tributes from
Bernadette Devlin, an influential political activist, once remarked, “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.” In stating this, Devlin explores a much deeper truth in that one must be willing to sacrifice everything in order to achieve the greater goal. This statement reigns true in both life and literature. Often times, characters lose their family, friends or wealth in the process of achieving their ultimate goals. In the end, however, one must ask themselves
Loyalty is like glue, since it keeps the camaraderie in a relationship intact. If someone breaks the loyalty, then that trust and camaraderie are damaged as well. But yet, one can remain loyal without sacrificing one’s needs or desires. Examples of this have often appeared in modern day literature. For example, take the Tillerman siblings from Cynthia Voigt’s novel, “Homecoming.” In this novel, the oldest sibling, Dicey, has to take care of her three younger siblings after their mother deserted them