What does a book about a strong female protagonist forced to fight in a battle to the death have in common with a book about a girl struggling to decide which boy she loves more? They're both written for a teenage audience. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a series about Katniss Everdeen a young girl who volunteers to compete in the Hunger Games, a vicious battle to the death set up by the corrupted government, in order to save her sister. Twilight by Stephanie Myers is about a girl who moves
from another without it becoming plagiarism? Is that the case between Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games and Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale? Both stories show parallels when it comes to plot, environment, the reasons that the children are pitted against one another, etc. The list of comparisons between the two could go on and on. Although a close analysis of Takami’s Battle Royale and Collins’s The Hunger Games illustrate their surprising number of similarities, Collins should not be accused of plagiarizing
pleasure and inspiration. I usually read books, to boost my mood up and for the purpose of entertaining. I mostly go for books that discuss some deep issues that can be related to my life. Also, I find reading as a way to view different thoughts from distinct preferences. My strength in reading is never getting tired of it, especially, when reading an interesting book. Other strength is my ability to observe the themes and the moral lessons presented in any book and comparing them to my personal opinions
The Hunger Games is one of the perfect adventure movies; it describes the differences between Capitol and Districts. Amazingly, The Hunger Games is available in a novel version which provides the full story about the whole systems about the games. “I was so obsessed with this book, The Hunger Games is amazing”, said Stephenie Meyer, who is the author of the Twilight Saga mentioned about “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins (Collins, 2008). In The Hunger Games, There are plenty of themes in The
have been many books that have offended certain beliefs and demographics due certain explicit and aggressive content. Books such as Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, and a plethora of others have caused a significant amount of controversy. While some are challenged, others are outright banned. One such book that should come under consideration is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. While the book may illustrate
Catching Fire is an intense, exciting and suspenseful story written by Suzanne Collins. The book is the continuation of The Hunger Games and serves as a bridge to the events on the third book of the trilogy. Catching Fire keeps telling the story of Katniss Everdeen and how, after her triumph on the 74th Hunger Games, she has to go back to her home in the District 12 and try to live her old life as before the Games. But between her family not depending anymore on her to survive, her conflicted emotions
The Hunger Games is a book about 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen's fight to survive in Panem's infamous Hunger Games, a show broadcasted displaying children fighting to the death. This book takes place in Panem, a post-United States nation, but the majority of the book takes place in the Capitol's arena for the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games starts with Katniss Everdeen preparing for the announcement of this year's tributes to the Hunger Games, better known as the Reaping. In the Hunger Games, only
In the Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, the setting takes place in the future. North America, otherwise known as Panem, is divided into twelve different districts and a Capitol. The higher the district number is, the higher the amount of money flow inside of the district is. For example, district twelve, which is the district that Katniss is in, is the poorest of the twelve districts. The strongest conflict in The Hunger Games is person vs. persons. Twenty-four kids between the ages of
1. The author uses many different settings so far to gather the reader into the staying interested. In the beginning of the book Katniss started of in the woods hunting, “But instead I sit, as motionless as the rock beneath me, while the dawn begins to lighten the woods” (Collins 3). There wasn’t too many settings in the first couple paragraphs. Katniss and Peeta go to all the different districts for the Victory tour “ I wonder if Effie will still be wearing that silly pink wig, or if she'll be sporting
In many dystopian books the government takes a lot of power and pride in their city/town, sometimes a little too much. In Freakling the protagonist, Taemon, struggles through always fighting with his brother to become the true son. But, he doesn’t realize the government is crumbling and after him . Hunger Games is a book where the government thinks they can do whatever they want, such as putting a blood bath live on television. Katniss, the main character, says that her government has too much competence