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  • Essay / Game Changers - 2844

    Unlike ordinary action heroes in comic books, The Hunger Games contains heroes who do not have superpowers or are from another planet. They don't automatically lead rebellions, win, and live happily ever after. On the contrary, a hero willingly defies all odds to defeat the injustices against which his dystopian government pits him. Heroes may not win their fight, may even die, and may never get the chance to experience a happy ending like a fairy tale. They may have an unfortunate cultural heritage, bad luck, imperfections in their personal life or be female. There may even be no chance of getting a wonderful reward at the end of the story. Comic book heroes go into battle knowing what could happen if they don't fight evil. They also go into battles with self-confidence and know that they will succeed. Suzanne Collins offers her readers an alternative version of a hero that contradicts the iconic hero. In doing so, she made her book more accessible. Young adult readers enjoy reading books like The Hunger Games because unlike traditional action heroes, Katniss and Peeta are in the same age group as young adult readers. Katniss and Peeta don't enter the Games with the intention of surviving, and when they win, they don't get the happily ever after we always expect. Young adult readers also realize how the characters are under daily pressure in Panem. The Hunger Games distinguishes a new style of hero for literature by reversing gender roles, revolutionizing aspects of the heroes' journey, and using average people willing to fight injustices in their dystopian civilization so that the characters of the history can relate to the modern world. daytime teenagers. (Garcia 2) Heroes have been prominent figures in fantasies and stories since the times of ancient Rome and Greece. Hercules, Perseus and Achilles controlled the