...1. What is a Dystopian Society? How is Panem a Dystopian Society? Cite specific evidence from the text that demonstrates at least one feature of a dystopian society. A dystopia is an imaginary community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is literally translated as "not-good place", an antonym of utopia. Panem is characterized as a dystopia. Panem is a dystopia, because most of all the districts in Panem are struggling agaisnt hunger. In order to have more to eat for your family. You have to go in an arena and fight to the death. The only place in Panem that enjoys watching the Hunger Games is the Captiol. All the districts has to watch it, even though they hated it. The dystopian theme is furthered when we learn the reason the Hunger Games were created. They were created as a reminder of the Capitol’s power and what it will do if anyone tries to disrupt the status quo. Any attempt at overthrowing the government will be met with a harsh, lasting punishment. “The rules of the Hunger Games are simple. In punishment for the uprising, each of the twelve districts must provide one girl and one boy, called tributes to participate. The twenty-four tributes will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena that could hold anything from a burning desert to a frozen wasteland. Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins.” (Chapter 1, Paragraph...
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...books and movies, as teenagers are able to relate to this struggle more and more. The films The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Divergent by Veronica Roth, and the novels The Maze Runner by James Dashner, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky all, in different ways, portray the struggles that teenagers go through whilst they are undertaking the journey to find themselves. The two significant connections that I have made using these texts is the fact that strong, independent woman have a hard time being able to express themselves, and that your past, whether you like it or not, affects who you are today. The Hunger Games is the story of a head-strong, independent young girl who lives in a dystopian North America called Panem, which is split into 13 Districts. 74 years ago, the 13 Districts rebelled against the government Capitol, but it ended horribly for the Districts, with the result of District 13 being bombed to the ground. Ever since then, the 12 Districts have each had to supply one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 to compete in the annual Hunger Games. These children are pitted against each other to fight to the death in an arena, until only one Victor remains. The story follows a 16-year old girl named Katniss, who volunteers for the games in place of her sister, who’s name was drawn at the Reaping for the Games. In the process of prepping for the Games, her mentor, Haymitch, tries to get her to act a certain way and be a certain person in...
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...At a Glance Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister’s place when Prim is selected in District 12’s annual “reaping” to fight to the death in the country’s televised Hunger Games. Katniss and the male tribute Peeta are taken to the country’s wealthy and controlling Capitol, where they interview, compete for a ranking, and meet the competition. As part of a strategy devised with District 12 mentor Haymitch, Peeta admits on camera that he has feelings for Katniss; the “star-crossed lovers” win massive fan support. In the arena, Peeta pretends to join the group of violent and practiced “career” tributes, while Katniss befriends young Rue. Rue is killed and Peeta injured; Katniss finds and nurses him. The other contestants die one by one until only Katniss and Peeta are left. They pretend to take poison berries in a suicide pact. The Capitol halts the game so both tributes win. - allie-draper. Synopsis print Print document PDF list Cite link Link The Hunger Games After writing the fantasy series The Underland Chronicles, Suzanne Collins departed from the world of fantasy and stepped into a harsh, dystopian creation in The Hunger Games. Published in 2008, The Hunger Games is the first novel in a projected trilogy, and introduces readers to a futuristic dystopian society where an overpowering government controls the lives and resources in twelve different districts. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, of District 12, is the main character of the story. Each year...
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...A dystopia is a city that had a perfect image, but failed and has become a place where the government is in control ruining the city. The stories “The Lottery” and “The Hunger Games” which are both based off of dystopias, have a lot in common, but also have many differences. The main story of “The Lottery” is about how population control was needed to take place by giving everyone a piece of paper. If the paper that was chosen had a black dot you would be stoned to death. For “The Hunger Games,” 23 people would be selected to fight to the death with only one winner, but in this story Katniss and Peeta won together bringing anger upon the government since Katniss had changed the rules. Although these stories both have things in common such...
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...your life? Would you fight? In Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games the protagonist is faced with the dilemma of having to survive in the Hunger Games. The Capitol decides your future. What you’ll get to fight with, the land that you'll be fighting on. They control everything and everyone in Panem. They control your life and if you choose to disobey, they'll wipe your whole district out. The Hunger Games is a thrilling ,twisted, gruesome fight your life. The reaping is an annual event that takes place at every district in Panem. They use the reaping as a way to control all the districts. Katniss believes “ Taking the kids from our districts, forcing them to kill one another while we watch - this...
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...Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games is the first novel in a trilogy that explores a future dystopian society. The story is set in "a country that rose up out of the ashes" of North America, after survivors of droughts, storms, fires, floods, hurricanes, and wars fought for their lives. This post-apocalyptic world is run by Panem, an all-powerful central government that controls the people and resources of twelve districts. Each district produces different products that are taken to the Capitol, the headquarters of Panem, where they are used as luxury items. Meanwhile, the twelve districts struggle to survive, often under the heavy and oppressive hands of armed guards. Security fences prevent escape, and brutal tactics keep the people under control. One such tactic is the staging of the annual Hunger Games, where, in a lottery, two children are chosen from each district to fight to the death in an arena while the entire country watches on television. The Hunger Games are a punishment for a time in the past when the twelve districts rose in rebellion against the Capitol and were defeated; a thirteenth district was even completely destroyed. Panem has staged the Hunger Games ever since to chasten the people, remind them of their uprising, and warn them that if they rebel again, they will all be destroyed. Once in the Hunger Games arena, the children (called "tributes") fight until only one child is left; the remaining tribute and his or her family are awarded lives of ease, along...
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...respective trilogies. The Hunger Games and Divergent paint separate pictures that both express the story of young heroines stepping up to the threshold of rebellion. Each heroine faces their challenges all whilst trying to grow and thrive in a world that wants them dead. However, within the pages of these books, when the blood and bone has been stripped away, the reader can trace the threads of similarities. These similarities exist between the two novels and also between their dystopian settings and the real world. Katniss Everdeen and Beatrice Prior are not only two rebels fighting for a cause, but are also two young women who face everyday hardships beyond their respective wars. They have the ability to teach the reader far more about life than is seemingly possible; lessons that are relatable and useful to just about anyone, regardless of age. Knowing what one stands for and residing in that truth, understanding that what is broken can be mended, and believing that gender does not define one’s abilities are three of the most important messages aimed at young adults in The Hunger Games and Divergent trilogies. Katniss Everdeen and Beatrice (Tris) Prior are both sixteen year old girls who have lost themselves within their respective worlds. At one point in both series the heroines are unsure of themselves and the causes for which they fight. Katniss, the heroine of the Hunger Games series, begins to lose herself just after she escapes the Games. She finds herself questioning...
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...What’s a world without love? Love is around us all day; love is the reason why 1most of us were born. Name one person who doesn’t love another, it is not possible. In the novel, The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta survived off love while sent to the hunger games arena to fight for their lives .Also, in another novel, Anthem by Any Rand Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 lived in a dystopian society where love was forbidden where they lived. In the novels The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Anthem by Ayn Rand readers will see the main characters differences and similarities of how love bought them together. Have you ever heard the saying “love will make you do crazy things?” In both novels Katniss and Equality 7-2521 love made them do crazy things. “And you find yourself rooting for lovers who literally kill themselves to stay alive” Katniss and Peeta fought against twelve other districts just to stay alive. Katniss and Peeta were both from the same district, but was love enough to keep them both alive? Equality was born in a dystopian society everything was meant to be “perfect” so apart of their perfect life love wasn’t in it. Equality 7-2521 was a different boy. He was always smarter than the others but since everyone was the same he hid his advance knowledge that he had. “We wish to write this name. We wish to break but we dare not speak it above whisper.” For men is forbidden to take notice in woman.” This is the type of world characters from Anthem lived in. “I...
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...The Hunger Games, the award-winning book by Suzanne Collins, takes place in Panem more than one hundred years in the future. Panem is the country created after the fall of the North American government. The setting plays a major role in the plot of The Hunger Games. Because it is set in a dystopian future, the hunger games are acceptable even though it is murder. If it was set in present time, the games would be seen as something awful. The setting allows such things to happen without much protest. Katniss Everdeen, the protagonist, is a 16-year-old girl who lives in district 12 of Panem. She has black hair, which is usually braided, olive skin, and gray eyes. Although she is thin and not very tall, Katniss is considerably strong. As well...
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...“The Hunger Games” Film Review New York Times, John Green- “Brilliantly plotted and perfectly paced” Film Name: The Hunger Games Genre: Dystopian Fiction Director’s Name: Gary Ross Adapted From The Novel and Author: “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins Plot Summary The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic North America, known as the new country of “Panem”, with a government known as, “The Capitol”- a metropolis, that exercises political control over its society. The Capitol has an annual event, “The Hunger Games” to remind the citizens of Panem of the “Dark Days”, and to ensure that they never return. The story begins in a poor, coal-mining district, following a young 16-year old girl, Katniss Everdeen and her fellow tribute, Peetah Mellark. Critical Review In “The Hunger Games”, “Katniss Everdeen”, who was played by Jennifer Lawrence, was portrayed exceptional well. Not only does Jennifer’s appearance resemble all of those of Katniss, her attitude does as well. Instantly, you find yourself attached to Katniss and her family, as you feel sympathetic towards their poverty and situation. After you see Katniss volunteer as tribute for her sister at “The Reaping”, you automatically set your hopes high for her to win the games. Throughout the film, you feel all of the same emotions as Katniss, her fear at the beginning of the games, her miss-trust in everyone around her, and her relief when finally winning the games. “Peetah Mellark”, played by Josh Hutcherson...
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...Book Report In The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins has created a captivating dystopian world. Reading The Hunger Games can lead to interesting discussions about our own world and how reality shows, possible acts of war, strict governments and obsession with fashion trends influence us daily. Due to the gloom of the story, it is best suited for teens and young adults rather than tweens. While the creation of Panem is not fully fleshed out in this first book, we know that this controlling society was the result of a horrible disaster during the Dark Days, resulting in the establishment of twelve districts under the rule of the government in the Capitol. Peacekeepers and a local government are instituted in each district, but the rulers in the Capitol have strict control over everyone and everything within all districts. Each district has its own specialty that aids the Capitol, such as coal mining, agriculture, fish, etc. Some districts provide the Capitol with energy or material goods and some provide the manpower to keep those in the Capitol in power. The people who live in the Capitol contribute little to their own living and pay more attention mostly with the latest styles and delights. The Hunger Games are an annual tradition directed by the Capitol leaders, not only to amuse the citizens, but also to preserve control over the districts by demonstrating the Capitol's authority. Each year, the twelve districts must send two representatives, a girl and a boy, to participate...
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...The Hunger Games written by Suzanne Collins, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K Rowling and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe authored by C.J Lewis. These novels have many differences in style, era, character attributes, etc. However one common theme that all of these novels share is that each has a separate society from the real world that is portrayed in the novel itself. My thesis is that authors sometimes use the setting as a character itself to magnify the attributes of other characters. In the novel, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone this separate society is Hogwarts in which the students attend school; it is a world completely separate from the regular outside world in the novel. The Hunger Games has the games and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe has Narnia. Beginning with The Hunger Games the protagonist is Katniss Everdeen, a 16 year-old teenage girl living in a lower class dystopian society. Katniss has many features about her that are unspoken and unknown until later in the novel. The strongest point of...
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...Readers who have been waiting for a worthy successor to Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games will find it here. Dystopian sci-fi at its best, Starters is a terrific series kickoff with a didn't-see-that-coming conclusion that will leave readers on the edges of their seats . . .” raves the Los Angeles Times. In the future, teens rent their bodies to seniors who want to be young again. One girl discovers her renter plans to do more than party--her body will commit murder, if her mind can't stop it. Sixteen-year-old Callie lost her parents when the genocide spore wiped out everyone except those who were vaccinated first--the very young and very old. With no grandparents to claim Callie and her little brother, they go on the run, living as squatters, and fighting off unclaimed renegades who would kill for a cookie. Hope comes via Prime Destinations, run by a mysterious figure known only as The Old Man. He hires teens to rent their bodies to seniors, known as Enders, who get to be young again. Callie's neurochip malfunctions and she wakes up in the life of her rich renter, living in her mansion, driving her cars, even dating Blake, the grandson of a senator. It's a fairy-tale new life . . . until she uncovers the Body Bank's horrible plan. . . .It’s a fairy-tale new life, until she discovers her renter’s deadly plan. STARTERS was one of my favorite reads last year, and even though it is a very different book than LEVEL 2, the main characters Callie and Felicia do have some things in...
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...The texts convey insights regarding the aspects of conflict that can involve struggle within individuals’ minds; develop between individuals or portray a protagonist versus a society. In the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008), conflict leads the protagonist, Katniss, to make decisions for survival. The contrasted perspective of different districts and the Capitol symbolically refers to a battle between ‘tributes’. The song, Behind the Wall, by Tracy Chapman also focuses on conflict and its effects on a society. The powerful title holds connotations of something hidden hinting the domestic affairs occurring between “a man and his wife”. The Hunger Games explores the loss of justice caused by the abuse of power and conflicts that arise maintaining absolute power. Collins’ use of a futuristic post-apocalyptic setting and a dystopian society creates a conflict between Katniss and the Capitol. The emotive language, "Rue's death has forced me to confront my own fury against the cruelty, the injustice they inflict upon us” emphasises the inequity of bringing 24 people into an arena to fight to death, to remind the country not to rebel and to maintain absolute power. It results in conflicts in society as the people from poorer districts start becoming against The Games. Moreover, the ironic definition of District 12, “where you can starve to death in safety” reinforces the conflict that disenfranchises poor people in the unpleasant layering of Panem. The conflicting characteristic...
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...What’s a world without love? Love is around us all day; love is the reason why 1most of us were born. Name one person who doesn’t love another, it is not possible. In the novel, The Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta survived off love while sent to the hunger games arena to fight for their lives .Also, in another novel, Anthem by Any Rand Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 lived in a dystopian society where love was forbidden where they lived. In the novels The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Anthem by Ayn Rand readers will see the main characters differences and similarities of how love bought them together. Have you ever heard the saying “love will make you do crazy things?” In both novels Katniss and Equality 7-2521 love made them do crazy things. “And you find yourself rooting for lovers who literally kill themselves to stay alive” Katniss and Peeta fought against twelve other districts just to stay alive. Katniss and Peeta were both from the same district, but was love enough to keep them both alive? Equality was born in a dystopian society everything was meant to be “perfect” so apart of their perfect life love wasn’t in it. Equality 7-2521 was a different boy. He was always smarter than the others but since everyone was the same he hid his advance knowledge that he had. “We wish to write this name. We wish to break but we dare not speak it above whisper.” For men is forbidden to take notice in woman.” This is the type of world characters from Anthem lived in. “I...
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