Lori Gottschling
Analysis Outline
The Hunger Games
(Novel vs. Movie)
The
Hunger Games is a novel
by Suzanne Collins that was written for a young adult audience. The story is
about what has happened to the world in the future where the city of Panem and
the Districts that are within it are the only places left. Each year there is a
“reaping” held in all of the twelve districts where one boy and one girl
(between the ages of 12 and 18) are chosen to represent their district in the
yearly annual Hunger Games. The Hunger Games are a brutal system that the
Capitol uses to remind the people within the districts what will happen to them
if they ever revolt. Twenty-four children go in and only one can come out
alive.
The purpose of this story/film is to
entertain readers. If you are interested in action, mystery, and romance than
this is a novel for you. The audience that this story is intended for is anyone
over the age of thirteen. Due to some extremely violent scenes displayed in
both the book and the movie, the story is not meant for children. The tone of
this story is dark and powerful, because it is told from the point of view of
Katniss Everdeen (the sixteen-year-old girl chosen to represent her district in
the 74th annual Hunger Games.) The media and design of the film was
very different than anything I had ever seen before. The use of the camera was
shaky as if they were constantly running in the film.
The
Hunger Games film used pathos by
evoking the audiences’ emotions due to the love between Katniss and Peeta.
Ethos were used through the fact that the director was able to work with
credible actors such as Woody Harelson and Stanley Tuchi to portray characters
in the film. Logos was used because the storyline of the movie was taken from
the novel The Hunger Games that was
written by Susanne Collins who is also very credible.
I.
The
film The Hunger Games by Gary Ross is
a marvelous adaptation of the novel The
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
II.
The
“design team” that makes Katniss beautiful for the Hunger Games are not a main
focus in the film like they were in the novel.
a.
In
the novel Katniss’s design team play key roles in the storyline. In the movie
they only have about two lines.
b.
They
are very comical and enjoyable to read about in the book and in the movie they
just kind of stand around.
III.
The
love story focused around Katniss and Peeta is not as apparent in the movie as
it is in the book.
a.
In
the book the two star-crossed lovers spend a lot of time talking about how they
feel in love and whatnot.
b.
The
scene held in the cave for the movie was only a few minutes long, but in the
book it was very vital.
IV.
The
story behind the mockingjay pin that Madge gives to Katniss is completely
different in the book than it is in the movie.
a.
Madge
doesn’t even exist in the movie.
b.
The
pin is given to Prim instead of Katniss, however Katniss does get the pin back
before the games in both the original text and the adaptation.
V.
Although the director of the film
adaptation of The Hunger Games took
out a lot of filler
information, the adaptation is one of success from the original text.
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