The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games, as its name indicates, is all about hunger. Not only metaphorical hunger for political freedom, social ascendance or self-realisation, but actual hunger. The districts are hungry and Katniss’s main preoccupation is to keep her family fed. Her father died in a mining accident, working to feed his wife and daughters. (Redirected from Mockingjay (fictional bird)) The Hunger Games universe is the fictional world which serves as the setting for The Hunger Games, a trilogy of young-adult dystopian novels written by American author Suzanne Collins, and the movie series adapted from them.
The Hunger Games is a series of young adult dystopian novels written by American novelist Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young Katniss Everdeen.The novels in the trilogy are titled The Hunger Games (2008), Catching Fire (2009), and Mockingjay (2010). The novels have all been developed into films starring Jennifer Lawrence, with the film adaptation of Mockingjay split into two parts. The first two books in the series were both New York Times best sellers, and Mockingjay topped all US bestseller lists upon its release. By the time the film adaptation of The Hunger Games was released in 2012, the publisher had reported over 26 million Hunger Games trilogy books in print, including movie tie-in books.The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in Panem, a North American country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and 12 districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children from the districts are selected via lottery to participate in a compulsory televised battle royale death match called The Hunger Games.The novels were all well received. In August 2012, the series ranked second, exceeded only by the Harry Potter series in NPR's poll of the top 100 teen novels, which asked voters to choose their favorite young adult books. On August 17, 2012, Amazon announced The Hunger Games trilogy as its top seller, surpassing the record previously held by the Harry Potter series. As of 2014, the trilogy has sold more than 65 million copies in the U.S. alone (more than 28 million copies of The Hunger Games, more than 19 million copies of Catching Fire, and more than 18 million copies of Mockingjay). The Hunger Games trilogy has been sold into 56 territories in 51 languages to date.A prequel novel, titled The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, about the early days of Panem and The Hunger Games is written and will be released on May 19, 2020.
In a previous class, we discussed Maron Cooley’s quotes which states that,”Fantasy mirrors Desire. Imagination reshapes it.” In one of my previous blog posts I discussed that fantasy can be the result of desire and that desire can be the result of a fantasy. In today’s discussion we talked about different themes of the book. Two of these themes, Survival and Sacrifice, made me think back to my blog post about Maron Cooley’s quote and the correlation between fantasy and desire. This made me question whether Survival stems from sacrifice or whether sacrifice stems from survival?
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In The Hunger Games, there are several instances in which sacrifices are being made. One example is when Katniss takes Prim’s place in the reaping and places herself in harm’s way. Another example is when Peeta slips Katniss a burnt loaf of bread because she was starving and he was beaten by his mother. Peeta’s sacrifice allowed Katniss to survive as well as Katniss’s selfless actions allowed Prim to be saved from the reaping. These examples support the idea that someone’s ability to survive is the direct result from another person’s sacrifice.
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On the other hand, there are several incidences in which sacrifice is created from survival. One example of this belief in the book The Hunger Games is at the end of the hunger games when Peeta and Katniss are the only two tributes left. Both individuals survived through tortuous games with the game makers as well as with the other 22 tributes. Believing that they won and both would be able to survive, they are quick to hope for the best. But as it happens, the game makers quickly announce that there is only one winner, thus Katniss or Peeta must die. They decide that they would sacrifice themselves and eat poisonous berries in order to rebel against the Capitol. Thus, by surviving the hunger games, they commit an act of sacrifice.