...respective trilogies. The Hunger Games and Divergent paint separate pictures that both express the story of young heroines stepping up to the threshold of rebellion. Each heroine faces their challenges all whilst trying to grow and thrive in a world that wants them dead. However, within the pages of these books, when the blood and bone has been stripped away, the reader can trace the threads of similarities. These similarities exist between the two novels and also between their dystopian settings and the real world. Katniss Everdeen and Beatrice Prior are not only two rebels fighting for a cause, but are also two young women who face everyday hardships beyond their respective wars. They have the ability to teach the reader far more about life than is seemingly possible; lessons that are relatable and useful to just about anyone, regardless of age. Knowing what one stands for and residing in that truth, understanding that what is broken can be mended, and believing that gender does not define one’s abilities are three of the most important messages aimed at young adults in The Hunger Games and Divergent trilogies. Katniss Everdeen and Beatrice (Tris) Prior are both sixteen year old girls who have lost themselves within their respective worlds. At one point in both series the heroines are unsure of themselves and the causes for which they fight. Katniss, the heroine of the Hunger Games series, begins to lose herself just after she escapes the Games. She finds herself questioning...
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...today. It was with the rise of Elizabeth I in England that a new approach to women throughout literature and the media can be seen. She has been celebrated as an English embodiment of feminine strength and was patron to Shakespeare and Marlowe Elizabeth strayed from being the traditional women figure, and became a brave and rebellious leader. Of course Elizabeth did not act this way for fun, she did it as she felt it was the necessary action to take. Today, females in books and movies have strayed further from traditional roles in order to lead successful lives. Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games trilogy faces the pressure of the capital and wishes to fight to make change. Hanna, from the 2011 film Hanna, is raised through the teaching of her father to become an assassin in order to avenge a murdered mother. Beatrice, in the Divergent trilogy works to hide her true identity of being divergent as she knows the consequences if her truth be revealed. Later, of course, she too becomes an agent for change. Each character, then, coming from different backgrounds and lifestyles, must break away from tradition and take action to bring balance to their worlds and take revenge on those who have harmed them. All three women must learn the actions, attitudes and ways of what is known as the avenging angel. They must rise out of their traditional female roles in order to become great fighters so that they can continue to live their lives. The traditional view and role of women was to be...
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...In the series of the Hunger Games and Divergent the two main characters Katniss and Tris are two different kind of girls in these novel unlike other girls in other novels because they are the hero’s in the novel and in other novels guys are usually the hero or the tuff person and the girls are sweet and scared of most things but not these novels because these two girls have a lot of people that are against them and little bit people with them. Katniss from Hunger games is a girl that knows how to survive in the games and she’s not really a people person and at first she gets everyone to love her than after she gets everyone to hate her and she even hates herself throughout the novels. Tris from the Divergent series in also kind in the same...
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...Divergent Summary Introduction The dystopian novel Divergent was introduced to us by the main character, Tris. Tris was in her main faction, Abnegation She wears grey, she is selfless and cares about the people around her. On page 1, it says “There is ONE mirror in my house”. As being part of abnegation, your not suppose to attract attention to yourself or even look at yourself. Tris and her brother, caleb were getting ready for the aptitude test on that day and the choosing ceremony the next day. On page 2, Tris says to herself “And tomorrow, at the choosing ceremony, I will decide on a faction; I will decide the rest of my life; I will decide to stay with my family or abandon them”. Once you turn 16, you go to the choosing ceremony to...
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...they are reading about. The main idea in “chapter 4” of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is about how “there is no such thing as a wholly work of literature”(Foster 24). This means that one book will always be similar to another book. An example is, Beatrice and how she rebels in Divergent. In the book the Hunger Games, Katniss did the same thing. This chapter can better help us to understand and analyze the deeper meanings of literature, because it helps me to think beyond what is going on in the book or books that I am reading. This main idea in “chapter 4” applies to Divergent because books tell similar stories. I understand the deeper meaning because every book will always tie into another one. So if I am having trouble reading a book, I will try and find a similar book that is easier to read. The main idea in “chapter 11” of How to Read Literature Like a Professor is a about “violence in literature, though, while it is literal, is usually also something else”(Foster 95). This means that violence is everywhere literature and has different meanings. An example that I had noticed was that, how the dauntless kill innocent people in Divergent and how in the Hunger Games you have to kill people to survive and win. This chapter can help struggling readers because it explains how stories are similar in violent...
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...books and movies, as teenagers are able to relate to this struggle more and more. The films The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, Divergent by Veronica Roth, and the novels The Maze Runner by James Dashner, and The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky all, in different ways, portray the struggles that teenagers go through whilst they are undertaking the journey to find themselves. The two significant connections that I have made using these texts is the fact that strong, independent woman have a hard time being able to express themselves, and that your past, whether you like it or not, affects who you are today. The Hunger Games is the story of a head-strong, independent young girl who lives in a dystopian North America called Panem, which is split into 13 Districts. 74 years ago, the 13 Districts rebelled against the government Capitol, but it ended horribly for the Districts, with the result of District 13 being bombed to the ground. Ever since then, the 12 Districts have each had to supply one boy and one girl between the ages of 12-18 to compete in the annual Hunger Games. These children are pitted against each other to fight to the death in an arena, until only one Victor remains. The story follows a 16-year old girl named Katniss, who volunteers for the games in place of her sister, who’s name was drawn at the Reaping for the Games. In the process of prepping for the Games, her mentor, Haymitch, tries to get her to act a certain way and be a certain person in...
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...for the peaceful, Candor, for the honest, Dauntless, for the brave, and Erudite, for the intellectual. When it comes time for the choosing day, Beatrice discovers that she is Divergent, a very special case in where a person is no set faction. After surprising her family with the choice of dauntless, Beatrice is sent into the initiation protocol for the faction. Starting with jumping onto a moving train. From that moving train she then must jump off of that train onto a roof, then down into a pitch black hole. After that part they must go through three initiation trials which she goes through and is injected with this serum thing that the eurdites activate to take control of the dauntless, all except the divergents who are surprisingly revealed to us that four and tris’ (Beatrice’s dauntless name) mother are. Then all of the action starts to kick in. We have death all around us. To get to the final control room to stop this brainwashing experience tris loses her mother and father. But after all that is said and done she meets four again who she is in love with near the end of the book and hop on a train leading into the city, which leads to the sequel book. This is super brief and I could right about another 3 pages if I had to since this book literally blew me away. Still not as good as The Hunger Games but I was interested throughout each of the 39 chapters. What’s the significance of...
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...everyone would be average. Harrison Bergeron is imprisoned in the film because he refused to wear his devices. He breaks out of jail and pretends he will detonate a bomb under the stage of a ballet performance that is being televised. Instead he activates his hidden camera just when the governor shoots him for all of the world to see. His goal is for the people of that society to see that the governor wasn’t as perfect as she made herself out to be. The moral of the story is that trying to create a utopian society will only create unnecessary problems that were not originally there. Putting these handicap devices on people made people of the society rebel against the government. Other examples of utopian societies are “The Hunger Games” and also “Divergent” This film has influenced me to view equality in a new light. As I think back on the film, I realize that the society we live in today will never be able to be completely equal. Every person has different talents and needs. Adapting to these factors in every person’s life will be nearly impossible without creating a society such as the one in “2081”. For example, many people...
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...In Balaka Basu’s, The Pleasure of Being Sorted in Veronica Roth’s Divergent, Basu states, “Whatever else they may do, all heroes of young adult fiction- and by extension, their readers- are eventually asked to consider the two great questions of adolescence; ‘Who am I now? And who do I want to be when I grow up?’ As they do so, they inevitably embark upon a quest for identity, an apparently innocuous pursuit that lies at the very core of the genre.” (The Pleasure 19) In each of the three books, the reader can see individual or groups of young adults having to unite to achieve a certain goal. In class Professor Walker discussed how rebellious many young adults become as they reach their mid-teens and twenties. Becoming rebellious as a young adult is often seen by our parents as a reckless, impulsive eruption of emotions from within that allow rash decisions to be made. However, in each of the young adult, dystopian novels being reviewed, the main characters are considered rebellious by the law makers and rulers even though they are pushing for change in their unjust society. This essay will discuss three dystopian young adult novels, Divergent, The Hunger Games and Unwind and how each of them reflects on possible futures for humanity and the way young people are called to respond to the changes in the worlds they live in. Before getting started with the novels themselves, getting a brief overview of dystopian societies in Young Adult fiction is necessary. In, Contemporary Dystopian...
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...The three different forms of Dystopian texts we have looked at in class have definitely had an impact on my understanding of this genre. We are able to visualize how the dystopian society reflects our own society and are able to connect the genre to the social issues in our present world. In the article “How Dystopian Futures Are Merely Mirrors Into Our Own Society” the author comments: “After our appetite was recently satiated on Hunger Games, we are diverging our fingers to the next tasty literature meal: The Divergent series by Veronica Roth. Again we sink our teeth into a dystopian society and a bleak prediction of our future Earth. What these books never fail to dish up are the faults with society, humans and their failure to actually...
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...My full name is Kali Trinity Herrick–I know that it seems short, but it’s true. The only language that I actually speak fluently is English. I’ve attempted to learn many other languages, such as Spanish, Italian, and German, but I didn’t get as far as I wish that I did. I have a very large family, but it’s separated, so I usually get the chance for a break with most of them. There’s my mom (Victoria), dad (Andrew), stepmom (Brittany), stepdad (Chris), stepbrother (Nolan), stepsisters (Kayla and Emma), half-brother (Troy) and full brother (Aiden). There’s a total of 10 people in my family including myself, but Aiden is the only one who I’m with full-time. As for school, I don’t think that I’d be able to choose a favorite subject. So far, I...
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...My favorite genre is Dystopian and frequently, I find myself writing in this genre as well. I enjoy this genre because it allows greater freedom than other forms of fiction because, in the Dystopian genre, authors are able to craft their own society. I do not have to worry about historical technicalities because I create them. As a writer, this relieves a lot of stress! Dystopian novels are growing in popularity as more and more are written, like "The Hunger Games" and the "Divergent"...
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...Miss Drita Krasniqi 20A Cherrydown Avenue E4 8DP 07456409159 dritakrasniqi@live.com Profile I believe a meaningful life is about aiming high and gaining experiences in the different work forces. I aspire to become an accountant or psychologist in the future after graduation, however I would like to have a current job to gain experience. My school years have encouraged me to aspire high and achieve the best that I can and never give up. The school has helped me to enhance my cooperation and communication skills and the ability to learn new strategies. I am a hard working, enthusiastic individual with a positive attitude. I have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and have experience of dealing with a wide range of people from different backgrounds. I am a quick learner with the ability to think laterally, problem-solve and multi-tasking. i have the ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure. I also have good planning and organisation skills and speak fluent Albanian. I hope you enjoyed what you have read and would really appreciate you taking me on. Experience Shine, Chingford Hall Primary School Teacher's Assisatant February 2013 – February 2014 During my time at Chingford Hall Primary School my main skills achieved is being able to apply my knowledge to help the children learn. I also learnt how to adapt my communication skills so the children can understand. Education Rushcroft Foundation School iGCSE English Language B (predicted) GCSE Rushcroft...
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...Legend Marie Lu’s book Legend can be considered a young adult fiction novel. It takes place in the distant future, after some type of catastrophic event caused the United States to split between the Republic (west) and the Colonies (east). It follows two teenagers from opposite social classes, June is part of the elite upper class and is the Republic’s golden girl after being the “only” person to score a perfect score on the trial. Where as Day is from one of the poor sectors and is the Republics most wanted criminal. June declared, “I make a silent promise to my brother’s killer. I will hunt you down…. I make you this promise: your life is mine,” (45). They are pitted against each other when leaders of the Republic make June believe Day is the one responsible for her brother’s death. After a change in perspective, June believes Day’s accusations about the Republic, and they team up against their common enemy. Throughout the book, the narration switches between Day and June’s point of view. Both characters speak in first person, using dialogue to explain their thoughts and feelings on the situations that come their way. When the chapters switch between June and Day, the author does a great job with letting their personalities shine through. Day’s explanation on his nickname, “Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time” (304), shows that even though he...
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...Lost in Translation Historian, Robert Shickel, says; "A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration". Highly acclaimed dystopian novels are constantly being adapted into movies. Fans of these novels are excited that they will finally get to see their favorite dystopian worlds brought to life, but then they are disappointed when the films do not adhere to the books. It is understandable when the film varies slightly from the original novel, because directors are not expected to fit a three hundred to five hundred page story into a two hour film. However, when a book is converted into a movie, the filmmakers neglect to include essential parts of the novel in the film. Elements such as character development, narration, and point of view are lost in translation. The underlying themes in dystopian novels are lost when adapted to the big screen, because filmmakers are more concerned with the entertainment value, such as the romance and action, more than the message and actual story the novel originally presents. A major problem that filmmakers face when adapting a novel is the limit that the camera has to present literary points of view. The point of view— or narration— in the novel can offer insight into a characters mind as well as...
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