| Agency in The Hunger Games: Desire, Intent and Action in the Novels Contributor(s): Ann, Kayla (Author) |
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ISBN: 1476674167 ISBN-13: 9781476674162 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2019058440 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.6 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: For 21st-century young adults struggling for personal autonomy in a society that often demands compliance, the bestselling trilogy, The Hunger Games remains palpably relevant despite its futuristic setting. For Suzanne Collins' characters, personal agency involves not only the physical battle of controlling one's body but also one's response to such influences as morality, trauma, power and hope. The author explores personal agency through in-depth examinations of the lives of Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch, Cinna, Primrose, and others, and through an analysis of themes like the overabundance of bodily imagery, social expectations in the Capitol, and problem parental figures. Readers will discover their own dandelion of hope through the examples set out by Collins' characters, who prove over and over that human agency is always attainable. |