Thursday, 1 March 2012

Hunger Games



Hunger Games
The book
Author: Suzanne Collins
American publishing house: Scholastic
Pages: 374
Tradution: Alexandre D’Elia
Brazilian publishing house: Rocco
Pages: 400

In a future where the poverty and the hunger are practically everywhere, once a year, 24 young people have to deal with an arena to the death to amuse those who watch the fight on television. Welcome to the Hunger Games, and that luck is always in your favor!
The narrative tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, sixteen years old, living in a post-apocalyptic country called Panem, which used to be the United States and where powerful rulers hold power in a central city called the Capital.
In the book, Hunger Games is an annual televised event where the rulers of Capital cast lots one boy and one girl from each district to fight to the death in an arena with only one survivor.
The Games were created after the District 13 rebelled against Capital. To prove that even the children are above the power of capital, the government dropped bombs toxic in District 13, Which was abolished and since then all districts are required to give two of his children to fight in the arena, They have destroyed districts Also Threatened by the unquestionable power of capital.
Following the story, you'll discover how Katniss became a taxation of the Games, she will face all the challenges of the arena, against 23 other taxes and how it will deal with emotions such as fear, hunger and pain, and surprise faced with something never seen in the arena: love.
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The movie
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Jogos Vorazes (2012)
The Hunger Games (original title)
Set in a future where the Capital selects a boy and girl from the twelve districts to fight to the death on live television, Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her younger sister's place for the latest match.
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Writers:
Gary Ross (screenplay), Suzanne Collins (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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1 comment:

  1. It's an interesting text. It really made me curious about the film, although I had some difficulty to understand some of the lines. Well done, Bia!

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