The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Nami Nishida

     “May the odds be over in your favor,” said Effie Trinket. The Hunger Games book was written by Suzanne Collins and she is a famous writer. I have finished reading and watched The Hunger Games. I felt there are some differences between the movie and book. Are you surprised? There are 3 differences in situation, story and characters of The Hunger Games book and movie..

     First, there is less grotesque scene in the movie than the book because if they use more grotesque scenes, the film would be restricted and many young children can’t watch the movie. They won’t earn very much. Especially, fight scenes, injuring scenes and death scenes. In book, there are lots of details about grotesque scenes. For example, when Katniss saw the girl and tigers, she had to fight to them and it is grotesque. It is also grotesque when she and Peeta had fight to Cato.

     Next, there are differences in the story between book and movie. When Rue dies, District 11 people riot and try to kill the peacekeepers in the movie. However, this scene isn’t in the book. However, the sponsor gave a loaf of bread for Katniss in the book. According to Reading Chapter 18 the later summary by Yusuke Suzuki, “Chapter 18 of The Hunger Games, starts with Katniss finding the bread. She thinks why people of District 11 sent it to her. She soon understands it is meant for Rue, surely as her kindness. She thanks District 11 and takes it.” There isn’t this scene. In addition, Katniss got mocking jay pin from Prim in book, but she got it from the Hob in movie.

     Finally, there are differences in characters between the book and movie. The head gamemaker is named that is Seneca and he is an important character in the movie. He dies from eating poison berries, because Katniss and Peeta could together win. However, the game maker is minor character and he isn’t dead in the book. In the book, there is Avox girl and she plays in the book in many scenes but, she is in few scenes in the movie. Peeta’s dad and Katniss’s mom are minor characters in the movie but in the book, they are important.

     I felt there are many differences especially about situation, story and characters between the book and movie, The Hunger Games. There are less grotesque than book, different story between the movie and book and different characters. We can understand story easily in movie. In book, we have to imagine what’s happening. I think it is also difference is interesting.

Works Cited

Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games . New York: Scholastic Inc.2009.