Performance
Task in 21st
Century
Submitted by:
Aira Mae Solis
12-STEM 7
Submitted to:
Ma'am Blessilda Tutanes Paranas
The Hunger Games (2012)
Author Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins was born August 10, 1962 and is a
Author's television writer and novelist best known as the author of the
Background Hunger Games Trilogy and the Underland Chronicles. . The
daughter of an Air Force Lieutenant, Collins is the youngest of
four children. She graduated from a fine arts college in
Birmingham, Alabama in 1980 and completed a Bachelor of
Arts degree in 1985 from Indiana University. Collins was
inspired to write a series using Greek and Roman mythology
and the effects of war that she had witnessed during her
father’s time in the Air Force.“The Hunger Games” is a Young
Adult dystopian novel written by Suzanne Collins and published
in 2008. The novel was an instant success and has since been
awarded Publishers Weekly’s ‘Best Book of the Year Award’, the
New York Times “Notable Children’s Book of 2008” award and
the California Young Reader Medal in 2011, among others. It
was also on the New York Times bestseller list for over 60
weeks. Over 1.5 million copies of the book were sold within the
first year of its release.
Characters Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence)
- the main character of the novel and it’s narrator. A
sixteen-year-old who is brave enough to sacrifice by
volunteering as a tribute in the game to replace her sister
Primrose. Her main objective is to win so she can come
back to her life and continue to take care of her sister and
mother.
Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson)
- the other tribute from Katniss’ district. Peeta is the son of
a baker and because of this Katniss assumes that he leads
a more fortunate life than her.
Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson)
- Katniss and Peeta’s mentor in the games. Haymitch is the
oldest and also only living survivor of the games in District
twelve.
Primrose Everdeen (Willow Shields)
- Katniss’ little sister, a twelve-year-old girl who is kind but
often nervous in nature.
Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth)
- Katniss’ childhood friend and sometime love interest.
Settings Panem
- a country which rose from the ashes of North America after a series of
disasters set in the future. Panem is a capitol surrounded of 13 districts. Katniss
lives in District 12 until later she travels to the Capitol to compete in the annual
Hunger Games.
Plot INTRODUCTION
Panem has 13 districts, each district will choose randomly one male and on
female to join and participate in a game. The game will test the strength and
courage of two youth tributes in surviving human hunting game.Katniss
Everdeen sister’s is one who pick to join in a game but Katniss voluntarily takes
her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games. The competition is televised in
which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at
