Coming of age in the hunger games
For my essay, I explored the coming of age story through the journey of Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games movie. When I contemplate "coming-of-age" stories, this is the first one I think of. Below is the condensed version of what I found, dissecting Katniss's coming-of-age story. If you didn't know, The Hunger Games is the name of a singular book/movie as well as the overall title for a trilogy. It focuses on the city of Panem which is split up between 12 districts and a capital. The capital controls the districts by requiring human sacrifices each year through the hunger games. Each district sends in one male and one female representative to fight to the death in a heavily surveiled arena. While the districts watch in terror as their loved-ones die, the capital entertains themselves by placing bets and sending aid to one of the 24 fighters of their choosing. The one fighter left standing is crowned the victor and is promised comfortable living for the rest of...