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Summary The hunger games book literature breakdown
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The Hunger GamesTopics
-Theme
-Conflict
-Character
-Setting
-Plot
-Symbolism
THEME
• Theme
- The main idea that an author wishes to convey in a piece of work.
- There may be multiple themes in longer pieces of work.
- Shorter pieces of work tend to have fewer themes.
• Government Control
- In Panem, the Capitol resists the permissions and abilities of its citizens.
- They go as far as forcing citizens to kill each other in the Hunger Games.
- The Government control is so excessive that it causes citizens to resent centralised power.
• Effects of the war
- Panem came together as a country as a result of a series of natural disasters that destroyed much of the
landmass it called, home.
- After some time, the districts rose up against the capitol, unsuccessfully.
- The districts were then punished for the rebellion by, the Hunger Games.
- The districts were also punished for the war by increased restriction and observation.
• Individualism
- The Hunger Games requires many types of individuals to leave behind their identities and evolve into a
relentess murderer in order to survive.
- Peeta presents the idea of not wanting to change, however he does in fact kill. (The girl who created fire,
Fox Face, role in Cato’s death.)
• Love
- Love is a very prominent theme within the Hunger Games.
- Love has a very strong effect on people.
* It drives Peeta to protect Katniss.
* It drives Katniss to survive in effort to return to Prim.
* It drives sponsors to donate
* It drives Peeta and Katniss together then apart.
• Survival
- The ability and desire to survive is first and foremost in the Hunger Games.
- The story is one of physical and mental survival.
- This is seen through the poverty and starvation issues in the Panem, the fight in Hunger Games and for the
those who survive the fight to stay alive in the pressure and presence of the Capitol.
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