{"id":33,"date":"2019-02-20T16:49:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/tamikoluo\/?p=33"},"modified":"2019-02-20T16:49:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T16:49:31","slug":"hunger-games-cliche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/tamikoluo\/2019\/02\/20\/hunger-games-cliche\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunger Games Cliche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,” begins the tale of Katniss Everdeen following the format of the hero’s journey, making it clear who the hero of our story is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her status quo is the first few chapters of the book, explaining the background and hierarchy of the districts. When the day of the Reaping comes, Katniss’s act of volunteering becomes her call to action, albeit is her sacrifice to save her sister, as opposed to an actual call. She receives assistance from the people of her own district through a three finger salute, and is given a Mockingjay pin, which becomes her symbol later on in the story. When her times comes to board the train to enter the Capitol, the scene marks her departure into the special world that marks the beginning of her journey to becoming a hero. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“The Hunger Games” is a uniquely interesting book that does a great job following the format of the hero’s journey. Depending on how closely you see the scenes of the book, different points of the story can stand in for the different points of the cycle. One could argue that Cinna and Haymitch is the assistance that Katniss receives and entering the arena is her departure to the special world. However, given the first six chapters, the current standing of what scene matches what point still stands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it has been a while since the last time I read “The Hunger Games,” and it surprised me how easily I was able to fit the format of the cycle into the story. It almost makes me disappointed in the plot of “The Hunger Games,” because I remember it being such a popularized and seemingly revolution book. I would think that the plot would jump around at the points of the hero cycle to make it more interesting. Ever since the popularity of “The Hunger Games,” more novels continued to be published that focus on the dystopic, hierarchal world, such as books like “Divergent.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games,” begins the tale of Katniss Everdeen following the format of the hero’s journey, making it clear who the hero of our story is. Her status quo is the first few chapters of the book, explaining the background and hierarchy of the districts. When the day of the Reaping comes, Katniss’s … <\/p>\n

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