inevitable that there were countless similarities between The Hunger Games book and the movie, as the movie was based off of the book. However, there were plenty of major differences that stood out in the movie in comparison to the book. In particular, the way characters died, Peeta’s leg situation, and lastly, how Katniss received various gifts. These changes were made in the movie each with a specific purpose. A significant portion of The Hunger Games story are scenes and passages of deaths. Yet, more importantly
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
issues that our society has faced. This paper will focus on the postcolonial theory. Through a postcolonial analysis of The Hunger Games and "The Lottery," Collins and Jackson both reveal the importance of the dominance or rule from the past. First and foremost postcolonial theory consist of the colonizer and colonized. The colonizer is the one who settled
heroine. The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins and adapted into film, creates a contemporary plot stemming from the mythology of the ancient Greeks. Many of the ideas from the plot as well as the main character, Katniss Everdeen, resemble stories of heroes battling against and overcoming the wrath of monsters and Gods for power and glory. Katniss’ character is a new take on what many can parallel to the work of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and the heros of Apollodorus. The movie follows the
The mise-en-scene present within The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, based on the book The Hunger Games authored by Suzanne Collins, specifically in this clip, has relevant context to the movie and the plot. It incorporates a number of elements which works together to make the viewer watching involved and active, feeling what the main character, Katniss Everdeen feels, amongst getting to know the basis of the story. Lighting, colour, camera placement and movement are all some of the mise-en-scene