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Survival, Survival: The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins

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Survive Survival The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins is a novel based around 24 Tributes having to survive through the Games by killing each other. The book’s main character is Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year old sharp shooting girl from District 12 who volunteered to be a tribute alongside a baker’s son, Peeta Mellark to participate in the Games. One theme in the book is Survival, Survival is about how someone can use their individual strengths or intelligence to help them survive and the importance of alliances to survival. One reason why Survival is the most significant theme is because the point of the Hunger Games is to survive. A second reason why Survival is the most significant theme is because in the Games, alliances play a big part into deciding who survives and who doesn’t. Lastly, Survival is the most significant theme because the people in the districts of Panem are trying to survive. Therefore the most significant theme in the story is Survival. …show more content…

When Haymitch, Katniss and Peeta’s mentor, gave them the last piece of advice before the Games began, he told them, “Stay alive” (139). Although there’s many things for Katniss and Peeta to worry about, instead of giving them advice about tactics and where to go, Haymitch still tries to explain that the whole objective of the Games is to survive and that you don’t have to try and kill everybody. In conclusion, surviving is a really important part of the Hunger Games and the Tributes are trying hard to do

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