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Twilight vs. Hunger GamesIf you ask almost anyone what Twilight is they could probably give you an entire lecture on the book, or at least they will have heard of it. But ask someone if they have heard...
View ArticleHunger Games Analysis
The Hunger Games trilogy takes place in a dystopian society on the North American continent. In the series, the themes of loss, confusion, war, and hope. All of these are shown through the life of...
View ArticleMy hunger for the games
Sometime during the summer of last year, Suzanne Collins became my hero. And while I would love to say that all along I believed in the power of her world, this is certainly not the case. I honestly...
View ArticleHunger Games, The Latest Obsession
Susan Collins' trilogy, The Hunger Games, was first published in 2008. This series quickly became popular, and the fan base continues to grow as the movie premiere excites readers. Often a topic of...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games
I recently read, The Hunger Games, and absolutely loved it. It was a quick read and quite the page turner. I really liked how the story was violent, sinister, and slightly twisted. Teenagers running...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games
I recently read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a fiction trilogy set in the future in which ever year twenty-four people must be picked/volunteer(rare) to be a tribute, and participate in "the...
View ArticleThe Hunger Games
This Friday the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' bestselling novel, "The Hunger Games," will release in theaters across the nation and many theaters are showing the movie on every screen in the...
View ArticleHungry for the Hunger Games
This past weekend the much anticipated movie "The Hunger Games" finally hit theatres. It was met with nothing short of a hysteria over the movie that is based on the series written by Suzanne Collins....
View ArticleHungry for Hunger Games
With an estimated 35 million dollar opening, the Hunger Games is off to a great start. Many complained that the movie was too violent for a PG-13 film, but the whole basis of the movie and book is...
View Article1984
Why is our society so obsessed with utopian and dystopian literature? Especially among the youth population, we can see a clear trend in popularity with such books. For example, Suzanne Collin's series...
View ArticleThe hunger games and what happens
You wouldn’t see anything like the hunger games in the news because the hunger games are a terrible event that would provoke many people to do something about it. Also, the government that we have...
View ArticleHaymitch is similar to Athena
I think that Haymitch is the helper archetype when compared to Athena from the Odyssey. Haymitch in the Hunger Games, was the man who trained his district’s “tributes”, Katniss and Peeta. Haymitch is...
View ArticleArchetypes in Modern Literature
Archetypes are similar literary themes, characteristics, or story elements that appear frequently through different stories. Heroes, wise men, tyrannical rulers, damsels in distress, the hero's...
View ArticleDystopian Warning Today
In today’s society, the wealth gap between the rich and everybody else has been growing more prominent as time passes. Society has fallen into a clear hierarchy where the rich are growing richer every...
View ArticleAmerican Dystopia
America has a surprising amount of dystopian traits that are similar to Suzanne Collin's Hunger Games trilogy. The worlds of America and Panem are not as different as it seems, both possessing a...
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