Monday, 7 May 2012
Monday, 2 April 2012
significant characters- Catching Fire
PRIM-
Prim is a very significant charcter in The Hunger Games because she is such an important person in the main character, Katniss' life. Whatever Katniss does she is constantly thinking of how it will affect her little sister Prim, and is always worrying about if Prim will be okay. She even promised Prim that she would try to win the Hunger Games so they could be reunited at the end.
This also affects many parts of the story such as how Katniss loves Rue, a competitor in the hunger games. Katniss trusts and looks out for Rue because she reminds her so much of her little sister back home.
CAPITOL
The root of all incidents is the Capitol. All of Katniss' problems or anyone else's problems revolve around this one city. The capitol is who all of panam work for, each district has a certain thing they make for the capitol for example, District 12 makes coal. They are all kept inside the fencing of their distict and if they tresspass out of it, death is almost always a guarantee.
The Capitol has control over all of the districts and reminds of this each year by taking 2 children (aged 12-18) from each one and putting them in an arena to fight till death. Without the Capitol, the Hunger Games would not even exist, people's destiny's would not be controlled, and people would be able to move freely from district to district.
Everything in the story revolves around the Capitol, making it a significant place in the book.
Prim is a very significant charcter in The Hunger Games because she is such an important person in the main character, Katniss' life. Whatever Katniss does she is constantly thinking of how it will affect her little sister Prim, and is always worrying about if Prim will be okay. She even promised Prim that she would try to win the Hunger Games so they could be reunited at the end.
This also affects many parts of the story such as how Katniss loves Rue, a competitor in the hunger games. Katniss trusts and looks out for Rue because she reminds her so much of her little sister back home.
CAPITOL
The root of all incidents is the Capitol. All of Katniss' problems or anyone else's problems revolve around this one city. The capitol is who all of panam work for, each district has a certain thing they make for the capitol for example, District 12 makes coal. They are all kept inside the fencing of their distict and if they tresspass out of it, death is almost always a guarantee.
The Capitol has control over all of the districts and reminds of this each year by taking 2 children (aged 12-18) from each one and putting them in an arena to fight till death. Without the Capitol, the Hunger Games would not even exist, people's destiny's would not be controlled, and people would be able to move freely from district to district.
Everything in the story revolves around the Capitol, making it a significant place in the book.
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Film Adaption- Hunger Games
Difference between the movie and the book of "The Hunger Games"
There are many differences between the book and the movie of "The Hunger Games"
To start off with, in the book when Katniss volunteers as tribute for the Hunger Games, many people come to visit her before she leaves such as, her mother and sister, Gale, Madge, and also Peeta's father. In the movie, they leave out the visit of Madge and Peeta's father. I think they decided to cut this part because Madge and Peeta's father are not significant characters in the book compared to her family and Gale and you do not hear much about their relations with Katnniss in the first place, therefore their visit to see her is not as important to include.
Also, In the book Madge is the one who gives Katniss her Mockingjay pin. In the movie it is Prim who gives her sister the pin instead once again mostly because Madge is not a significant character.
Some other scenes I think are cut from the book because Katniss is mostly thinking about the incidents in her own thoughts and are not further talked about out loud. In the movie they would not be shown such as Haymitch falling off the stage.
When the end of the hunger games is close they speed up the ending of the games by bringing in the cat-like animals in a day sooner then in the book. They leave out when all the water goes dry and they are forced to the lake where the attack happens. Instead the animals come out of nowhere the last night that they are hunting.
In the book, the injuries seem much more intense and Katniss and Peeta appear closer to death then they are in the movie, which also allows them to cut the part right after the games end when Peeta is nearly dead and they do surgery on both characters. This keeps the movie flowing faster near the end.
There are many differences between the book and the movie of "The Hunger Games"
To start off with, in the book when Katniss volunteers as tribute for the Hunger Games, many people come to visit her before she leaves such as, her mother and sister, Gale, Madge, and also Peeta's father. In the movie, they leave out the visit of Madge and Peeta's father. I think they decided to cut this part because Madge and Peeta's father are not significant characters in the book compared to her family and Gale and you do not hear much about their relations with Katnniss in the first place, therefore their visit to see her is not as important to include.
Also, In the book Madge is the one who gives Katniss her Mockingjay pin. In the movie it is Prim who gives her sister the pin instead once again mostly because Madge is not a significant character.
Some other scenes I think are cut from the book because Katniss is mostly thinking about the incidents in her own thoughts and are not further talked about out loud. In the movie they would not be shown such as Haymitch falling off the stage.
When the end of the hunger games is close they speed up the ending of the games by bringing in the cat-like animals in a day sooner then in the book. They leave out when all the water goes dry and they are forced to the lake where the attack happens. Instead the animals come out of nowhere the last night that they are hunting.
In the book, the injuries seem much more intense and Katniss and Peeta appear closer to death then they are in the movie, which also allows them to cut the part right after the games end when Peeta is nearly dead and they do surgery on both characters. This keeps the movie flowing faster near the end.
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
Hunger Games- suspense
Suspense
There are many moments filled with suspense, many types of suspense. I chose a moment of suspense that is not neccissarly action or a life or death situation. I chose the suspense of what might happen between Katniss and Peeta now that the games have ended. Katniss mostly has been showing her love for peeta for the cameras although throughout the hunger games she does form feeling for him that she denies to herself. Katniss soon finds that Peeta wasn't faking his love for her for the camera's like she assumed, mostly because that's what she was always told. Now Katniss is torn between going home to her bestfriend Gale who has the possibility of being a boyfriend and Peeta, who she survived through this terrible time with. As they continue their journey back to district 12 you sense them drifting further and further apart as they continue not to speak. Peeta is frustrated that he was in love with Katniss but Katniss was not sure of her feelings for him back. This is always keeping the readers guessing what might happen next. Now that all the big suspense from during the games is gone, this small suspense keeps readers wanting more!
There are many moments filled with suspense, many types of suspense. I chose a moment of suspense that is not neccissarly action or a life or death situation. I chose the suspense of what might happen between Katniss and Peeta now that the games have ended. Katniss mostly has been showing her love for peeta for the cameras although throughout the hunger games she does form feeling for him that she denies to herself. Katniss soon finds that Peeta wasn't faking his love for her for the camera's like she assumed, mostly because that's what she was always told. Now Katniss is torn between going home to her bestfriend Gale who has the possibility of being a boyfriend and Peeta, who she survived through this terrible time with. As they continue their journey back to district 12 you sense them drifting further and further apart as they continue not to speak. Peeta is frustrated that he was in love with Katniss but Katniss was not sure of her feelings for him back. This is always keeping the readers guessing what might happen next. Now that all the big suspense from during the games is gone, this small suspense keeps readers wanting more!
Sunday, 18 March 2012
The Hunger Games- Character Traits
Katniss Everdeen
Character Traits:
Character Traits:
- tough( controlling her crying/ hunting)
- "When they televise the replay of the reapings tonight, everyone will make note of my tears, and i'll be marked as an easy targe. A weakling. I will give no one that satisfaction." pg 23
- Mature (having to take over for her mother)
- "At eleven years old, with Prim just seven, I took over as head of the family. There was no choice." pg 25 (Steps up when her father dies and her mother is grieving)
- Brave (volunteering for the games)
- "I volunteer!" I gasp. "I volunteer as tribute!" pg. 2
- Rebel (hunts against the rules, challenges the capitol)
- "Without a victor, the whole thing would blow up in the Gamemakers' faces. They'd have failed the Capitol." pg 344 (There must be a victor, if they were both to die the joke would be on the Capitol) Katniss had the idea that they both eat the poisonous berries, to show that the capitol doesn't own them.
Friday, 2 March 2012
Hunger Games-Point of View
The story is being told in the point of view of the main character, Katniss Everdeen. I like the authors choice because you get the perspective of someone who is actually participating in the Hunger Games and their experience. The story would be less interesting if it were, for example in the perspective of her mother or sister because the story would not change much. They would clearly be sad and trying to live without Katniss but not much would be changing. In the perspective of Katniss, there's always a new obstacle that she is taking on each day, which get's you intrigued to know what is going to happen with her next. I think the athour chose this point of view because it is definitely the most interesting role. Even if the story, everyone is always wondering what it is like to be in the Hunger Games, from what the buildings are like, the food, to how it feels to be in the arena. If I were given the choice I would not change the point of view because then I would always be wondering what's going on with her during the games, what has she been doing etc...
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Stock characters
Soul Surfer: In the movie soul surfer there is one character who you almost only see during the surf competitions, Melina Birch. The movie tells us that she is a tough component and is not the nicest person. For the audience she is seen as a really good surfer/tough component for Bethany. We see that she doesn't take it easy on bethany even after her accident. She also seems high on herself thinking she is better than anyone else. She makes many rude comments throughout the movie along with comments/warnings about her beating Bethany in upcoming competitions. In the end, the movie shows us Melina's nicer side and that she might be a better person than the movie led us to believe in the beginning.
The Hunger Games post 1- tone and mood
She wakes up realizing what day it is, she makes out this specific day to be something that no one is looking forward to and or is scared of, "she must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping."p3. Even though she makes this day to be something terrible, the mood is calm as she takes time to observe small details and memories about her family and does not seem too worried or scared about what was to come today. "In sleep, my mother looks younger, still worn but not so beaten-down." "Prim's face is as fresh as a raindrop, lovely as the primrose for which she was named." It shows you that she knows the possibilities but has decided it is always easier to just not think about it, and focus on happy things in this moment, and enjoy them while she can.
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