Losing means certain death.” (fourth cover) In an interview with Suzanne Collins she was asked about what the most difficult part about writing the book was. She replies to the viewers by telling them “when you’re going to write a story like The Hunger Games‚ you have to accept from the beginning that you’re going to kill characters.”(Collins‚ Suzanne. Interview by Rick Margolis. “A Killer Story: An Interview with Suzanne Collins‚ Author of ‘The Hunger Games’: Under Cover” SLJ.com. Rick Margolis‚ 1
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good‚ and Collins does build upon the emotional core of her story very effectively by emphasizing Katniss’s internal conflict regarding both Peeta and Gale in this second volume. Her characters were already strongly relatable‚ and she only boosts their appeal in readers’ eyes this time. As a longtime SF reader who is just a tiny bit older than the target demographic here‚ I cannot help but read an SF novel for the whole package. That package includes convincing world building. This‚ Collins has not
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home‚ but now she has to apply them during the games. No matter how tough or scary the problem was to Katniss‚ she was able to conquer the issue because of the settings she lived in before the games. In the beginning of The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins gives a hint that her dad was a big role model to find food in the woods. “But there’s also food if you know how
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“How are women and girls represented in contemporary novels?” In Suzanne Collins contemporary novel‚ The Hunger Games‚ the author represents women and girls in a variety of ways. Suzanne Collins represents feminine qualities in women and girls in a negative way in her novel‚ The Hunger Game. Collins uses characterisation to depict feminine qualities as being a drawback. An example of this can be seen in her portrayal of Prim and her mother‚ who share similar traditional feminine qualities‚ “My
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“How does Collins use the genre of dystopian fiction to make a comment on contemporary society?” Suzanne Collins uses dystopian fiction to warn us of the many things that are wrong in the present world. The Hunger Games is based on a depressing world which we would all hate to live in. Collins brings to our attention some of the problems we have in today’s world such as our obsession with looking perfect‚ how we waste our time‚ and how selfish we are. In our society we waste our time on video
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secrets. Therefore authors must be constantly striving to evolve the narration of the story and keep the element of surprise on the authors’ side. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins and Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle present two disparate ways of narrating a detective fiction novel. Collins uses multiple first person sources in an attempt to put the reader in the detective’s shoes‚ while Doyle employs a single first person narrative that allows a limited view
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In the Hunger Games‚ by Suzanne Collins creates an extraordinary character‚ Katniss Everdeen. Katniss Everdeen is unselfish‚ protective‚ and strong. The author portrays this by building up the suspense in the plot. There is many qualities in Katniss sums her into being a courageous person. The two parts of novel displays Katniss characteristics efficiently. One quality I love about Katniss is her unselfishness. She displayed this throughout the first two parts. More importable‚ she demonstrated in
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by Wilkie Collins has a very unique writing style‚ creating an overall effect on the reading experience. In this story‚ Collins decided to write his story by having his characters mark down their own experiences with the Moonstone. The audience is able to read different points of views from varying characters such as Gabriel Betteredge‚ Ezra Jennings‚ Miss Drusilla Clack and a few others. Each written narrative differed in writing style‚ experiences‚ and perspectives. By doing so‚ Collins provides
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Examining the Characteristics of Katniss Everdeen in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games In typical examples of literature‚ women are generally presented as dependent and weak‚ requiring the assistance of men to save them. However‚ in The Hunger Games‚ Suzanne Collins presents a female protagonist who breaks the stereotype of these women; Katniss Everdeen is an independent‚ logical‚ yet doubtful character. To begin with‚ Katniss is independent. Ever since her father died and her mother went through
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Games by Suzanne Collins quickly rose through the ranks and has become one of the most influential and best selling books of the late 2000’s. Based in a post-apocalyptic United States‚ The Hunger Games tells the story of the young heroine Katniss Everdeen and her journey of survival in both the harsh conditions of her coal mining home in District 12‚ and the later dangerous climate of the Capitol and the hunger games. Survival is one of the major reoccurring themes that Collins weaves throughout
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