Class On Fire Ara Simmons Analysis

In the novel, The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins is a dystopian young adult book that is based in Panem that is divided into twelve districts. Each year the districts have to send a boy and a girl into an arena to fight to the death. The novel’s protagonist is Katniss, who lives in the poorest district. Katniss makes the audience think of the important ideas of bravery, societal class and love.

The Hunger Games, the movie, was adapted from the popular young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games is sometimes described as another cliche love story for which the young adult genre is infamous. Despite appearances, The Hunger Games illustrates a complex and creative dystopian world with a much deeper underlying message, including topics such as, politics, history, and celebrity worship. The setting appears to be a futuristic version of America. This future America is very classist, and the tyrannical government is sure to keep the classes divided by heavily oppressing the working class. The working class is divided into twelve districts, which used to be thirteen districts until the thirteenth district was annihilated as a result of its uprising. In response to the thirteenth district’s resistance, the President created a game called “The Hunger Games” in an effort to instill obedience in the remaining twelve districts. Through the course of the movie, we learn that “The Hunger Games” are not only a mechanism to force obedience on the working class, but also to serve as entertainment for the elite society who live in the Capitol. The Games require 24 randomly selected children from the working class districts to fight to the death in an elaborately staged battle, all of which is filmed and broadcasted to the entire nation, working class and elite alike. Thesis: The Hunger Games, the movie, has a hauntingly feasible storyline and clear references to real

Most people have heard of the Hunger Games, but don’t know the true meaning. People say it’s a book (or movie) about innocent people getting slaughtered. It may look like that but there is so much more depth. When authors write books, they add their perspective and beliefs. It could be about government, religion and many more controversial topics. In the Hunger Games, the author Suzanne Collins shows what she thinks about government. She does this by relating the Hunger Games to the gladiators and Ancient Roman times. Even the names of characters relate. Hunger Games may not be a sweet and innocent book, but there is a good lesson behind all the violence.

The film The Hunger Games, released in 2012 and based off the first book of a literary trilogy, has become a source of entertainment and intrigue among many Americans. Featuring a futuristic and dystopian United States, it has captured the imagination for some and kindled a intense obsession for others. While on the surface this movie might seem to simply be a story with a riveting plot line about young love, vicious combat, and survival, it is much more than that. As most films do, if one takes a closer look, The Hunger Games gives rise to multiple sociological patterns and themes. If one observes with an informed and critical eye, sociological issues that are embedded in the film are revealed. From this, one can draw cultural and

Throughout my years at West I have seen many changes in how I interpret texts and interact with others. The kite runner affected me greatly because I never thought about myself in terms of being proud of my family, before reading it. It made me reexamine my thought process and now when I read other texts, I find myself focusing on family. I think this change happened because i Didn't know what i had until i read the kite runner. This was important to my growth as an individual because when i grow up i'll have a family of my own, and will raise them though my new eyes. In addition, looking at economy through the hunger games, shaped how I view our economy . I think this affected me because in the hunger games the rich had a better chance at

Rather than directly criticize the book, “Mitch” lays out a “how to write” in four steps, which each illustrate themes and topics that he felt should be included if one were to want to write a book that is like The Hunger Games. His categorization brings an attention to details of the book that a reader may or may not have spotted. It also brings more validity to his argument. RESPONSE

Simmons maintains that through Collins' novel, she can teach her students about hunger and poverty in the United States of America by paralleling Collins' presentation of Katniss' circumstances with those who are in fact poverty stricken in America. Simmons' astute lesson plan plays off the emotional connection between the authors' audience and protagonist and in so doing Simmons ". . . [raises] awareness and [advocate] for change [;] such projects encourage [her] students to assess their world and take action against the social problems they observe. . ."(24). Simmons' appreciation for "food" as a symbol of wealth and luxury in Collins' novel allows her to contrast and develop a binary through which she demonstrates to her students how "food" is a tool of power. Nevertheless, how does this exploration relate to the misguided interpretation of the themes in The Hunger Games?

Natalie House Hunt English 110 23 September 20XV The Hunger Games: Should it be censored? Since its publication in 2008, The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins has become “one of the top 50 books sold on kindle and in stores today” according to Forbes Magazine.

Hello. If you are reading this, you are part of the society that has been broken by greed, torn apart by corruption, and riddled with dishonesty. You are part of a world where the war has destroyed our earth, and we are the only ones left. In order to restore the peace and rebuild our country, every citizen is required to read these books: “Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now”, “Holes”, and “The Hunger Games.” These books will teach important lessons from our past and give hope for our nation’s future. If this project is successful, and it will be, our world will be restored to it’s former glory. These books will help rebuild our society,teach us about the beauty we failed to see, and give us direction so we will not

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is an example of a popular book that carries a subliminal political message. The book entails how the protagonist, Katniss, leaves her poor, dystopian town to participate in the bloody Hunger Games, a brutal contest where teenagers from different districts kill each other in an attempt to win resources for their district, as well as escape with their own life. Through her wildly successful book, author Suzanne Collins warns against the destructive force of humans, the unjust social hierarchy, and the dangers of abusive

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.

Today The Hunger Games and the Divergent will be going head to head and will answer the question of how writers manipulate readers through a distinctive styles and use of language. Both award winning novels will be unpacked and examined with great detail to explain which book manipulates their readers better. The purpose of the lecture today will be to compare The Hunger Games and the Divergent. The lecture will show in depth how the authors manipulate their readers through multiple topics including information about both the texts and the writers and an analysis on both the writers style and the effect on the audience.

Few defining characteristics depict a book appropriate for middle schoolers to be taught in the classroom setting. Literature presented to young, impressible, students must be relevant enough to enrich and intrigue without boring them. Deciding whether children in middle school (7th and 8th grades) should be assigned to read an explicitly violent series such as Suzanne Collin’s The Hunger Games in class is a matter that has been debated numerous times since the first book came out in 2008. The Hunger Games trilogy is a series where children are annually forced to fight in a nationwide spectacle known as the Hunger Games. Many people believe that middle schoolers should not be allowed to read this at all, much less made to read it in the

I absolutely love reading, I could spend hours curled up in bed with a good book. Being the voracious reader I am fantasizes about what my life would be like if I was the protagonist in one of these stories. By the time the first Hunger Games movie came about in 2012 I was in the sixth grade and absolutely obsessed. I had all the books, magazines, posters and even pillowcases. Naturally I started to compare all of my school experiences to the Nation of Panem and I was protagonist Katniss Everdeen. Unfortunately, school has all the same horrible trials as each contestant went through, much like the citizens of district 12 we were served poor quality meals, forced to work all day long, and of course you have all the same chiques as you

Have you seen the Hunger Games movie and read the Hunger Games book? If you’ve done both, you might have noticed some significant similarities and differences. It’s common when a book is turned into a movie to have changes and alterations. The changes can add more thrill to a movie or it could fail to depicts the authors vision. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is about Katniss Everdeen lives in Panem, which has 12 districts that are forced to randomly choose one girl and boy to fight in the annual Hunger Games. Katniss volunteers in place of her beloved sister and must rely on her hunting skills and instincts to kill others to win while dealing with love. `____