The Hunger Games The Questions And Paragraph
June 8th 2012
1. Which figure (character, group, organization) in the play best demonstrates the use of the "power" theme?
2. How would describe Katniss's "Identity" before, and after the games?
Katniss' identity didn't change much before and after the games. Prior to the games she was independent and quiet, but after the games she became a little more social as she realized she needed to do so in order to gain popularity with sponsors. Overall, most of her "identity" changes were solely strategic but she stayed the same person more or less.
- Dimitri
3. What makes the audience love the "Relationship" between Katniss and Peeta?
In the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta are both selected as tributes for District 12. During an interview prior to the games Peeta confesses his love for Katniss, and strategically, Katniss decides to return the affection. The audience is shown to "love" their "relationship" for a few reasons. First off, the relationship signifies the relationship between many. This is because much like life, couples are faced with challenges, in their case the games, and they have to battle through them together. This catches the affection of viewers as the relationship makes Katniss and Peeta relatable to most people. Secondly, the audience is in support of the couple for perhaps a more cynical reason, because they are interested to see how the games will conclude if the two lovers are the last two remaining. In the end, the interest of the audience is really only a representation of human behaviour, showing the good, and the bad side of the human mind.
- Dimitri
4. What are some major and minor differences between district 12 and the Capitol? List 3 differences.
In the novel The Hunger Games, Katniss lives in the poor region referred to as District 12. On the opposite end of the wealth scale is the luxurious Capitol. The two share practically no similarities but many differences. Here are threemain differences:
- The technology in the Capitol is shown to have drastically improved where in District 12 it appears to have regressed.
- The fashion in the two regions is tremendously different. In the Capitol, everyone dresses very flamboyantly, wearing a lot of colour and having crazy hair dews. In District 12, people dress in a completely different manner, mainly wearing plain, rag-like clothing as they cannot afford anything else.
- The Capitol is far more industrialized with countless sky scrapers and an incredible skyline, where District 12 is occupied with homes which resemble huts and are surrounded by mud.
- Dimitri
5. Does Katniss "love" Peeta, or is it just an act? Describe her feelings for him at the start of the book to the end of the book.
6. What governement system in the real world does the capitol's governing system resemble most?
7. Why is Peeta so concerned about keeping his original "Identity" at the start of the games?
The night before the commencement of the games, Peeta claims that he doesn't want to lose his identity during the games, but wants to stay himself. I believe he feels that way because he believes that the games were going to be a very stressful, life changing, experience and he didn't want it to change the way people see him or the way he acts. When making this statement, he assumed that he was going to be killed by another contestant, and he didn't want to die as a killer because that was what he had done during the games, but instead as the person he was before the games.
- Dimitri
8. If you were selected to compete in the Hunger Games, would you try and stay true to your own "Identity", or would you create a new "persona" for the cameras.
If I were selected for the Hunger Games I would create a new persona for myself, instead of acting the way which I did prior to the event. One of the reasons why I would do it would be to gain the support of potential sponsors, but also because I wouldn't be able to kill someone with my current personality. I would feel that by creating an alter ago, I could later switch back to my original self and perhaps forget the tragedy of the Hunger Games.
- Dimitri
9. Do the differences of "Class in Society" between districs influence their approach to the games? Explain how and why.
10. Which character in the story best represents the theme of love? Explain how.
Main Themes
Power : The power theme is used mainly to represent the totalitarian governement of the capitol, this adds the effect of the tributes struggle to stay alive in an arena, in which the capitol provides a series of challenges. It is mentioned early in the novel that the Games exist so that the Capitol may keep their power of all the districts, by forcing them to compete in a battle to the death between 24 competitors. Also, all the districts must watch on national television.
Identity : The theme of identity is one of the more important themes in The Hunger Games. It is used to show that when under pressure, people will ultimately do what they must to survive, even if it means killing someone they once called a friend. This theme is shown strongly through Peeta before he begins to compete in the games, but is quickly broken when he joins a group of "career tributes". Katniss shows that she can both survive and still retain her original identity, therefore best demonstrating this theme.
Society and Class : Panem is a world of economic class differences. The social class and economy in the book influences both the average citizens of each districs, and the tributes, forced to compete in this brutal battle to the death.
Love : Love is one of the most apparent themes in this story, even at the start of the book with Katniss's relationship with Gale, even though she only considers them to be "friends". Slightly later on, when Katniss and Peeta first interact, Peeta shows that he has some sort of feelings for Katniss, this escalates into an issue that causes a lot of suspense during the book.
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