http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BrDJj55Qao
This URL will take you to a video that I made last year for an English Movie Project with several of my classmates. We had to remake the movie The Hunger Games in a limit of 10 minutes. We had so much fun and had a lot of laughs making this video. Excuse our wonderful acting skills, but I think this is a very good interpretation and remake of the movie....at least in my opinion :) I played the character of Effie, which seems to be the only dash of "color" in our movie. At the time, I had never seen the movie or read the book, but now I completely understand it all....the storyline, the characters, everything. Enjoy.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Hunger Games
This site has information about the author and her books as well as cool downloads, video clips and games.
This site has information about the author and her books as well as cool downloads, video clips and games.
Post 6
Since the rule of the Game is to end up with one winner, I had no idea who the victor would be. When it came down to Peeta and Katniss as the final two tributes left, I couldn't imagine one of them dying in order for the other to live. If I were in their situation, I most likely would have done the same thing as they did, which was to agree to eat the poisonous berries together so there wouldn't be a victor at all. In the end, I am surprised, yet glad that they both got to be the victors and return home. When the Game is finally finished and they return back to their district, it reminds me of one of those movies when a person that has been stranded on an island for a long time is finally saved.
Post 5
It is so awful to picture teens and children fighting to the death and killing one another. I find the situation extremely cruel that they are forced into this savage and brutal adventure in which there is intended to be only one winner. I don't even see how this would be allowed. I would be so scared and probably one of the first ones to die. None of the tributes seemed come across as completely frightened for their lives, which I'm guessing is due to the fact that human life has little value in their society. Why do children have to be the ones to fight? Why can't it be a battle between adults or even males of the districts?
Post 4
I loved the scene when Peeta is in a live interview with Caesar Flickerman. When he is asked if he has a girlfriend/crush, I think Peeta's response is so slick and adorable. He says that he's had a crush on this girl, Katniss, for as long as he can remember. When Caesar mentions that she can't turn him down if he wins, Peeta replies by saying that winning won't help him since the girl he's thinking of came to the games with him. This is the beginning of their love affair and the romance that I as a reader enjoyed experiencing throughout the story. I didn't like Katniss's initial reaction to Peeta's confession since she seems too uptight, but as a reader, I can tell that she secretly has feelings for him.
Post 3
I think it was a very clever idea for Cinna to create the fire costumes for Peeta and Katniss that represented their district's coal mining industry. The way the costumes are described sounds very interesting and cool with the synthetic fire and I can picture why it stood out to the audience so much. At the opening ceremony, they were a sensation and the crowd loved them. I know that in this case, if I saw someone who instantly stood out to me, that I would remember them. For Katniss and Peeta, it is very important to be liked by the crowd and be remembered for positive actions.
Post 2
I can't imagine what it is like for Peeta and Katniss to travel to this whole new world it seems like. They are exposed to a more luxurious lifestyle and witness a community of wealthy people with painted faces and bizarre hair and clothing. After seeing the movie, I know what these people look like, and I do not understand their need to be "in costume". In a school-related group movie project, I had to play the character of Effie in which I had replicated her appearance. I now understand her quirky character and the society she comes from. This is so different for the District 12 tributes as they come from a society based around poverty.
Post 1
In the beginning of the book, when it is pointed out that Katniss's name is entered into the drawing twenty times, I thought for sure that she was going to be chosen. I give Katniss so much credit as she has taken over the position of her father who has passed away. She is now the caretaker of her mother and sister, Prim as she brings home the food with her incredible hunting skills. It is very brave of Katniss to enter her name numerous times in exchange for extra food and oil to support her family. I don't know how she does it, but I don't think that I could ever be that courageous and willing to enter my name into the drawing extra times. Katniss is strong and has character traits that I admire.
Essay
Prompt:
1982. In great literature, no scene of violence exists for its own sake. Choose a work of literary merit that confronts the reader or audience with a scene or scenes of violence. In a well-organized essay, explain how the scene or scenes contribute to the meaning of the complete work. Avoid plot summary.
A Fight to
Survive
In the square of District Twelve, the mayor gives a speech that provides
the history of the Hunger Games. Struck by droughts, storms, rising seas, and
other natural problems, North America essentially dissolved, and the country of
Panem rose up in its place. Panem was formed of a Capitol and thirteen
districts, but the districts eventually rebelled. The Capitol defeated the
districts, with the thirteenth being so badly destroyed that it ceased to
exist. To punish the districts and remind them of their powerlessness, the
Capitol holds the Hunger Games, in which a male and female “tribute” between
twelve and eighteen from each district must fight to the death in a large outdoor
arena. The tribute that survives wins, and that tribute’s district receives
extra food.
Violent? Definitely. Naturally, all of the tributes are
going to do their absolute best to be the victor for their district, but the
task is not an easy one. There’s
lots of blood, and children are killed, but the violence is never gratuitous. The Games take place in a futuristic society
and culture that was founded upon violence. The story depicts a select society
of opulence with a gluttonous appetite for physical and sensual pleasures and
all at the expense of others. It depicts a society so calloused and indifferent
to violence and human suffering that death is a Game eagerly anticipated and
celebrated. Human life has little to no value. Even the tributes are curiously
resigned to their fate and somewhat indifferent to the deaths of those who have
died before.
The concept of children locked in a
violent melee is unpleasant in that it is unfortunate as they battle and kill
one another. Many people can recall reading a book in school entitled Lord of the Flies, which can be compared
to the concept of The Hunger Games.
In it young boys find themselves in a very adult situation where the necessity
of leadership, survival and conflict resolution are suddenly thrust upon them.
They fight to survive, they even fight each other and some die. It is strange
to me to think of teens killing one another, but then again, they are forced
into this situation to fight and try to survive the Game.
The
Hunger Games is based around this violent combat which includes deaths,
blood, weapons, swarming killer bees, vicious dogs, poisonous berries that all
contribute to the violent concept that is exposed to the readers and audience. Whether
it's being attacked by poisonous, swarming bees, being killed by another
tribute, or even being chased by vicious dogs, it is easy to see the violence
as a significant aspect throughout the Games. The whole point of The Hunger
Games is for these young adults to battle to the death to end up with a victor,
and without the violence and killing, the adventure wouldn't be progressive or
as effective. Book2Media
An audiobook version of The Hunger Games was released in December 2008. In March 2009, Lions Gate Entertainment entered into a co-production agreement for The Hunger Games with Nina Jacobson's production company Color Force, which had acquired worldwide distribution rights to the novel a few weeks earlier. The screenplay remains extremely faithful to the original novel. Production began in late spring 2011 and the film was released on March 23, 2012. The film's opening weekend brought in a non-sequel record $152.5 million in North America.
Publication Blurb
The Hunger Games is a 2008 science fiction novel by American writer Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games was first published in hardcover on September 14, 2008 by Scholastic featuring a cover designed by Tim O'Brien. It has since been released in paperback and also as an audiobook and ebook. After an initial print of 200,000, the book had sold 800,000 copies by February 2010. Since its release, The Hunger Games has been translated into 26 languages, and publishing rights have been sold in 38 territories. The novel is the first in The Hunger Games trilogy, followed by Catching Fire and Mockingjay.
Author Bio Blurb
Suzanne Collins
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1962, Suzanne Collins was the daughter of an Air Force pilot, and her family moved several times when she was young. After proving herself as a talented children's television writer, Collins published her debut book, Gregor the Overlander, the first book of The Underland Chronicles. In 2008, the first book of The Hunger Games series was published.
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