How Does Suzanne Collins Use Sacrifice In The Hunger Games

Jamie - Suzan Collins who is the author of the hunger games, used issues in today’s society as a base for her novel. And I believe this is why the novel is so popular. The audience is able to relate to the themes and messages in the novel, resulting in a sell out hit.

The novel The Hunger Games is written by author Suzannne Collins. Collins created a dystopian novel that has similarities to the current society we live in and could be interpreted to be what the future holds. Throughout the book characteristics of a dystopia society are revealed. From districts starving, living in poverty, being killed for trying to escape to somewhere better and being forced to do things they do not want to do. The beginning of the book on page three, starts with the main character Katniss Everdeen assuming her sister left their bed for their mothers’ because of nightmares caused by the reaping. The reaping is when each district chooses a boy and girl to take place in the Hunger Games. The Hunger games is a sadistic way the capital reminds their citizens they are in control. At the age of twelve children names are entered into calling up until they are

Can you imagine the feeling knowing that at anytime, a close one could be taken away. A best friend could be stolen. A family member could be killed. Even yourself could be sacrificed for nothing. Do you think that the emotions a family member may encounter, the sadness of an entire community, or even just the thought of dying, is worth it to provide a dominant government their “Hollywood ending”? Well, in the book “The Hunger Games” written by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen lives in a dystopian society where her community is divided by 13 different groups. Each year, their government randomly selects two participants from each group to play in the Hunger Games, which is a fight to the death among the other participants. In the book, Katniss’

In a life where one must rebel to stand up for what is right. In a world where there is only one government. In a game to kill or be killed. Who truly has the power? In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, power is shown in many parts of the book. Although the government is initially successful at controlling everyone’s lives in the Districts, as Katniss’ journey of survival progresses in the Hunger Games, her rebellious actions damage the Capitol’s power. This causes her to prove the Capitol that they do not own her, and she has self-power. Throughout the book, Suzanne Collins portrays that everyone has certain control. Collins uses the Districts, the rebellions, and the Capitol to get this message across to the readers.

I chose to the modern mythology known as The Hunger Games a novel written by Suzanne Collins and later adapted into a feature film. The novel was actually part of a trilogy The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay. The story begins by introducing you to our main character Katniss Everdeen who lives in a world run by the Capitol where President Snow resides and has enforced a form of martial law on all 13 districts. Every year the Capitol hosts their annual Hunger Games which is a form of entertainment for the Capitol. Out of every district two tributes, one boy and one girl will be picked to participate in the Hunger Games which is a battle to the death. Whichever tribute manages to survive till the end will be rewarded by getting to stay in the capitol and their district will be given more food and supplies. The reason Katniss becomes a part of the games is because her little sister prim is chosen during the reaping to be the tribute so Katniss hearing her sisters name volunteers as tribute to save her sisters life but she tries to win the games for her district and to provide for them. The only problem is she finds it hard to murder the other tributes because they are all so young and she doesn’t see why she must kill them for the Capitols entertainment.

Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is a novel that warns us of possible dangers in the future such as governmental control or corruption. Throughout the novel Collins uses the theme of oppression as a way of conveying the danger of a totalitarian government. There are many different forms of oppression displayed throughout the text; However, the control of resources and the games in general are the key forms of oppression in the novel.

Sacrifice means to be willing to give up your time and energy for something that you know is right or more important. For example, staying home and studying for a big test instead of going out with your friends is a sacrifice you would have to make. The value in making sacrifices like that is satisfaction that you did the more important thing and not having to stress about not doing it. You can determine when to make sacrifices when you make sure you are doing it for the right reasons.

Sacrifice is honestly a big deal. not only are you giving up something of yours, but your doing to make someone or something better.

Many themes occur throughout the story of The Hunger Games, but I have found none more prominent than Sacrifice. From Katniss sacrificing herself for her sister, to Katniss and Peeta being willing to die for eachother at the end of the games, this book is just riddled with sacrifice. It seems like the story challenges you to think what are you truly willing to put on the line at any given moment. For example, the entire crux of the story is itself a sacrifice, the game itself is a combination of children who were forcefully sacrificed by each district. With these ideals so ingrained into their society, it is obvious as to why sacrifice plays such a huge role in the story. Furthermore, sacrifice is shown again in the beginning when when sacrifices

Suzanne Collins is the author of the award winning book The Hunger Games, in which she tells the story of 24 young men and women fighting to the death under the rule of a governmental dictatorship. This book has become pivotal material for the analyzation of dystopian societies, as well as other crucial topics that arise within it. In writing her book, Suzanne Collins made thousands of writing choices that affected the way that readers interpreted and felt emotion towards characters and the book as a whole. Some of these choices were critical to the plot of the book, while others were more subconscious and subtle.

In today's world, there are many people ready to make sacrifices. Some are doing it for their country, and some for their family and friends. The definition of sacrifice according to Webster’s dictionary is an act of slaughtering an animal or person or surrendering a possession as an offering to God or to a divine or supernatural figure. People today do not tend to go by the same definition as others, every person has their own meaning of sacrifice. To me, a sacrifice is something that everyone should be willing to make on a daily basis without the fear of death. If people stop making sacrifices, then why should we expect our soldiers to make sacrifices for us at the border?

Dystopian literature adheres to certain conventions; the theme of a dystopian future typically encompasses a severely repressed society, with socio-political dysfunction and class stratification. Themes of surveillance, censorship and personal independence have been established by authors such as George Orwell, and are recurrent throughout 2008 novel “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins, although Orwellian dystopia and conceived ideas of freedom are juxtaposed in an intriguing fashion. “The Hunger Games” revolves around the notion of the various districts of Panem offering in tribute one young man and woman, to fight to the death in a pageant of honor, courage and sacrifice, Panem being the nation that was established during an unknown period of time, and the pageant of honor being the barbaric means of controlling its citizens. Whilst more recent dystopian literature derives heavily from Orwellian conventions in some respects, it arguably differs greatly in others, redefining to an extent the genre.

The hunger game trilogy is a fantasy fiction that written by the American novelist Suzanne Collins. The titles of the huger game series are The Hunger Games, Catching fire and Mockingjay. In an interview with the School Library Journal, Suzanne Collins, the author of these three books, mentioned that she got inspired by the reality TV program and actual war coverage (Margolis, 2008). The war scenes made her think the frightening memories from her childhood. Today, people start to watch the actual war scene as if they are watching some TV shows, they do not think she felt that the line between the virtual TV show and actual world situation become blurred therefore, she started to think about writing her new novels based on the mix of the reality TV programs with the actual survival game. Suzanne Collins has also done some research on the ancient Roman and Greece mythology and put some plots into her novels. In the novels, the author uses a first person narrator (Katniss’s point of view) to tell the whole story.

Patrick Murray Mrs. Crays English 9/10 18 April 2018 The Acts of Sacrifice Has there been a person in your life you have told you are willing to do anything for them even though it may cost you everything? Sacrifice everything you have for them? Or simply give them everything because you would rather see them happy? In the novel Great Expectations, Sacrifice is used to show how much a character cares about another.

Gary Ross conducted the film mainly targeting for young teenagers in age of 12 or older – mostly for American young adults of current generation. The purpose of this target range was to focus on disclosure of teenager’s unawareness of the reality shown from use of mass media. The genre of this film is science-fiction, horror, fantasy, action, and also tragedy. The main purpose of The Hunger Games, originally written by Suzanne Collins, was to pursue the darkness of the society of how the minority of “haves” are controlling over the majority of “have-nots” who are living under such poverty. Those minorities with “haves” dominates over the majority just to fulfill their vested interests. This gap correlates to the relationship between the Capitol