ipl-logo

The Reaping: The Hunger Games Trilogy By Suzanne Collins

380 Words2 Pages

The Hunger Games is the first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. The book is set in the future in a dystopian world that once was the United States. The new nation is named Panem where the Capitol rules over 12 Districts. The Capitol has absolute power over the Districts and forces the Districts to participate in a cruel yearly competition where a teenage girl and teenage boy between the ages of 12 and 18 are randomly chosen in a ceremony called the Reaping to become tributes to fight to the death. Only one victor can win, which brings glory to the District he or she is from. The book opens with the heroine of the story, Katniss Everdeen, just waking up on the morning of the Reaping. Her little sister Prim lays beside

Show More
Related

  • Scythe And Hunger Games Comparison Essay

    833 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian novel placed in the future where northern America is still standing, and after countless wars, the country of Panem is what stands, it is divided into 12 districts with the capital, and districts 1, 2, 3, etc, and the lower the number the poorer the district is. And since people in the capitol are so bored of life, they host the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games consists of

    Read More

  • Overcoming Adversity: The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    691 Words  | 3 Pages

    Essential to overcoming adversity is the ability to cause change in yourself and others. In the book, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Katniss Everdeen, has to learn to be strong and brave in a crisis. This helps her to survive the Hunger Games, because it gives her more faith especially when the price of losing her family is on the line. Ultimately, Collins shows that Bravery and strength leads to a successful person and can help one survive in something life changing.

    Read More

  • Sequel To The Hunger Games, Catching Fire By Suzanne Collins

    214 Words  | 1 Pages

    In the Sequel to the Hunger Games, Catching Fire, written by Suzanne Collins, about 6 months after returning home from their unexpected victory of the 74th annual Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark discover they must partake in a Victor's Tour and visit each district. Through the tour Katniss and Peeta sense rebellion stirring amongst the districts. This makes President Snow feel the need to prove that he is still very much in control and spreads the word about a cruel new change that will occur in the upcoming 75th annual Hunger Games. Snow then turns Katniss and Peeta's world upside by throwing them back into the arena of the games and makes it clear that there will only be one winner in this go round. So after a colossal meltdown

    Read More

  • The Hunger Games Chapter Summaries

    590 Words  | 3 Pages

    Chapter two: The reaping begins with Prim being chosen at random. This causes Katniss to volunteer as tribute to save her sister. Next was the male drawing, which turns out to be pieta Mel lark. Peete and Katniss had one interaction before when he feed her bread when she was starving outside.

    Read More

  • The Hunger Games By Katniss Dialectical Journal

    636 Words  | 3 Pages

    After that, Katniss killed Marvel, the one who threw the spear, with her bow and arrow. Katniss cries, sings to Rue, then gathers flowers and lays them around her body to show the Capitol that they are not just “a piece of their game”. After reading this, I discovered that Katniss really thought of Rue as a sister. I think that it was very daring of Katniss to show an act of defiance to the capitol and show that they are humans and have feelings too. I loved how she stood up for herself and showed the Capitol what she believed in.

    Read More

  • Hunger Games Archetypes

    1369 Words  | 6 Pages

    The Hunger Games is an unparalleled and daunting movie expressing how the world of a sixteen-year-old girl is turned upside down. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist of the novel and film development, faces setbacks in her life that make for harsh decisions as well as a change in viewpoint. Accompanied by supporters around her including her friends and family, she must learn to navigate past the difficulties she faces. The Hunger Games presents a story of cruelty and indifference in a dystopian world. Each year, there are games that occur involving all the districts as an attempt at peace after years of war.

    Read More

  • The Hunger Games Catching Fire

    227 Words  | 1 Pages

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the sequel to The Hunger Games. In the first Hunger Games, it ended with Katniss and the other tribute from district 12 raining victorious. In the book, Katniss Everdeen, the victor of the previous Hunger Games is forced to once again go fight to the death in another hunger games. Catching Fire begins with Katniss in the aftermath of her victory. With the calculated rebelliousness of her performance in the Games, she angered the leaders in the Capitol.

    Read More

  • Book Summary: The Hunger Games

    425 Words  | 2 Pages

    In a futuristic time in the nation of Panem, which is located in North America contains twelve poor districts, and a wealthy and technologically advanced city called The Capitol, which rules over all the districts. Katniss, a 16-year old girl from District 12, the poorest among all the other districts, lives with her widowed mother and sister, Primrose Everdeen. Every year, two people, a boy and girl, are chosen from every district by lottery to participate in an event known as the Hunger Games to show the districts that the Capitol has absolute power over all the people, where people fight to death until only one remains standing, whom that person will be awarded riches while his/her district will be given food and supplies.

    Read More

  • Psychoanalytic Criticism Of The Hunger Games

    2056 Words  | 9 Pages

    This novel has a lot of events and points where psychoanalytic criticism can be used. 1. The Conscious, The Sub – Conscious, and the Unconscious, 1.1 The Conscious Conscious is also called “The Working Memory” and the most easily accessed out of the three. The novel was written on Katniss Everdeen’s perspective which initially the conscious part of her mind.

    Read More

  • Hunger Games Theme Essay

    856 Words  | 4 Pages

    “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins is a suspenseful and frightening story about a 16 year old girl, Katniss everdeen who is born into a small village called District 12. The capitol, which controls the districts hosts an annual Hunger Games each and every year. Two tributes, a boy and a girl from each district are chosen between the ages of 12-18 to compete against 22 other tributes, but only one can win. Katniss is not chosen, but her younger sister Prim is chosen at only 12 years old. Katniss volunteers in Prim 's place and is now in the hunger games.

    Read More

  • The Resolution Of The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    223 Words  | 1 Pages

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a science fiction book. The setting of this book takes place in Panem. Some major characters in the book would be Katniss, Gale, Primrose, and Peetah. Katniss is the main character, Gale is her friend while they are fighting in the games, Prim is Katniss sister, and Peetah teams up with Katniss in the hunger games. .

    Read More

  • Marxism In The Hunger Games

    1162 Words  | 5 Pages

    I. Introduction The hunger games is an adventure and science fiction novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. This is the trilogy movie, so the first one is the hunger games, next the hunger games catching fire and the last is the hunger games mocking jay. This novel was adapted to the movie in 2012 and directed by Gary Ross and co-written by Suzanne Collins herself. Point of view from this movie was from Katniss Everdeen who lives in Panem, North America.

    Read More

  • Examples Of Marxism In The Hunger Games

    894 Words  | 4 Pages

    Shannen Kaye Dyguani 11- Charity Marxists view on Hunger Games I. Introduction The novel The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins and was published in the year 2008 – the same year in which America faced a financial crisis. Revolving around the theme of hope in the post-apocalyptic worldview, the book follows Katniss Everdeen a 16-year-old who lives in District 12 in the future dystopian world of Panem. The leaders of Panem live in the Capitol, from where they control the twelve surrounding districts with an iron fist.

    Read More

  • The Hunger Games Personal Response

    827 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a story about Katniss Everdeen who lives in district 12 with her mom and her sister Prim. Her sister gets picked for the Hunger Games which is where each of the 12 districts have to give a boy and a girl from the ages of 12-18 do fight till the death until there is one person standing. This is because there was an outbreak against the capitals thats why there is the Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers do her sister and now has to try and win the games. One theme in this story that is shown is that family love can go along way, this is shown because she is very overprotective of Prim.

    Read More

  • The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

    198 Words  | 1 Pages

    The Hunger Games is a book by the American author Suzanne Collins. It was published in 2008 this story is set by thinking in the future. The country that she is talking about is called Panem, were every person that lives here is really exotic and sophisticated, but not everything is nice on this story, there are twelve poor districts governed by the rich Capitol. There was a thirteenth district in the past but the Capitol destroyed them because they rebelled, this rebellions happens because the capital wants to keep them under his power. On this book you can notice the discrimination and the slavery.

    Read More

More about The Reaping: The Hunger Games Trilogy By Suzanne Collins

Open Document