The Writing Assignment: Using The Hunger Games as your starting point, write an essay about an event in your life that will engage readers and that will, at the same time, help them understand the significance of the event. Tell your story dramatically and vividly in 3-5 pages.You may choose your own structure that fits your story. However, here are some suggestions:
Choose a fairly long quotation (four typed lines or more) from The Hunger Games that reminds you of a situation or experience you once faced.
In your introductory paragraph, first summarize what is happening in the novel at that point, and then explain the context for that quotation.
Then write a transition paragraph, making a connection between the quotation and the event in your life. Your thesis sentence will be the sentence in which you clearly make that connection.
Then write about that event in your life, giving sensory details, dialogue, and background material. You may continue to refer to Hunger Games by quoting or giving examples from it, if you like, but this is not required. The main idea is to think in depth about an event in your life -- to sort out the meaning of that event. What happened to your soul at that point? Or did you only understand the true meaning of the event later?
Remember to tell a story.
The neatest conclusion is to connect the meaning of your event to your quotation in the last paragraph. This will tie your essay into a neat package. If that is too difficult, then do at least try to move to the present day, and articulate how you NOW feel about that event.
Notes:
Use present tense when describing the events in a novel or film or story: "Rue is dying" or "Haymitch is drinking heavily."
Your thesis for this paper will be the transition sentence: "Katniss's mother's complete breakdown reminds me of what happened to my aunt." Or "Katniss distrusts Peeta even though most of his actions should make her trust him - I can relate."
Use chronological order to tell your story.
Use past tense to describe the event(s) in your life: I found water.