The Hunger Games: Book vs. Movie Comparisons

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There are many differences that are shown in the Hunger Games book and movie. In the book Katniss Everdeen gets a mocking jay pin from a girl named Madge, the daughter of Mayor Undereese. This is very important because when Katniss goes into the hunger games her mocking jay pin becomes her symbol, the symbol of rebellion. The book doesn’t show the game makers (the people who control the Hunger Games) because they didn’t need to. They didn’t need to because the book was Katniss Everdeen’s thoughts and it kept on saying what the game makers will do next. It also goes way slower than the movie so readers get attached to a little 12 year old girl named Rue who is like Katniss’s little sister Prim. Rue is really important to the story because Katniss and her get bonding time and when Rue dies Katniss covers and decorates her in flowers. It adds a bond between the districts. The movie changed some things from the book. In the movie Katniss gets her pin in a black market in her district, and gives it to her sister Prim. They showed game makers to show that people ran the hunger games. They did this because in the movie it wasn’t Katniss’s thoughts but yet in the book it was. To show people that people run the hunger games. Also, the movie goes faster so people really don’t get as attached to anyone like Rue, so when she dies we’re not really as sad as we are in the book. The question remains as to which one people really feels is better book or

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