strongest abilities that he uses to survive in the games. A few weeks after Katniss’ father passed away, her and her sister had no food, no money, barely had a mother and were all miserable. Peeta noticed Katniss outside the bakery, gaunt and hopeless. Despite barely knowing her, Peeta purposefully burned the loaves of bread he was cooking, knowing
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 towards her best friend Gale and her “lover” Peeta, the psychological traumas product of her time in the Games, and
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
decade or two, feminism and popular culture have become more closely entwined than ever before” (6). This increase in interconnectivity may be due in part to the evolution of female characters in both young adult novels and films today. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins, includes the character of Katniss Everdeen – an intelligent, courageous, and noble young girl who defies the norms of the traditional stereotypical female character, formulating a new definition of women in popular culture
working in several places around the world, she was shocked with the coldness in front of those real and devastating images and the pleasure of the current society about people suffering in TV reality shows (Hudson). Henthorne says that “the Hunger Games Trilogy would tell us about the world we live in and how we might to go about change it” (7). Undoubtedly this story shocks the readers because it proposes a future in which the society is not able to distinguish what violence is the real and what
years in the future where the government has changed, and we were no longer a part of the “free world”? Have you ever wondered what would happen if we revolted against the new system? In The Hunger Games trilogy, author Suzanne Collins explores that exact scenario. In the first book The Hunger Games, Collins paints a picture of a kind of post- apocalyptic America called Panem. Panem consists of 12 districts, each of which supply the capitol with a needed resource such as farmed crops, and
If you know the names Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, Tris Prior, and Four then you are probably one of the many adult and teen fans of the Hunger Games and Divergent movies and books. What is one big common factor between the two series? The both have a mutual theme of the dystopian world. According to the Oxford Dictionary, the definition of dystopia is “An imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad, typically a totalitarian or environmentally degraded one (Dystopia. N.d
possible. The terrific trilogies give its characters many uplifting moments, however there are a greater number of unpretentious outcomes. Both the Hunger Games and Divergent are based off of a dystopian, futuristic, life, however having different societies comes with having many similar and different aspects of life. Both societies rise from the ruins of North America. Not only that, but both movies are told by female protagonists. Tris in Divergent and Katniss in the Hunger Games are two fearless and
“The Hunger Games” and “Divergent” are two highly-recognized successful films of the 21st century. They are both adaptations of the first book of their novels “The Hunger Games Trilogy” by Suzanne Collins and “The Divergent Series” by Veronica Roth and are both of the same genre- science fiction. Both films are set in a dystopian future and feature a young female heroine who steps up and defies the system established in her society and fights in order to survive. Despite the similarities of the two
“May The Odds Be ever in your favor” The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is the first book in a widely popular trilogy. It was also made into a major motion picture. The plot follows the nation of Panem, the only surviving population after the disasters of the world. Panem, containing thirteen districts and one capital led by President Snow, had a rebellion arise. The rebellion lead to a war between the capital and the districts. The districts were defeated, and the Thirteenth District