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The Similarities Between The Hunger Games And The Goonies

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The Hunger Games and Goonies Literary Analysis Essay By Makayla Conard The Hunger Games and The Goonies are alike and have many of similarities and key differences. The ordeal, Approach, and refusal each have a number of these similarities and differences. Ordeal In the ordeal part of the hero's journey there, are similarities and quite a few differences. For instance, In the Hunger Games, the Ordeal is the final scene where Peeta and Katniss must fight off a pack of ferocious wolves if they want to get out alive. In The Goonies, the ordeal is when things go wrong and there is added conflict introduced. The goonies face a life-or-death situation when going on the adventure through the tunnels and everyone participating in the hunger games faces a life-or-death situation. One similarity between the Hunger Games and the Goonies ordeal is that anyone who enters the hunger games has to face a really big fear of killing people and surviving in the woods without food and water. The Goonies have to face their fears as well when walking the plank and being underground and away from their home in general. Approach …show more content…

For example, a difference would be the approach itself. In hunger games, the approach is when they first enter the arena and the hunger games start. The approach in Goonies is when they find the pirate ship at the end of the tunnels. Another difference is the approach in hunger games leads to bad things considering that most people entering it die. The approach in goonies to good things is because they find treasure on the ship so they can pay for their houses and don't end up losing their house. One similarity between The Hunger Games and The Goonies approach is in the hunger games katniss is leaving home in an approach to a world far away from her home and in The Goonies the kids leave their home as well in an approach to the buried

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