Battle to the Death: Cinema Vs. Novel Some of the best movies are based on books. One movie based on a book is The Hunger Games. While the movie is entertaining, it is very different from the book. “Ask any reader who has seen the movie version of a favorite novel, and the answer will usually be, "The book was better." That 's because readers of a novel have already made their own perfect movie version” (Corliss et al., 2005). It would appear that Corliss is correct because many people who have read The Hunger Games book would say that it is better than the movie. Although the Hunger Games movie is entertaining, it is very different from the book. There are details left out of the movie that were in the book, the movie doesn 't demonstrate the ongoing theme of hunger as well as the book does, and the the movie does a better job with …show more content…
The plot in the Hunger Games movie develops faster than the plot in the book. As Leann Ray puts it, “It 's difficult to squeeze 300-plus pages of story into a two-hour movie, so not everything can be included -- I get it. Editing is important. But could we maybe not cut out or change major plot points that are really important to the series?” (Ray, 2015). Because the movie is so much more condensed than the book, many details are left out. The movie spends little time in District 12 and The Capitol. This eliminates some characters who were in the book from being in the movie. Madge Undersee was in the book but not in the movie. Madge was the daughter of the mayor of District 12 and one of Katniss’ only friends in her grade. She is an important character because she is used to demonstrate the separation between the rich and the poor. In the book her role is important because she is the one who gives Katniss the gold mockingjay pin that she wore as her token in The Hunger Games. The pin is gold so it is something only the wealthy mayor 's daughter could afford.
The book explains more about slavery. The movie makes slavery appear very easygoing and mild. When the book makes it appear very real and how slavery actually was. In the book it talks about pit schools and the movie doesn't even discuss them.
In my opinion there are a lot of comparisons between the film and the book, but there are also differences between them too, but also they have impacted the audience in both the film and the
Atticus Finch is quoted “You never understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb in his skin and and walk around in it.” This quote from the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee supports the idea of truly getting to know a person to understand what they go through. Although the film and novel can compare, many aspects prove to show they also contrast. Not only do events contrasts but the ways the universal truths are supported compare and contrast from the novel and film. The themes that one does not truly know another person until they are in their shoes and that power is no blessing itselfs except when it is used to protect innocence are both fully supported in both the film and novel
The picture is a still of the movie “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”, second part in a saga based on a trilogy of books. This scene appears in the beginning of the film and represents The Reaping, the process that selects the participants of the Quarter Quell. I argue that the scene is a defining moment in the revolution because it is the instant when the discourse changes and the people stand together to fight a repressive system that favors class inequality. The still shows the difference between the people of the Capitol and the people of District Twelve.
Book Review #3 Lead-In/Hook: Adventure. Torture. Suspense. These all roll up into the story “Catching Fire: Hunger Games #2”. Book title, author, & genre: This book, “Catching Fire Hunger Games #2” by Suzanne Collins is a Science Fiction book.
To Kill A Mockingbird: Read it, Don’t Watch it. Have you ever watched the movie adaptation of a book, only to find that the book is far superior to it’s movie counterpart? Oftentimes when a book is adapted into a movie, there are some differences between the two. Sometimes the differences are subtle, but other times the differences are dramatic and can affect the development of the story. An example of this is the movie adaptation of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
The original Hunger Games book and The Hunger Games film their most content are analogous as the plot development , character relation and the ending. But also they have many differences between them as the appearance, District 12, career tributes and after the games. 1.Appearance: in the book ,katniss and Gale have olive skin and black hair. But in the movie, they are both fair and have brunette hair; in the book, Peeta eyes are blue, but in the film they are brown.
When watching the movie, The Hunger Games a viewer can see that it symbolizes our current culture today, is a hero myth and has a shadow character archetype. The Hunger Games is about a Capitol called Panem that chooses a total of 12 males and 12 females, out of a drawing. A male and female will then each represent a district. Taking those 24 people and having them fight each other to the death with only one victor. Additionally they glamorize the process by televising it for everyone to watch.
There are many simularities and differences in the book and movie " The
These events also play a part on the Capitol’s decisions. In the movie since Katniss is frightened of the games The Capitol decides to put her in another arena because she is scared of the first games. In spite of the book where the Capitol put her in another arena because she didn’t make President Snow believe she would of ate the berries in love and not rebellion. The book and movie also have similarities that play a major role in the plot line. One impeccable example is that the capitol wants Katniss to prove she would of ate the berries in love and not
The hero's journey Star Wars and The Hunger Games have many similarities and differences. Even though stories can take place in completely different places the hero's journey can still be alike. The beginning of the hero's journey in both of these stories are pretty similar. In The Hunger Games, the call to adventure is similar to it in Star Wars because Luke and Katniss both have to go into a fight.
The Hunger Games: A Modern Day Odyssey? The Hunger Games is about a civilization that randomly selects two members from the different districts. Those two members are then forced to fight in an “arena” in which there is only one victor. In a way the Hunger Games is very similar to the Odyssey. The Odyssey begins years after the Trojan War has ended and Odysseus has not returned home.
“The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That’s why we go to movies and say, ‘Oh, the book is better’”(Paulo Coelo). Sometimes, like stated in the quote, the movie turns out awful because of director modifications. But, every once in awhile, the changes will actually enhance the story. The Hobbit is an example of that.
The famous novel The Hunger Games was written by Suzanne Collins. The book was published on September 14, 2008 and became an award winning nominee in 2012. In this book, the main protagonist Katniss Everdeen volunteered as a tribute for her younger sister Primrose Everdeen in the Hunger Games. When the theaters announced that the award- winning book was about to be launched, everyone knew that the movie and the book would be different. The main plots of the book that was different from the book were the scene where Katniss was leaving District 12, the “mutt scene” , and the new version of Seneca Crane, the gamemaker.
The Hunger Games is a faithful literary adaptation based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins. It is the first book in the trilogy followed by Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Both the movie and the novel have adventure, drama, and sci-fi genres. Suzanne Collins also writes fantasy, science fiction, children 's literature, and young-adult fiction novels. The movie fits the genre of sci-fi, adventure and drama because it tells a story about how people and societies are affected by imaginary scientific developments in the future.