The hunger games book report by grace bayerle on prezi. The hunger games is a young adult dystopian novel written by suzanne collins and published in 2008. The book mockingjay by suzanne collins, is a book that i would highly recommend to anyone who is looking for a good and easy read. Mockingjay is the final book in the hunger games trilogy, and carries the resolution to the previous books and quite importantly the answers to the end of the second book catching fire. I wanted to read this book because my sisters all said that it was really good and also because i saw the first two movies of the hunger games series and i wanted to read the last story. Once a participant in the hunger games, always a participant in the hunger games.
The thing is, prospective readers wont need to know more this is, in fact, the perfect amount of information. Mockingjay by author suzanne collins is the third installment in the hunger games series. May 15, 2012 mockingjay pins, although not the birds, have spread to the real world. Theyre funny birds and something of a slap in the face to the capitol, katniss explains in the first book. Mockingjay book 3 of the hunger games trilogy cliffsnotes. Nov 14, 2014 mockingjay is the final book in the hunger games trilogy, and carries the resolution to the previous books and quite importantly the answers to the end of the second book catching fire. The third and final novel in the hunger games trilogy opens with katniss everdeen walking through the remains of district 12, her former home. There are three specific things i will be talking about. The book mockingjay leaves the administrations child onchild chasing grounds and heads into the dejected reality of the locale, which have go under. Peeta appears on capitol state television, prompting katniss to accept her role as the mockingjay.
Book summary epilogue fifteen years later, peeta and katniss have had two children, a girl and a boy. Parents need to know that this is the final book in the bestselling hunger games trilogy. The capitol is angry and wants revenge and they think katniss should pay for all of the unrest. Book report on mockingjay by suzanne collins if we burn, you burn with us. The novel was one of the first of its kind to deal with the subjects of racial inequality and rape and is still widely read in schools to this day. A lovely if somewhat bedraggled young womandark tangled hair, sea green eyesruns toward us in nothing but a sheet. This young adult novel follows protagonist katniss everdeen as she. Mockingjay is different from the first two books in the series. Katniss is 17 years old, a talented hunter and reluctant symbol of the revolution between the districts and the capitol. The uk, new zealand and australia received the book one day later, on august 25, 2010.
Jul 06, 2015 though mockingjay may leave the reader feeling incomplete, it is a wellwritten if a slightly rushed book. Mockingjay by suzanne collins is the third book in the hunger games trilogy. The impact and after effects of war are central to the themes of mockingjay. Their nation has fallen into complete and utter chaos, and the war occupies the entire story. This year, the games take place in an arena in which there is a lake, streams, wooded areas, and a field in which katniss and almost all of the other tributes are afraid to enter. Katniss everdeen is the main character of the book. To kill a mockingbird is a groundbreaking novel written by harper lee and published in america in 1960. She was the daughter of a military officer, so her family was moved constantly. Mockingjay part one was released as a film in 2014 and part two in 2015. Grace bayerle the hunger games was written by suzanne collins, new york times bestselling author.
She and a few others were extracted from the quarter quell katnisss second hunger games adventure, but peeta wasnt one of them hes still missing, under control of the capitol. This final novel in the hunger games series is the most buzzed about ya book of 2010 of course i was going to. The hunger games is a book by the american author suzanne collins. The horrific bombing of district 12 is almost unbelievable for katnissshe feels like shes walking through a dreamyet shes learned coping techniques that help her keep a grasp on reality. Its been a month since katniss was rescued from the quarter quell arena after shooting an arrow at the force field, the same time her district was bombed by the capitol. Katniss takes stock of her new position as a rebel in district.
Most of the book takes place at the arena in which the hunger games take place. These books are ageinappropriate for most kids under 15. Book summary the novel opens with katniss wandering through the ashes of her decimated district, district 12. She is filled with guilt for her role in inciting the uprising and anger against president snow for his oppressive tactics. As the mockingjay, katniss is required to film a series of propospropoganda for the rebellionand it is determined after a failed.
Mockingjay is the third book in the hunger games trilogy by suzanne collins. It is the first book for young readers to sell a million electronic books and you can buy it in 26 different languages. Like the previous books, theres plenty of bloodshed and psychological warfare in play. Katniss everdeen is the main character of the book mockingjay. One is what the authors purpose is, another is what the intended audience for the book is, and the third is how well i thought the ending was.
The rebellion and the place where the story takes place also comes from panem is from a phrase panem et circenses. Mockingjaysuzanne collins in this essay i will be talking about the book mockingjay from the hunger games trilogy, written by suzanne collins. Book 3 has a passing reference to incest and sexual deviance. In book 2 the main character gets drunk and vomits. Katniss, a citizen of the futuristic country of panem, has just escaped from a ceremony called the hunger games, which the government of panem puts on every year. Its genre is adventuredystopianscience fictionaction. Book report on mockingjay spoilers the hunger games.
Book summary of mockingjay by suzanne collins youtube. The novel opens with katniss everdeen, a young woman, standing in the ruins of her former home, known as district 12. Book one of this trilogy, the hunger games, became a major motion picture in 2012 with oscarwinning actress jennifer lawrence portraying the main character of katniss everdeen. As with the first two books in the series, katniss everdeen, hero of the hunger games trilogy, is the protagonist of the story. Mockingjay by suzanne collins hunger games trilogy summary. After her dramatic rescue from the quarter quell arena, katniss has. Mockingjay by suzanne collins plot summary litcharts. Meanwhile, peeta mellark has been captured by the capitol. Mockingjay part 1 was released on digital hd on february 17, 2015, and was followed by a bluraydvd release on march 6, 2015.
Suzanne collins has created the ultimate tv reality show and included a scenario of a dystopian, postcivil war america panem in the book,worthy of the best scifi authors. The audiobook was released simultaneously on august 24, 2010 by scholastic audio. Facebook page pagesminutebookreports1148331925195691. It was published in 2008 and has sold millions of copies. The novel was an instant success and has since been awarded publishers weeklys best book of the year award, the new york times notable childrens book of 2008 award and the california young reader medal in 2011, among others. The climax in books is what the whole story leads up to. It also takes place in the capitol and districts 2 and 8.
Aug 24, 2010 against all odds, katniss everdeen has survived the hunger games twice. Jan 01, 2010 mockingjay is a book i found to be a highly satisfactory conclusion to the hunger games trilogy. Mockingjay is the final book in the hunger games trilogy, and. The novel opens with katniss wandering through the ashes of her decimated district, district 12.
The children dont quite understand the role their parents played in the hunger games, although the girl is asking more and more questions about it. Unlike her previous books but quite like an actual war, the action in this book is. Catching fire, book 2 of the trilogy, became a major motion picture in 20. Read online mockingjay pdf by suzanne collins for free. Suzanne collins is the author of the groundbreaking hunger games trilogy for young adults. The climax in the book takes place in the capitol on the balcony of snows mansion. A book report of the book mockingjay by suzanne collins. She is also the author of the picture book year of the jungle, a publishers weekly best book of the year, and the new york times bestselling underland chronicles series for middlegrade readers, which started with gregor the overlander.
It was published by scholastic press, an imprint of scholastic inc, and. Thats all youll find out, if you decide to check the back cover of suzanne collins mockingjay. Katniss is about to kill snow with an arrow to the. Mockingjay is a book i found to be a highly satisfactory conclusion to the hunger games trilogy. Not katnisss family, not her friends, not the people of district 12. Mockingjay was first released in the us and canada on august 24, 2010. Here, more overtly than in the two earlier hunger games novels, katniss is dealing with trauma. For example, book 2 refers to a character who preys on desperate women who line up outside his door to sell their bodies. In mockingjay, the whole point of katniss becoming the mockingjay is to bring down the capitol and to kill snow so justice can be served to the districts. Seriously, does katniss have a sign on her back that reads. And suddenly, its as if theres no one in the world but these two, crashing through space to reach each other. And whats worse, president snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either.
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