The Hunger Games Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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The Hunger Games, released in the United States on March 23, 2012, is a story of a post-apocalyptic America divided into 12 districts. As punishment for a past revolution, two teenagers are chosen from each district to participate in a fight to the death. The main character, Katniss Everdeen, chooses to take her sister’s place in the games and embarks on an experience she could have never prepared for. Although the movie and the book were both very good, it is clear that the book, without a doubt, surpasses the movie. However, this is not unusual; it is actually commonly seen when a book is turned into a movie. In most cases the movie will have significant changes and alterations. Some of these changes and alterations can add up to the overall thrill that movie-makers strive to create for their audience. Others, unfortunately, fail to depict the writer’s thoughts. It just so happens that The Hunger Games is one of the commonly seen book-to-movie cases. Though they have relatively similar plots, there are a few differences between the book and the movie. …show more content…
The Hunger Games movie was slightly altered to incorporate and express the same ideas expressed in the book. However, the book contains the original material, that was interpreted into the movie with different intentions. Despite having these differences, the similarities between these two topics are that they both exhibit that the odds are not in their favor, they both portray Cinna as normal dressed and casual, and in the movie, the seam resembles and captures the mood and tone of the seam that Suzanne Collins wrote about in the book. It is evident that book and the movie contain more similarities than differences because the only differences were concepts and ideas that needed modification. Though the movie and the book are both good, the book is most definitely the better choice between the