The Hunger Games (Film) - TV Tropes. May the odds be ever in your favor! A spark is fine, as long as it's contained. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 2. 4 participants are forced to kill their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. The film is directed by Gary Ross, and stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, Liam Hemsworth as Gale, Woody Harrelson as Haymitch, Stanley Tucci as Caesar and Donald Sutherland as President Snow. Adaptations for the remaining novels were also made. The Catching Fire movie was released in November 2. Mockingjay was split into two films, with part one being released in 2. See here for characters sheet. Abusive Parents: It is shown in the film that Peeta's mother at the very least is abusive. She is shown to be yelling at him, presumably for burning bread. The other indicator is that she told him that District 1. Madge wasn't in the movie, so it was a gift from Greasy Sae. In the film version, he is blonde. Adaptation Expansion: Since the book is written in first person from Katniss' perspective, the film adds scenes in the control room of the Hunger Games arena and President Snow's garden to give more information about the world where the story takes place. Seneca Crane is not identified at all in the first book, and is only mentioned posthumously in Catching Fire. The film turns him into a prominent character. The final film in the Hunger Games franchise will divide and conquer. Lionsgate Studios has announced that Mockingjay will be split into two parts. The Hunger Games takes place in a nation known as Panem, established in North America after the destruction of the continent's civilization by an unknown apocalyptic. You can read more about how I began teaching The Hunger Games. Below, I'd like to share some of my students' projects with you. I also have several separate posts. The Hunger Games has 4,407,269 ratings and 149,568 reviews. Dija said: My Epic Book Recipe Checklist for The Hunger Games: 1. A sharp and intelligent. The Political Message of The Hunger Games. This article contains spoilers for The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. The Mockingjay, symbol for rebellion. Also, after Rue dies, the film depicts District 1. Katniss' impromptu funeral for Rue and salute to them. This is also some Foreshadowing for the revolts which begin in Catching Fire. The film also allows you to see Gale's reaction to Katniss and Peeta in the games. The film also shows the explanation for the rule change to allow two tributes from the same district to win. Haymitch is able to convince Seneca Crane to change the rules to distract people from the District 1. We also get a scene of Haymitch watching Katniss being trapped and wounded, then schmoozing with some Capitol bigwigs to send her the healing cream. Proof that the remaining 10% is worth volunteering as a tribute for here. These are recommendations made by Tropers for The Hunger Games fanfics, all of which have to. We see Seneca being forced to commit suicide, which is actually a reference to an implied event in the second novel, Catching Fire, although the novel suggests he was executed. The District 6 boy that Cato gets into a fight with while training is named Jason. Adaptation Explanation Extrication: In the movie, we never find out the symbolic significance of the mockingjay, nor what the Muttations are made out of (in the book, it appeared to be dead tributes mixed with wolf.) Losing the first person perspective also means we lose Katniss's thoughts and motivations. Adaptation- Induced Plot Hole: The mockingjay pin's significant Back Story is Adapted Out along with Katniss' best friend Madge Undersee. Advertised Extra: Liam Hemsworth as Gale received a lot of press for having a larger role in the subsequent movies. However in THIS movie, he only speaks in two scenes and is The Voiceless in his other scenes. After- Action Healing Drama: Katniss trying to heal Peeta's wounds after Cato stabbed him with a sword. Age Lift: Two examples: Firstly, Cinna, described as a young man in the book, is played by a much older Lenny Kravitz. Secondly, in an instance of inverted Dawson Casting, the character of Clove, heavily implied to be 1. Isabelle Fuhrman. Alas, Poor Villain: Cato. In the book, he's portrayed as a psycho Blood Knight who enjoys killing other tributes right down to when he dies. Here, he's more or less the same.. He was also a career tribute, meaning that he was trained to kill from a very young age, and likely had no choice in the matter. Killing was all he knew. Combining all of these, plus his behavior at the end, implies that he was craving respect and recognition from people, which, in turn, implies that he was abused, neglected, unappreciated, ignored, or possibly all of the above. This may show that he feels the only way to be loved is to win. What's even sadder is, that assumption may have been true. Cato: Oh no, I can still do this. It's the only thing I know how to do.. Foxface wasn't really a villain in the book, mostly just being a parasite on the Careers, stealing their food and generally being sneaky. In the movie, we have a scene between her and Katniss where they bump into each other while running from the slaughter at the Cornucopia, look at each other in terror for a second, then silently run off in separate directions. This makes her seem a bit more like Katniss herself. Katniss even seems glum when finding out that Foxface is dead, and from a rather random death too. As in the original book (and possibly even moreso here), Glimmer in her death scene. To a certain extent, Seneca Crane. The character seemed to possess a certain degree of honor and fair play judging by his awarding Katniss points and there's something poignant about the scene where he's given a Sadistic Choice wherein his death occurs either way - especially since, like most Capitol citizens, he appeared to be more conditioned into his way of thinking than genuinely evil. The Alcoholic: Haymitch. All There in the Manual: Some people's names are never mentioned, but you can tell who they are supposed to be. Simultaneously inverted, with some characters in this film being called by names that weren't revealed until the second book. Amazing Technicolor Population: The people of the Capitol, especially compared to the drab tones shown in the Districts. Ascended Extra: Seneca Crane, Caesar Flickerman and Claudius Templesmith have a lot more to do, with the movie showing scenes that Katniss is not present for. President Snow also has much more to do than he did in the novel but as the Big Bad of the series, this was necessary. Aside Glance: Haymitch sends Katniss some soup to feed Peeta with. Enclosed is the note, . Katniss promptly pulls this trope, though in the context of the film this doesn't break the fourth wall as she's aware her every action is being televised. As You Know: The sportscaster scenes are this. Information about the Games provided by Katniss' narration in the book is provided by them here, such as Caesar explaining the Tracker Jackers to the audience. Seeing as first- time viewers would be small children, one assumes talking about an engineered species of creatures that's never found in the city is for the benefit of the target audience, namely the Capitol viewers. Beard of Evil: Seneca wears a Weird Beard with immaculately trimmed curlicues that is opulent, silly and sinister all at once. Beauty Is Never Tarnished: Due to medical treatments, Katniss's swollen Tracker Jacker stings completely vanish in the next scene. The cut she receives on her face all but vanishes in the next scene as well. For all the time she spends sleeping outside and fighting to the death, she still looks great by the end. This goes for the other female Tributes too on the whole — even little Rue looks rather perfectly coiffured and clean, for a twelve- year- old surviving in the woods. In life Glimmer also looks salon- perfect — but the trope is averted by the state of her dead body after the tracker- jackers kill her. Bee Afraid: Or wasps, rather. Genetically engineered wasps with hallucinogenic venom that can potentially be fatal, if the entire hive doesn't Zerg Rush you into oblivion first. Better to Die than Be Killed: Due to letting two tributes win in the 7. Hunger Games, Seneca is given the option to commit suicide by eating some nightlock berries, whereas he was tortured and killed in the book. Which, given the context, is an example of Death by Irony. The decision by Peeta and Katniss to commit to a suicide pact rather than forcing one or the other to kill also qualifies. Big Heroic Run: Played straight and subverted. Katniss runs to save Rue when she's caught in the Career's net trap, and then runs to find Peeta later on when she hears the gong signalling a Tribute death (which wasn't his). Big . For added points, they keep it up long enough to drive her to the alliance of Careers, so she'll get killed. Boring Yet Practical: The trainers stress that learning wilderness survival can give you at least as much an edge of winning as combat. In addition, Haymitch stresses really hard to Katniss that she must not bolt for the weapons at the start, but make for high ground and water right away. Katniss goes halfway by getting a backpack of wilderness survival gear, and that proves all she needs to start with, and through sheer luck, inadvertently gets a knife from Clove. Braids of Action: Katniss wears her hair like this whenever she hunts, trains and participates in the Games. Brief Accent Imitation: Katniss imitates Effie Trinket's . When Katniss finds Rue tangled in a net, she frees her, then Marvel comes up and throws a spear at them. Katniss dodges the spear and shoots Marvel in the chest. Then Katniss turns and sees that the spear had hit a target: Rue. Butterfly of Death and Rebirth: Right before the bloodbath ends and the cannon signaling deaths is sounded, Katniss watches a black and blue butterfly fly away. Call Back: Snow explains to Seneca why the Hunger Games needs a champion, and why it isn't simply an annual public execution. Peeta buys this at the end, asking Katniss to kill him so that District 1. Katniss, by now, realizes that she would do far more good as a martyr, and tells Peeta there doesn't need to be a champion at all. Chekhov's Classroom: Haymitch tells Peeta not to start a fire as it's a good way to get killed. Later in the film a girl does just that and you can guess the outcome. Katniss and Rue then exploit this with decoy fires in a bid to destroy the career alliance's stockpile. Chekhov's Gun: The mockingjay pin and nightlock berries. Chekhov's Skill: Katniss' hunting skills (via Gale's remark that she . Katniss is told early on in training that the Careers can be very arrogant. Successful Teaching of The Hunger Games! Please send me your links, pictures, stories, etc. Or comment below with a link, if you'd like. Here's a collection of articles teachers have shared with me: * * IN THE NEWS * *Classrooms using The Hunger Games with Success. Do you have a news story to add? Drop me a line so I can add it here. It's a worthy project that would reinforce what we already believe: The Hunger Games is one of the best books to fully engage our students! Read more about her project on literacy and fan culture. Read her post on using creative projects in class.* * Class Reaping, Training, and Mock Games * *Want to host a Hunger Games event at your school? You can start with a class reaping, but see how Bristol Eastern High School (CT) librarian Ms. Kenney created this awesome school- wide event: http: //www. Do you have a class reaping or mock Games to add? Drop me an email so I can add it here.* * Hunger Games Creative Projects * *As I shared in an earlier post, Mrs. Cobb had great success with her students, as seen with the Facebooklesson and re- creating the arena. And teacher Lenzi Hart also had success using the project ideas, shown here: Jamie Waites from Sonora High School shared pictures of her students' work on the Opening Ceremony costumes. Each student was assigned a district and had to sketch the design. Her honors students took it a step further and actually created the designs! What a great project: Ms. Waites was generous enough to share her templates she used with you. You can download them . Thanks, Jamie! To download, you'll need to go to the . Christine Kent shared the. Hunger Games page from In. Style. com, . Thanks so much for sharing, Christine! Click . Neil Krasnoff's School Technology Paradise: Using Hunger Games to Get Students Ready for Biology Test. This is a great lesson for students to search for context clues and make comparisons. He listed a step- by- step guide for teachers and even has a presentation he will share. Drop me an email so I can add it here.* * Examples From My Classroom * *You can read more about how I began teaching The Hunger Games . Below, I'd like to share some of my students' projects with you. I also have several separate posts for our . He's a little shy and doesn't think it's worthy (but it is!). He created it using Garage Band on his Mac. Book Pro. We picked and chose the best songs for one final class compilation. I think it turned out pretty well. A favorite activity of my students during Mockingjay was the silver parachute recreation. This activity could be done while reading any of the books; we completed it after reading chapter 3 (in the beginning we see that she has the pearl and spile wrapped in the silver parachute as momentos of Peeta and the Games). Each student had string, tin foil, and a napkin. I also gave them a synthetic pearl to place inside (to represent Peeta's gift to Katniss). As an added element, the student whose parachute held up and actually . The students had fun and it gave them an opportunity to do something hands- on (and leave the classroom, even if it was only for a few minutes). I wish I had brought my camera.. Which activities are your students' favorites? 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