shows many of the characteristics of a self-actualized person. In The Hunger Games, Katniss struggles to obtain the lower levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Because she lives in District 12, one of the poorest districts, she must fight to satisfy physiological needs and safety needs. Because of the post-apocalyptic environment, it is also difficult to achieve a sense of belongingness and esteem. However, being in the Hunger Games forced Katniss to transcend through every level of the hierarchy pyramid
“I have always known who the enemy is. Who starves and tortures and kills us in the arena. Who will soon kill everyone I know.” (Catching Fire, Collins) In the film The Hunger games: Catching fire by Suzanne Collins, main characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have luckily won the Hunger games and are required to take a “Victor’s Tour” of the districts, and president snow is planning their collapse during the set up for the Quarter Quell, which only happens every twenty five years in commemoration
the identity. Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark make up the main characters in The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is a story about a post-apocalyptic country called Panem. Panem was divided when a rebellion and war broke lose. Divided into 12 districts that were once whole, Panem is under the ultimate power of the capital. Every year these 12 districts participate in the annual Hunger Games. During these games, two tributes from each district – a boy and a girl – fight one another to the death
A promoter for change is one who actively displays management skills, and provides a path, will, and way for change to take place. In the book Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen strongly, but quietly opposes the rein of the Capitol, until she becomes a tribute. As a tribute, she begins to push and rally the citizens of the Districts against the vision of President Snow’s Panem. With this, Katniss is a strong promoter of an uprising, and throughout the book she deliberately
SUMMARY: The film The Hunger Games: MockingJay Part I takes place directly after the actions of the last instalment “Catching Fire” where Katniss Everdeen is rescued from the Hunger Games. In this instalment of the story, Katniss is taken to District 13 now an underground facility, which was bombed many years ago in the first attempt of rebellion and is. Ensuring Katniss’s survival was key for District 13’s President Coin and the other leaders, who used her as the symbol of the rebellion as she
When they are younger, all kids have a phase where they play house or pirates. They play games with the absence of adults, their own little world where they can have some freedom. Kids play these games with the notion that when they are done, they can just go right back to their parents and be fed and taken care of. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, a group of boys is stuck on an island after their plane crashed and there are no adults with them on the island. At first, the boys do well for
Bueno,Marielle How to Read Literature Like a Professor Summer Reading Assignment 1. Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When it’s Not) Literary Work: Earth to Echo Every quest contains five key elements including a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, the challenges and trials through out the quest, and lastly a real reason to go there. As for the movie “Earth to Echo” the story line is an example of a quest. In the movie there are four young questers, Tuck, Munch
tries to create a mini community with laws and order, but a group of ruthless boys thinks otherwise and makes one of the most violent boys the new leader. The novel has multiple conflicts and problems that arise all revolving around the problem of power. William Golding presents a vast amount of themes throughout the story. One of the most basic themes is that society unites everyone together, and without these conditions, people’s beliefs, values, and the essentials of what is right and wrong are
shaped by a love of technology, not linguistics. Power and wealth lie with those who are proficient in electronics. It is because of this that George Orwell’s Oceania is far more plausible world than Mark Dunn’s Nollop. In 1984, the Party squashes any rebellion by tracking every one of each citizen’s movements; between security cameras, telescreens, and undercover agents the characters have zero freedom. However, in Ella Minnow Pea the Council seizes power by screening letters and gradually shrinking
Chapter 1, The Hunger Disease, talks about Alma, a formerly sweet, obedient, considerate girl that with the disease became demanding, obstinate, irritable and arrogant. A sweet girl became arrogant in the search for self-acceptance. Being thin gave Alma a sense of pride and power. Individuals with the disease demand a lot from themselves to feel valued, which then affects their psychological health